Spencer Stuart

ClientDevelopmentDirector

$170–210k United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Client Development Director at Spencer Stuart. Skills: Client development, Business development, Team leadership. Serve as strategic client development partner. Partner with consultants on BD efforts”

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Global team leadership, Business development activation, Client engagement strategies, Content creation and management, Practice operations analysis, Pipeline tool utilization, Performance evaluation and feedback

Nice to Have

AI enabled tools experience, Emerging technologies experience

What You'll Do.

Serve as strategic client development partner

Partner with consultants on BD efforts

Design pitch strategies

Create supporting materials

Quarterback pursuit teams

Prepare for client meetings

Curate high-impact insights

Connect campaigns to BD activation

Identify opportunities to leverage data

Develop repeatable BD plays

Redefine go-to-market narrative

Translate firm-level intellectual capital

Gather learnings from pitches

Share insights with colleagues

Maintain and update pitch content

Develop communication strategy for content

Assess and analyze win rates

Leverage new technologies and processes

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with consultants; Collaborate with Practice Operations; Collaborate with Marketing; Collaborate with Practice Leadership; Collaborate with Analysts; Collaborate with LAS Consultants; Collaborate with Executive Search Consultants; Collaborate with Client Development Team; Collaborate with direct reports; Collaborate with LAS Leadership

Communication Scope

Presentation skills; Writing skills; PowerPoint skills

Process & Methodology

Project management

Full Job Description

**Position Summary** **LEADERSHIP ADVISORY SERVICES PRACTICE** The Leadership Advisory Services (LAS) Practice is an exciting, vibrant, and dynamic practice within Spencer Stuart. Operating synergistically alongside the Firm’s market-leading Executive Search business, LAS professionals provide advice and partnership to clients navigating a range of key leadership and talent issues including: aligning culture and talent strategy with business strategy; maximizing team effectiveness; merger integration support; executive assessment; and talent development and transition support. LAS provides expertise in leadership assessment and development, which is a critical component to CEO succession. Furthermore, LAS is the engine that drives our capabilities and culture models, which are employed during CEO Succession engagements to ensure clients take a multi-faceted approach towards their leadership decisions. **THE ROLE** Spencer Stuart is investing in our approach to business development, with a focus on more effective client targeting, improving the quality and impact of our interactions with potential clients, and creating a more competitive approach to business development. The Client Development Director will serve as a strategic thought partner to global LAS leadership and consultants, helping build a proactive, programmatic commercial engine for LAS and leading a global team. This role will translate practice priorities into targeted market activation, repeatable go-to-market plays, and high-impact client engagement across the full LAS portfolio. The Director will widen the funnel by identifying priority opportunities, curating differentiated insight, and equipping consultants with the materials, messaging, and programs needed to create demand, strengthen client conversations, and expand advisory opportunities across service lines. The base compensation range for this position is $170,000-210,000 per year. The actual base compensation offered within this range will b

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