Customer Success Partner, Industrial Vertical (US Remote)

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Say hello to a rewarding career and come join a leading provider of mission-critical background screening solutions to some of the most recognized Fortune 100 and Global 500 brands.

What You'll Do:

Our Customer Success Partner  is a member of the Account Management Team. This is a consultative sales and Enterprise level account management position to grow revenue in the most strategic accounts through sales of First Advantage products and solutions within a small number of named accounts under the Industrial Vertical. It is anticipated that you will insure and grow this revenue stream via the development and ongoing maintenance of a strategic account plan and the definition of the strategic deployment of resources required to drive the penetration of FA solutions through the enterprise within your assigned accounts, and to maintain the base revenue that is already present in those accounts. Coordinates with client, operations management and technology to ensure service levels are being maintained.

This role is 100% work from home. Individual must be authorized and working from the United States.


Responsibilities:

Program Management

• Develop clear and thorough sales account plans detailing all relevant information about customers, their industries, and their specific RISK history. Track revenue trends and sales opportunities and analyze competitive threats. Meet or exceed monthly and annual revenue objectives within a defined list of named accounts.
• Identify additional products or solutions FA can provide.
• Identify required cross functional resources needed to maximize revenue opportunities and penetrate market with FA products and solutions.
• Clearly demonstrate your understanding of First Advantage pricing, administrative procedures, and organization to effectively articulate First Advantage benefits in a manner meaningful to a customer, as well as answer client’s questions or implement solutions in a timely fashion. Maintain a current understanding of First Advantage competitor’s offerings (i.e., price, product, service, or solution) so that you can effectively sell the advantages of First Advantage over those offered by its competitors.
• Prepare and deliver quarterly and annual client business reviews.
• Document and manage all action/project plans for assigned client base.
• Analyze trends and make recommendations on potential changes to customer programs. Intervene as required to ensure customer satisfaction. Provide solutions to business problems analyzing root causes to issues and bring resolution to the issues.
• Update and maintain knowledge of all aspects of customers’ background screening and/or occupational health programs including scopes of work, account and package configurations, pricing, handling procedures, and adjudication matrices.
• Constantly seek, share, and implement best practices.
• Establish and maintain excellent customer relationships at all levels to provide superior service and solutions. Manage customers with clear communication and needs analysis. Provide internal leadership in a heavily matrixed environment managing several cross functional resources.
• Partner with internal account team to review program performance.

Administrative

• Manage customer contractual documentation to include MSAs, Schedule As, Statements of Work, SLAs, and SOPs. Manage contract renewals and proposal responses to RFPs. Develop and deliver unsolicited renewal proposals with clearly articulated value propositions to the customers.
• Manage monitoring and reporting programs for customers.
• Perform other duties as assigned

What You May Need to be Successful:

• Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent work experience. 
• 3+ years proven experience and track record in sales account management, managing complex solutions and products for strategic National and or Global accounts with C-level relationship experience.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Strong oral and written communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Outstanding multi-tasking and time-management abilities.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, problem analysis and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated networking capabilities, exhibiting a professional demeanor and business maturity

Preferred: 

• 2 years of virtual work experience
• Work experience in professional account management and sales environment is desirable
• Ability to work 40-50 hour work week with additional hours as customers, situations and projects require.
• Located in Eastern or Central time zones

Why First Advantage is Your Next Big Career Move:

First Advantage is going through a technology transformation! We are looking for experts who are excited to work with advanced technologies and provide best-in-class user experience, drive the development and deployment of scalable solutions, and smoothly guide our agile teams and clients through meaningful changes as we continue to expand our impact.
Additional benefits offered to our eligible people include:    

• Ability to work remotely with occasional business travel.    
• Medical, Vision, Dental, and supplementary benefit plans 
• 401k with an employer match, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)  
• Competitive and flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) and 9 paid company holidays   
•  Access to tech and growth opportunities, and leaders who want you to succeed! 

What Are You Waiting For? Apply Today!
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The salary range for this position is approximately $75- 90K annual base before bonus structure. This range reflects our good faith estimate to pay fairly as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate’s experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
 

United States Equal Opportunity Employment:

First Advantage is proud to be a global leader in removing barriers and supporting our community members to ensure the changing demographics of the workforce are reflected in our hiring and employment practices. We value all of our candidates, employees, and clients, and place great emphasis on hiring and supporting qualified individuals in each role. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other area protected by applicable law.