Associate Principal, Business Development - Canadian Financial Services

Location and Flexibility

This role will be in a Work From Near (Hybrid) capacity based in our Toronto office, or in a Work From Anywhere (Remote) capacity with travel to clients and TELUS Digital Solutions offices expected.

The Opportunity

The Associate Principal, Business Development - Canadian Financial Services role is responsible for leading relationships with key strategic accounts and for cultivating relationships with key prospective accounts. This role will focus on ourFinancial Services industry vertical, with a particular emphasis on banking. The Associate Principal will ensure that all aspects of account work, from strategic development to execution, exceed client expectations. While working with Business Development and Marketing leadership on a combination of product, brand, market, and sales strategies, the Associate Principal will coordinate new leads, field new business opportunities, and win new business.

TELUS Digital Solutions' Business Development team encompasses a range of skilled professionals who drive innovation and growth on the front lines of client engagement. As a team, we rally around three distinct areas in the client journey map: Prospecting, Pursuit, and Expansion. A few responsibilities across our team include: identifying new relationships and opportunities, nurturing ongoing relationships with client partners, contracting agreements, writing proposals, pitching our services to prospective clients, and more.

Responsibilities

The primary KPI for this role will be revenue growth (measured in both new logos and growth of existing accounts) alongside client satisfaction scores and team health on managed accounts.

Identify target accounts to optimize services and communicate TELUS Digital's capabilities to clients

Competently articulate product features to implement technology solutions successfully

You'll collaborate with our Solutions Architects and Product teams to craft executive-level proposals, pitches, and SOWs for prospective and existing clients

Cultivate and extend existing C-level relationships with current clients

You'll team up with our delivery leadership to respond to opportunities and team-sell through RFP responses or other types of sales cycles

Advise TELUS Digital's internal teams on industry and vendor trends to remain well-positioned to assist our clients

You must have the ability to travel up to 25% for client visits, pitches, and conferences

Support go-to-market initiatives for the Banking practice, defining service offerings, developing marketing campaigns, and pursuing partnerships with leading solution vendors

Competencies

Experience in a digital product professional services agency/consultancy engaged with F5000-level BFSI client accounts

Balance of both growth strategy project work as well as operational project responsibilities, including digital transformation

Experience in net-new logo client acquisition and/or cross-selling within existing client accounts

Self-driven and intellectual curiosity about the banking market and trends

Ability to identify and characterize business issues, while demonstrating a 'nose for value' to discern what is important

Maintains the capability to scope and plan underlying analyses that will yield critical answers to the questions at hand. Understand the required data to complete the analysis and procure them accordingly. Analyze data and translate findings into meaningful insights and recommendations

Ability to communicate and influence effectively across all levels of an organization

Ability to communicate effectively and succinctly, both verbally and on paper, and across all levels of an organization. The ideal candidate excels in client relationships/communication and possesses the executive presence to influence appropriate senior stakeholders

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