Senior Business Relations Manager - Chicago, IL

Job Description

As the Senior Business Relations Manager, you will serve as the strategic lead for our most high-value client accounts and institutional partnerships. You will be responsible for building deep, trust-based relationships at the C-suite and executive levels, ensuring client retention, and unlocking new revenue streams through strategic upselling and cross-selling. This role requires a blend of high-level diplomacy, financial acumen, and a consultative approach to problem-solving.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Account Management: Serve as the primary, high-touch point of contact for a portfolio of enterprise clients, managing long-term satisfaction and relationship health.

Executive Alliance Building: Cultivate and maintain deep relationships with key decision-makers, stakeholders, and C-level executives within partner organizations.

Revenue Growth & Retention: Own the retention targets for your assigned portfolio. Proactively identify, negotiate, and close contract renewals, expansions, cross-sells, and upsells.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Operations, Marketing, and Sales teams to ensure our deliverables perfectly align with the client’s evolving strategic goals.

Conflict Resolution & Escalation: Act as the ultimate escalation point for critical account issues, orchestrating swift, mutually beneficial solutions to maintain relationship integrity.

Market & Competitor Intelligence: Stay ahead of industry trends and competitor landscapes to position our organization as an indispensable thought partner to our clients.

Preferred Qualifications:

Excellent verbal and communications skills.

Strong Client Relations skills

Strong Leadership skills

The ability to manage multiple accounts and build new relationships with clients simultaneously

The ability to present to C-level executives and upper management daily.

The ability to forecast future accounts

The ability to travel up to 50% domestically

Target Base Salary Range: $140,000 - $150,000 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

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Basic Requirements

Required Skills:

High School diploma, Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Finance, Management, Marketing, or Sales.

7+ years of experience in Account Management, Business Development, Client Relations, Customer Sucess, or Executive Sales with experience managing high-level accounts.

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel Requirements

25-50%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

Incentive Bonus Plans

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with Company Match

10 Paid Holidays

Generous Paid Time Off Packages

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Parental & Family Leave

and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

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