Client Strategy Manager

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK (Remote)

£38K/yr – £41K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the Big Picture client strategy, shaping cross-channel marketing roadmaps, guarding scope, and turning data from the Innovation & Technical Hub into a clear commercial narrative that drives growth.

  • Strategic Portfolio Ownership: Own the client roadmap and align objectives with cross-channel strategies to impact revenue and retention.
  • Narrative & Problem Solving: Translate data into a compelling story and own the senior-client strategy point of contact to resolve challenges and prevent churn.
  • Boundary Management: Set clear briefs and boundaries with clients, coordinating with the Innovation & Delivery Hub to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Industry-Leading Strategy: Supported by the Head of Client Strategy, lead the development of industry-leading, bold, and innovative cross-channel digital marketing strategies, deeply understanding client objectives, targets, and performance to drive their success.
  • Channel-Agnostic Gap Evaluation: Operate in a 'channel agnostic' way to deliver true Big Picture Thinking. Maintain a deep understanding of industry trends and market insights, proactively identifying their impact on client strategies, and collaborate with Heads of Channel to refine and innovate channel-specific strategies
  • Curating the Narrative: Take ownership of digesting and curating the reporting narrative. You will translate the data and methodologies provided by the Innovation & Technical Hub into a compelling, easy-to-understand commercial story that proves our value to the client.
  • Proactive Problem Solving: Act as the primary strategic point of contact for resolving client challenges. You must confidently manage client expectations and escalate to the Head of Client Strategy when an account is at risk of churning, a client demands out-of-scope work, or an issue requires a formal commercial review.
  • Continuous Development: Continually build your own personal awareness, knowledge, and skills across all marketing channels (both Genie Goals offerings or otherwise) to remain at the cutting edge of the industry.
  • The Ultimate Gatekeeper: With guidance from the wider Client Strategy team, act as the strategic shield for the Innovation & Technical Hub. You must confidently set and hold clear boundaries with clients to prevent scope creep, ensuring all technical requests are translated into crystal-clear briefs and formally signed off before execution begins.
  • One clear view: Be the clients eyes at Genie Goals - ensure they have full visibility of their roadmap, their deliverables and their performance. Give your clients the confidence that nothing is missed with a clear and concise all encompassing view.
  • Empathetic Stakeholder Management: Apply exceptional people skills, deep empathy, and active listening to truly "put yourself in others' shoes" during client interactions. You must actively "sort through the noise" and "read the room" to uncover the client's true business challenges rather than just reacting to their immediate requests.
  • Commanding the Room & Meeting Management: Chair key client meetings and Strategic Business Reviews as the independent, Genie Goals representative. You will be accompanied by Innovation & Delivery Leads, Heads of Channel and the Head of Client Strategy when strategically necessary to enhance relationships, while being highly respectful of internal time and protecting the Technical Hub's utilisation rates.
  • A ‘Chameleon Consultant’: As the the strategic consultant for our clients, you are able to transfer and adapt your strategic thinking across different verticals and industries
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Genie Ventures

Genie Ventures is a rapidly growing digital marketing and publishing company. We run a stable of successful businesses including the UK’s first broadband comparison site (Broadband Genie) and a number of specialist comparison sites. We’ve also taken everything we’ve learned from growing these sites and created an internationally recognised, award winning performance marketing agency (Genie Goals).We’re based near Cambridge city centre, with a staff of more than 50 fantastic people, although our reach is global - operating in the UK, European and US markets. We are tech-focused having developed our own technology in house, and work closely with some of the biggest brands in the world including Google, Amazon, Karl Lagerfeld and Sky.Genie Ventures is a fabulous company to work for; then we would say that, wouldn’t we? It’s not just us saying it though – in recent times we’ve won a prestigious Working Mums Top Employer Award; and been a finalist for the Amazon Growing Business Awards Employer of the Year, The Cambridge News Business Awards Employer of the Year Award and the British Small Business Awards Small Business of the Year.We’ve achieved this by developing a unique culture based on developing our team and trusting them; with Genies being encouraged to learn and develop in a supportive yet ambitious environment. And we’ve managed to maintain a wide-eyed and fearless start-up mentality despite massive growth in both staff numbers and profitability.A huge perk of being a Genie is the sense of fun and togetherness that comes from working in a sociable, fun, caring and creative environment. In addition you’ll find an enviable selection of benefits, from table football and board games to a kitchen stocked to bursting with posh tea and coffee, fruit and other goodies – ready and waiting for you when you join our happy family.

Founded in 2008
Cambridge, England, GBR
20 employees (1 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.5%
Direct
42.4%
Referral
5.8%
Social
13.4%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~20

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (5% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3