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Senior Director of Client Services & Loyalty - UpMarket (Major Accounts Services

ADP, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75215

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Overview ADP is hiring a Senior Director of Client Service and Loyalty – UpMarket within our Major Accounts Services organization.

In this role as

Senior Director of Client Service and Loyalty, UpMarket Service , your primary responsibility is to ensure the effective management of the Client Service and Loyalty organization that supports the ongoing service needs for the highest revenue clients within the Major Accounts Services business unit. You will ensure the delivery of World Class Service and the continuous improvement of overall client metrics including satisfaction and retention.

As the

Senior Director , you will have responsibility for approximately 8 direct and 50 indirect reporting associates across different locations that support our ADP WorkForce Now highest value clients in the mid-market space. The team is comprised of dedicated Account Managers, and a client loyalty team that provides additional strategic client support and is responsible for managing the relationship at the executive level within the client organization.

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Responsibilities

Ensures long-term client satisfaction and retention by reinforcing a culture of quality and client relationship building. Manages client satisfaction survey delivery and feedback by survey analytics. Monitors client satisfaction through regular, proactive internal and external meetings to discuss areas of service delivery improvements.

Ensures the team acts as the client advocate by understanding product opportunities and connects internally to help prioritize product enhancements

Provides direction and support to client loyalty team to provide executive briefings and updates on ADP’s relationship to client executive team

Understands service and product support needs of the center’s top clients and acts as an advocate to provide solutions for any gaps to improve client retention

Develop and enhance strategic business partnerships by building trust with our clients' key decision makers to drive client retention/improve loss prevention.

Possesses a complete understanding of our clients' business objectives, strategic direction and requirements to proactively demonstrate and deliver increased value through life cycle of the client.

Is introduced to the client during the implementation process.

Acts as a liaison between the client and ADP, serving as an internal client advocate.

Ensures the team maintains a comprehensive understanding of the entire ADP product suite and coordinates communication among the various business partners.

Leverages data to accurately forecast month-over-month client retention and monitors progress against financial plan

Understand risk factors related to client retention and work with the service organization to implement strategies to proactively address issues/client needs

Gains commitment, alignment, and engagement in the pursuit of Major Accounts Services' mission, vision and values. These principles keep at the forefront of decision-making and all other hub activities to ensure overall success.

Demonstrates awareness and understanding of strategic goals/priorities and focuses people on the most important organizational priorities.

Proactively communicates service center objectives and results with clients, leadership team, and all functional areas.

Ensures client services leadership team is held accountable to service center productivity goals by effectively balancing call activity and resources among virtual client service teams. Proactively plans staffing requirements across virtual sites to meet service level agreements and leverage talent in assigned hub and across the Major Accounts enterprise.

Recognizes and monitors service center metrics identifying trends, strengths and opportunities

Plans and monitors service center financials: ongoing labor allocation and expense analysis, planning and forecasting.

Proactively manages staff development. Prepares associates for growth opportunities and encourages associates to move within the organization.

Performs other related duties as assigned, including participation on councils, strategic initiatives, acquisitions, alliances, stretch assignments for strategic opportunity and collaboration opportunities with other Business Units.

Qualifications

This is a hybrid role (3 days in the office). Candidates will sit in either our Schaumburg, IL or Dallas, Texas office with a proven track record of managing teams in both a virtual and in-office setting.

12+ years in a service or implementation environment with hands on experience in management of service and operational teams

Within the years of experience, must possess at least 5+ years of successful and progressive managerial experience (Leader of Leaders)

Must possess great leadership qualities with the focus on a team-based approach using collaboration and driving an engaging and inclusive culture

Must have a demonstrated ability in the following areas:

Setting and meeting aggressive goals for operational effectiveness

Identify and develop talent across an organization

Must possess an “executive” presence and skills to build strong, working relationships from front-line associates to senior executives

Excellent time management, communications, decision making, presentation, leadership and organization skills

Acts as the executive escalation point for sales and client related implementation issues.

Skilled in setting aggressive measurable goals and objectives and being measured against them; motivated by the challenge of achieving specific, challenging, and focused results

Business acumen, knowledge of the industry and competition or ability to get up-to-speed quickly, strong comprehension of ADP's products and process, and demonstrated proficiency in conflict resolution

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Ability to manage clients and associates virtually in an effective way

Ability to travel 1-2 times per month

A college degree is great but not required. What's more important is having the skills to do the job. Other acceptable experiences could include:

Experience noted above, OR

Military experience where skills including teamwork, adaptability, organization, and follow-through will help you build team and client relationships, identify solutions, and achieve success.

Benefits

SUCCESS FACTORS:

Leadership -- Alignment, Talent Development

Demonstrated capacity for innovative and out-of-the box thinking

Embrace ideas, questions, challenges, feedback and prudent risk-taking without the fear of occasional failure

Ability to focus and guide others in accomplishing work objectives

Ability to build and lead a team

Reputation for developing other people

Maintains an environment where top performers can progress

Personal -- Adaptability, Service Orientation/Client Focus

Respects the rights of fellow associates and others

Committed to the highest ethical standards

High learning agility

Demonstrated mental ability

Views learning as a continuous process

Ability to be decisive when faced with tough decisions involving difficult tradeoffs

High degree of emotional resilience

Works as an effective agent of change

Interpersonal -- Collaboration

Fosters collaboration among team members and among other ADP businesses

Use effective interpersonal styles and communication methods to gain followership

Encourages an open, honest, and informal flow of communications

Ability to listen and respond with empathy

Motivates and inspires others to act

Bonus / Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced degree preferred; understands Major Accounts operations, ADP product capabilities and sales process; HCM industry a plus; ability to motivate and lead others; highly collaborative planning ability; superior business acumen, communication, and business judgment; experience in a matrix organization; ensure business partnering with key stakeholders to set the standards to achieve and lead.

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