Client Strategies Partner

Client Strategies Partner

Location: London office, Hybrid

About Our Client

Our client is an AI-enabled sustainability solutions provider helping organisations turn complex requirements into measurable action.

They combine deep sustainability expertise with advanced data and AI tools to help clients navigate regulation, manage risk, and accelerate impact. From strategy and reporting to climate, supply chains, and compliance, they deliver outcomes that are practical, decision-ready, and built for scale.

They are purpose-led and people-powered. They invest deeply in their team through transparent progression, mentorship, and genuine wellbeing support, including flexible working, and training opportunities. They believe better work happens when people are trusted, supported, and empowered.

Role Overview

As a Client Strategy Partner, you will support and grow trusted client relationships, contribute to strategic delivery, and help shape meaningful sustainability outcomes. You'll work across sectors to align solutions with client goals, supported by a collaborative and forward-thinking team. You will be responsible for managing key accounts, identifying growth opportunities, and converting these into new and repeat business.

Key Responsibilities

Client Relationships

• Own and manage a portfolio of client accounts, acting as the primary relationship lead and trusted advisor for their sustainability needs.
• Develop long-term client strategies and deliver consistently high client satisfaction.
• Independently identify, pursue and convert new business opportunities across different sectors, while retaining and expanding existing clientsthrough proactive account management and value-led selling.
• Lead client meetings, articulate value, and manage follow-up actions without senior oversight.
• Actively manage a sales pipeline, maintaining accurate forecasts, progressing opportunities through the sales cycle, and meeting agreed revenue targets.
• Confidently explain and apply sustainability frameworks (e.g., TCFD, CSRD, GHG Protocol) across client contexts.
• Translate sector insights into tailored strategies and actionable roadmaps, shapingour clientsmarketing leading AI-enabled solutions to meet client challenges and ambitions.
• Support the development or refinement of internal tools, templates, and frameworks.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience in a commercial role.
• Demonstrable experience in sales and account management, with a proven track record of owning client relationships and delivering against sales targets, is essential.
• Ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively.
• Strong commercial understanding, with experience in pipeline management.
• Creative approach to solving client challenges.
• Positive, proactive and team oriented.
• Confidence in identifying opportunities, developing proposals, and closing deals in a consultative environment.

What 's On Offer

• Competitive base salary and benefits package plus performance related bonus up to £100-150K OTE.
• Clear development pathways and learning opportunities.
• A supportive and inclusive workplace culture.
• The chance to deliver meaningful sustainability impact across industries.

About us

Allen & York have been matching purposeful people with purpose-led organisations for 30 years. We partner with our clients and candidates on roles that build an understanding of climate change, promote sustainability and create inclusive and responsible organisations, working towards a sustainable world for us all.

Committed to inclusiveness in the workplace, we aim to increase diversity across all areas and therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, or whether or not they have a disability.

Let us help build a better world, together.