01 · Cadence
Keep relationships warm
Maintain an appropriate follow-up rhythm with qualified prospects, active clients, referral sources, teaming partners, and other commercial relationships without spamming or over-contacting them.
Careers · open engagement · relationships
Client & partner relationship manager
Keep every valuable relationship moving after the introduction. This role manages follow-up, next steps, referrals, partner coordination, commercial-to-technical handoffs, and renewal and expansion signals across DSE's client and partner relationships.
You own cadence and continuity. The role does not provide technical advice, approve prices, promise delivery outcomes, negotiate legal terms, or bind DSE.
Engagement terms · disclosed up front
Success-based work, not employment.
This is a 1099 independent contractor engagement with success-based compensation and no guaranteed base salary or retainer. No employee benefits are provided. The qualifying referral, renewal, expansion, or partner-originated revenue, attribution rules, collection trigger, and payment timing are negotiated individually and documented in a written services agreement before work begins. Success-based compensation does not apply to securing or obtaining U.S. Government contracts where contingent fees are prohibited; any federal activity and compensation must be separately scoped in writing and comply with applicable procurement rules.
The work · continuity across the revenue path
Make the next step clear and owned.
This is a relationship-execution role, not a passive account desk. It requires disciplined follow-through, calm communication, and good judgment about when to bring in a principal or practitioner.
02 · Coordination
Make handoffs clean
Prepare context, track owners and dates, schedule the right people, and connect commercial conversations to DSE leadership or technical practitioners without losing history.
03 · Growth signals
Listen for what comes next
Capture renewal and expansion signals, referrals, adjacent problems, partner opportunities, and delivery feedback. Route each signal to the person authorized to evaluate it.
04 · Records
Keep the CRM trustworthy
Maintain contacts, relationship notes, stage, next step, owner, and source attribution in the CRM. Close loops instead of creating parallel spreadsheets and private histories.
Role boundary · relationship, not authority
Coordinate confidently, promise carefully.
You own
Cadence and clarity
- Scheduled follow-up and relationship plans.
- Meeting context, notes, next steps, and owner tracking.
- Referral and partner-introduction follow-through.
- Feedback capture and CRM accuracy.
DSE retains
Technical and commercial authority
- Technical advice, architecture, security, and delivery claims.
- Pricing, scope, proposals, legal terms, and contracts.
- Commitments about timelines, outcomes, staffing, or partner status.
- Final decisions on renewals, expansion, and partnership agreements.
Qualifications · capability-based
Who can be effective quickly.
Required
Non-negotiable
- Demonstrated B2B relationship management, account coordination, customer success, partnerships, or consultative business-development experience.
- Excellent written follow-up, meeting facilitation, and professional judgment.
- Experience maintaining clean CRM records and managing multiple next steps without losing details.
- Ability to translate between commercial context and technical stakeholders without pretending to be the technical expert.
- US work authorization and willingness to work under a 1099 written services agreement.
Preferred
Shortens the ramp
- Experience with consulting, data, cybersecurity, AI, cloud, professional services, or federal teaming relationships.
- Experience supporting regulated, financial-services, healthcare, government, or mid-market buyers.
- A record of producing referrals, renewals, expansions, or partner-sourced opportunities.
- Comfort working directly with founders, principals, and senior technical practitioners.
Screening · answer in the first note
Four questions that tell us fast.
Describe the portfolio of clients, partners, or accounts you managed and how you decided who needed attention each week.
Give one example of a relationship you helped turn into a referral, renewal, expansion, or qualified opportunity.
How do you maintain useful CRM notes and hand off context to commercial or technical leaders?
Can you work as a 1099 contractor with success-based compensation, no guaranteed base salary or retainer, and a minimum commitment of 10 hours per week?
Apply · direct, no recruiter
Show us how you keep trust moving.
Send a concise introduction with your answers to the four screening questions and a résumé or LinkedIn profile. Applications go directly to hiring@thedataexperts.us.
By applying, you acknowledge that DSE will process applicant information for recruiting and evaluation under the Applicant Privacy Notice. If you need a reasonable accommodation, use the same email address.
Equal opportunity · classification
An equal opportunity organization.
DSE is an equal opportunity organization. We engage contractors without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
This posting describes an independent contractor opportunity, not employment or an offer. It creates no employer-employee relationship, guaranteed earnings, or benefits. Final terms exist only in an executed written services agreement.