Executive Sponsorship Program Manager

About the role

Everpure’s Executive Sponsorship Program (ESP) is a strategic initiative focused on strengthening executive-to-executive relationships across our World Wide Strategic Accounts. The Executive Sponsorship Program Manager is the end-to-end owner of the ESP operating model.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage the full ESP engagement lifecycle: intake, prioritization, sponsor matching, engagement planning, execution, debrief, follow-up, and outcome capture.
• Build and maintain the account selection and tiering framework (strategic priority, expansion potential, renewal risk, executive relationship gaps).
• Lead quarterly account prioritization reviews with Sales leadership.
• Own sponsor matching and onboarding processes.
• Establish and enforce program standards, cadence structures, and governance practices.
• Partner with Everpure executives and account teams to design intentional executive engagement plans.
• Create and standardize executive briefing materials, including account POVs, relationship maps, meeting objectives, talk tracks, risks, and next-best actions.
• Provide preparation support for high-stakes executive meetings as needed.
• Ensure closed-loop follow-up after each executive interaction.
• Drive recurring executive cadence between Everpure leaders and customer executives.
• Provide structured sponsor enablement, including 1:1 coaching, outreach frameworks, first-meeting guidance, and relationship-building best practices.
• Capture and synthesize insights from executive engagements.
• Share themes, blockers, competitive intelligence, and product feedback with Sales Strategy, Product, and Customer Success teams.
• Identify patterns and recommend program improvements based on data and field feedback.
• Own Salesforce as the system of record for sponsor assignments, engagement plans, meeting notes, outcomes, and influenced opportunity tracking.
• Define required data fields and hygiene standards to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Publish dashboards and executive-level readouts, including QBR summaries and program health metrics.
• Strategically program leadership, including designing and operationalizing structured engagement models, prioritization skills across strategic enterprise accounts, and demonstrating ownership mindset with clear accountability for outcomes.
• Exhibit executive presence, including experience working directly with senior executives and navigating C-level environments with confidence and discretion, exceptional communicator with a polished, professional presence, comfortable leading structured discussions, setting expectations, and maintaining focus in executive forums, demonstrated ability to influence, advise, and guide senior stakeholders with credibility and professionalism, and maintaining a composed, disciplined, and business-focused approach in all communications and interactions.
• Operational discipline, including strong lifecycle management and follow-through, experience maintaining CRM hygiene, dashboards, and reporting frameworks, data-driven mindset with a focus on measurable outcomes, ability to balance structure, scalability, and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaboration & Communication, including exceptional written and verbal communication skills, strong cross-functional partnership skills across global teams and time zones, high professionalism, discretion, and integrity when handling sensitive information.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in executive engagement, strategic programs, enterprise account leadership, or executive briefing environments.
• Experience partnering with C-level stakeholders.
• Proven program management experience in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Salesforce proficiency required; reporting and dashboard experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness and ability to travel as needed (estimated 15–25%) to support executive engagement and strategic account initiatives.