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Customer Value Architect - Houston

Neara - Houston, TX, United States - Hybrid - posted 2026-10-23

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Neara is a high-growth, venture-backed software company that uses advanced machine learning and physics-enabled digital twins to model electricity grids and critical infrastructure across four continents. Recognized as a Time Magazine 100 Most Influential Company (2024), Neara helps the world's largest utilities stress-test infrastructure against extreme weather, optimize investments, and build resilience at scale. As Customer Value Architect, you will be the trusted technical and commercial advisor to Neara's highest-value customers, driving platform adoption and demonstrating quantifiable ROI. This is a hybrid role based in Houston with significant on-site customer engagement. Key Responsibilities: - Develop deep proficiency with the Neara platform and translate its functionality into customer business outcomes. - Work directly with enterprise customers on-site to drive adoption, ensure contractual delivery, and embed solutions into their workflows. - Understand customer strategic imperatives and identify where Neara solutions can enable or enhance their operations. - Collaborate with customers to define business cases, ROI metrics, and value delivery frameworks with established reporting cadences. - Identify expansion opportunities within customer accounts by uncovering additional pain points Neara can solve. - Engage broad stakeholder audiences within customer organizations to build trusted, credible relationships. - Partner with Neara Sales and Deployment teams to inform account strategies and growth opportunities. - Design and deliver focused training sessions and workshops aligned with customer goals. - Identify emerging client needs and communicate strategic opportunities to internal teams. Requirements: - Significant experience with enterprise account engagement, strategy, and client management, ideally within a large consulting organization. - Familiarity with enterprise software platforms and deployments. - Proven ability to develop tangible customer value and ROI frameworks aligned with client strategic priorities. - Strong communication skills; ability to explain complex topics clearly. - Strong critical thinking; ability to translate customer outcomes back to technical solutions. - Strong external stakeholder engagement skills and ability to build trusted relationships. - Proactive problem-solver with creative approach to customer pain points and commercial opportunities. - Experience in infrastructure or energy sector is a plus but not essential. - Engineering degree is a plus but not essential. - Current and unrestricted working rights required; visa sponsorship not available.

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