Full-Time

Client Engagement Manager

Coates Group

Coates Group

201-500 employees

End-to-end digital signage for QSRs

Compensation Overview

$85k - $120k/yr

+ Bonus

Chicago, IL, USA

Hybrid

Bachelor's

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
Agile
Word/Pages/Docs
JIRA
Asana
SCRUM
Confluence
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
PowerPoint/Keynote/Slides

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Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, or related field
  • 3+ years experience working in one or more of the following: Technology (software development; SAAS) projects
  • Deployment efforts
  • Account Management
  • Client Engagement / Delivery
  • Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving skills
  • Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work within fluid business environment with enthusiasm
  • Well-developed attention to detail whether looking at small details or large overarching implementation plans
  • Ability to manage complex efforts through tracking key milestones, defining the critical path, and risk management
  • Ability to drive (internal and external) accountability through relationships, transparency, collaboration, and timely escalation
  • Possesses effective interpersonal and excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage easily with peers and Director-level stakeholders
  • Critical thinking and decision-making abilities in support of clients and organizational strategy, vision, and initiatives
  • Familiarity with modern technology management processes such as agile and/or scrum
  • Competent (or ability to build competence) with modern business tools (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SmartSheet, Miro, Asana) and development/support tools (such as Slack, Jira, Confluence, Service Now)
Responsibilities
  • Responsible for day-to-day client satisfaction, including managing expectations and work flowing into the rest of the team.
  • Work closely with key internal stakeholders within the business to define and ensure successful delivery of customer projects.
  • Maintain and execute against appropriate project documentation, such as scope, goals, status updates, meeting minutes, plans (milestones, owners, timelines, risks, dependencies, mitigations), etc.
  • Hold internal and client resources accountable for executing against aligned plans including escalations with key documentation and clear impact statements, as appropriate.
  • Monitoring Coates performance and working with internal, cross-functional partners to improve results and/or continuous improvement efforts.
  • Identify areas for process improvement and drive any related optimization including implementation of best practices and lessons learned from previous projects.
  • Align and maintain proper (internal and client) governance structures to execute efforts
  • Keep stakeholders informed about progress, successes, and challenges via regular communications such as update meetings or status reports; these updates should be appropriately tailored in terms of length and level of detail based on the audience (i.e. working group vs. executive steering committee).
  • Responsible for investing time to learn about core knowledge of the client and sharing it in contextual ways with the internal team to head off issues or illuminate opportunities
  • Identifying client growth opportunities, including forecasting ongoing and future sales, through client business expertise, an understanding of Coates products and services, and knowledge of the category/industry and competitive landscape.
  • Contract administration and change orders including internal Coates stakeholdering, alignment with the client, and ensuring timely receipt of revenue.
  • Leading client meetings as necessary, including quarterly business reviews
  • Have a pulse on overall client sentiment and participate in or lead internal client health updates and discussions

Coates Group provides digital signage and customer experience solutions for Quick Service Restaurants. It offers digital menu boards, self-service kiosks, and content management systems, along with hardware, software, installation, and ongoing support. The system combines displays and interactive kiosks with a central content platform to create, schedule, and push menus and messages across multiple locations, while technicians install and maintain the setup. Its goal is to help QSR brands improve the customer experience and drive sales by offering end-to-end, location-wide digital signage management for large chains and independents.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Newtown Township, Pennsylvania

Founded

2003

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What believers are saying

  • H1 2026 revenue grew 1% organically to $837 million despite weaker markets.
  • Coates released its 2025 Sustainability Report on 12 March 2026, beating targets early.
  • July 2026 interim results kept full-year outlook unchanged and raised the dividend 5%.

What critics are saying

  • McDonald’s concentration exposes Coates if the 2022 five-year CMS agreement slips.
  • Indeed reviews in 2025 show toxic management, low pay, and burnout culture.
  • Acrelec and other QSR signage vendors can undercut hardware and CMS bundles by 2027.

What makes Coates Group unique

  • Coates Group won McDonald’s global Digital Menu Board CMS mandate in 2022.
  • Switchboard™ CMS links hardware, content, installation, and support across QSR touchpoints.
  • Thousand-restaurant deployments and standardized global tooling create switching costs for 2026 renewals.

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Benefits

Performance Bonus

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Sick Leave

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