Head of Client Experience

Allworth Financial•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

Allworth Financial is an independent investment advisory firm providing full-context wealth planning solutions. The firm brings together investment, tax, retirement, estate, and other financial considerations to help clients evaluate decisions in the context of their whole financial lives. Founded in Sacramento, California, in 1993, Allworth Financial is a high-growth, private equity-backed, multibranch registered investment adviser. Allworth is primarily a fee-based fiduciary advisory firm that emphasizes client well-being and education. The firm continues to expand through acquisitions and organic growth. Allworth is a great place to work and build a career. The firm ranks among the top 15 on Barron’s Top 100 RIA Firms list, has a historical client retention rate of 97%, and is a National Business Research Institute (NBRI) Circle of Excellence Award winner. The Head of Client Experience owns the firmwide strategy for how clients experience Allworth across advice, service, communications, events, technology, and relationship touchpoints. This leader defines the desired client experience, sets service standards, aligns cross-functional partners, and ensures the firm continuously improves the client journey as it grows. Our vision is a client experience that is personal, proactive, seamless, and consistently excellent across the firm, where every client feels known, valued, and confident that Allworth understands their goals, anticipates their needs, and brings the full strength of the firm to help them make better decisions for their life, family, and legacy. This is a new, high-visibility role: the opportunity to build and lead a function that protects the intimacy of a boutique advisory relationship while delivering enterprise-level consistency, measurement, and scale.

Requirements

10+ years of experience leading client experience, client service strategy, or client journey transformation in wealth management, financial services, or another high-trust, relationship-driven business.
Demonstrated experience designing segmented service models, client journeys, service standards, and “moments that matter” across the client lifecycle.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional work across operations, technology, marketing, compliance, planning, and leadership.
Experience using client feedback, data, and performance measures to prioritize improvements and demonstrate impact.
Experience leading and developing teams, including building a new function.
Strong communication and change leadership skills, with the ability to build alignment and adoption across advisors and client-facing teams.
Credibility with advisors and client-facing teams, with a practical appreciation for operational realities.
Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience at an RIA, wealth management firm, or multi-office financial services organization, including growth through acquisition.
Experience with CRM, client portal, and digital client experience tools (e.g., Salesforce).
Experience establishing a Voice of Client program (e.g., NPS/CSAT, client advisory boards).
Advanced degree or CX certification (e.g., CCXP).

Responsibilities

Define the Client Experience vision, strategy, roadmap, and annual priorities.
Own the firmwide client experience charter and operating model.
Lead Client Experience governance across advisory teams, operations, technology, marketing, compliance, investments, and planning.
Prioritize client experience initiatives based on business impact, client need, and advisor-team adoption.
Define the client service model by segment, in partnership with leadership, advisors, operations, and planning, so every client receives a clear, intentional experience appropriate to their value, complexity, and needs.
Establish standards for onboarding, responsiveness, client meetings, follow-up, communications, events, escalation, and service recovery.
Standardize the firm’s response to the moments that matter to clients, such as onboarding, market volatility, retirement, death of a spouse, liquidity events, estate transitions, and business sales, and equip advisors to deliver them.
Oversee the Voice of Client program and ensure client feedback turns into action across leadership decisions, training, process improvement, technology investment, and advisor coaching.
Own CX measurement, including the CX dashboard, and report results and recommendations to senior leadership.
Set the strategic direction for client communications, client events, and advisor-enabled growth programs, in partnership with Marketing and Advisory.
Build, lead, and develop the Client Experience team, including the Client Journey & Service Excellence, Voice of Client & CX Insights, and Client Engagement & Growth Programs functions.
Partner with Practice Management to train and support teams on CX standards, and with field champions to drive adoption across offices.
Protect the client experience as the firm integrates new offices and acquisitions.

Benefits

Medical: Blue Shield (PPOs and HDHP with HSA) plans and Kaiser (HMO) plans for California associates
Dental insurance with MetLife
Vision insurance with VSP
Optional supplemental benefits
Healthcare savings accounts with company contribution
Flexible spending accounts
Flexible working arrangements
Generous 401K contributions
Flexible paid time off policy for exempt associates
15 days of paid time off annually during the first three years of employment for non-exempt associates
11 Paid Holidays
Option to participate in our Equity Purchase Program
Future growth opportunities within the company