Client Services Consultant

About Lyra

Lyra Health is the leading provider of mental health solutions for employers supporting more than 20 million people globally. The company has delivered 13 million sessions of mental health care, published more than 20 peer‑reviewed studies, and delivered unmatched outcomes in terms of access, clinical effectiveness and cost efficiency. Extensive peer‑reviewed research confirms Lyra’s transformative care model helps people recover twice as fast and results in a 26 % annual reduction in overall healthcare claims costs.

Lyra is transforming access to life‑changing mental health care through Lyra Empower, the only fully integrated, AI‑powered platform that combines the highest‑quality care and technology solutions.

Lyra Health Southern Africa is searching for a Client Services Consultant that will take responsibility for the management of a portfolio of Employee Assistance Programmes and Wellbeing Services clients. Main areas of responsibility include client retention and excellent customer experience, effective SLA adherence, client risk management, growth of the portfolio, project management of diversified services, and administration and financial management of allocated marketing budgets.

This is a full‑time position (5 days per week) to be based in a hybrid model in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Management of own portfolio of large corporate clients including programme launches, contract negotiations and ongoing strategic programme management
• Ensuring excellent customer service and outstanding customer experience
• Effective liaison and consultation with various LYRA departments in the delivery of diversified services to portfolio of clients
• Excellent customer feedback (complaints) management

• Effective identification and mitigation of risk using relationship management and strategic interventions to convert risk to opportunities where possible

• Expanding existing client portfolio by identifying and initiating commercial opportunities for adding business units, headcounts and/or additional diversified services, including Performance Learning

• Effective and accurate maintenance of client information on relevant LYRA systems
• Effective collaboration with LYRA Finance teams to ensure timely invoicing and assistance with tracking of debtors
• Effective client budget management
• Effective renewal and annual increase negotiations

• Must speak and communicate fluently in English and at least one other African language (except Afrikaans)
• Minimum 3+ years of customer relationship management experience
• Minimum 3+ years of EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) experience
• Conceptual understanding of business missions, supplier promise and strategy, and the performance implications of this strategy with regard to market success
• Relevant tertiary qualification is desirable
• Project management experience is desirable

• Professional and quality‑oriented approach to work
• Pays attention to detail/methodical approach
• Customer focused
• Confident
• Enthusiastic
• Can develop and sustain mature working relationships
• Open to change
• Aware of impact of own actions on workload of others and the business (self‑responsibility)
• Assertive
• Ability to see the big picture
• Recognises own boundaries and limitations and takes personal responsibility for managing these

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or any other category protected by law.