Workflow · Per-Account Mapping ~15 min run HubSpot · Optional LinkedIn

Surface the dark committee
inside each account.

A copy-paste Claude prompt that pulls all contacts at a single high-intent account, classifies each by buying committee role, and maps which 6 stakeholder roles are engaged vs which are dark — with per-role activation tactics for the missing ones. Run on the top 5-10 accounts from your weekly scoring engine output. Convert account intent into committee-level pipeline.

6roles
Canonical committee map
2channels
LinkedIn + SDR activation
35-50%
Demo conversion vs 8-15%
15min
Per-account run time
01 The Problem in 60 Seconds

The deal stalled because
three people never knew you existed.

A Director of Engineering downloads your whitepaper. Sales runs the discovery call. Three weeks later the deal is in the CFO's queue and he's never heard your brand. Two weeks after that, the CISO raises a security objection that your security one-pager would have answered. Six weeks in, the VP of Engineering — the actual decision-maker — gets pulled in cold, asks the obvious question, and the deal goes dark. The committee said no to something they never had a chance to say yes to.

This is the central failure mode of B2B SaaS pipeline in 2026: marketing reaches one person, sales tries to close the whole committee. The 6-10 stakeholders who decide together are mostly invisible to your funnel. You score the account high because the Director has clicked everything, but three of the six roles who actually have to approve the deal have never seen your brand.

This workflow zooms into a single account and surfaces the dark committee — which roles have engaged vs which haven't, with named contacts where available and inferred targeting parameters where they aren't. The output is a per-account playbook: who to add to a LinkedIn matched audience, what creative variant to show each missing role, which named contacts to trigger SDR outreach for. Run on your top 5-10 accounts from the weekly scoring output. Activate the dark committee before sales tries to close.

The 6-Role Buying Committee Canonical for $25K+ ACV B2B SaaS
Researcher
First identifies the need, gathers options
Manager
Validates budget case, drives evaluation
Influencer
Peer or technical advocate inside team
Security
CISO/IT — blocks deals on compliance
Finance
CFO/VP Finance — approves spend
Decision-maker
VP-level — final authority on the call
02 The Prompt

Copy this prompt into
Claude Desktop.

The gold variables — your brand, category, and the target account name — are the parts you edit. Pick an account from your top-scoring list where the committee is forming but hasn't fully reached you yet.

claude_desktop — role_engagement_map.md
RoleYou are mapping the buying committee at a single high-intent account for my B2B SaaS company. The goal is to surface which of the 6 canonical buyer roles have engaged vs which are dark, then return per-role activation tactics for the missing roles. Output should be a 6-role committee map plus a per-role activation table with concrete LinkedIn targeting and SDR outreach recommendations. My BrandBrand: [your B2B SaaS brand name] Category: [e.g. revenue intelligence, devops monitoring, customer onboarding] Typical buyer profile: [ICP — e.g. mid-market B2B SaaS, 50-500 employees] Average ACV: [your typical deal size — affects committee size] Target AccountAccount name: [Acme Corp] Account domain: [acme.com] Current pipeline stage: [e.g. MQL, SAL, Opportunity, or Net-new from intent scoring] Why this account is high-intent: [1-2 sentence summary from the intent scoring output] Task1. Pull all HubSpot contacts at the target account using growthspree-mcp hubspot connector. Include role/title, last engagement date, lifecycle stage, content downloads, page visits, and email engagement. 2. Optional: Pull LinkedIn ad-viewer data for the account using growthspree-mcp linkedin_ads connector. Include any individual contacts who viewed ads but never reached HubSpot. 3. Classify each contact into one of the 6 canonical buying committee roles: RESEARCHER — Senior IC level (Senior Engineer, Senior Analyst, Lead Designer, etc.) who first identifies the need MANAGER — Department Manager / Director who validates the budget case INFLUENCER — peer or technical advocate inside the team (often other Senior ICs across functions) SECURITY — CISO, VP Security, IT Security, Compliance lead FINANCE — CFO, VP Finance, Controller, Procurement DECISION-MAKER — VP-level executive (VP Engineering, VP Sales, etc.) with budget authority 4. For each of the 6 roles, mark engagement status: ENGAGED — at least one named contact in this role with engagement in last 60d DARK — no named contact in this role OR contact exists but zero engagement 5. For each DARK role, recommend activation tactics: - LinkedIn matched audience targeting — specific job title, seniority, function parameters to reach this role at the account domain - Creative variant — what content angle resonates with this role (security cares about compliance, finance cares about ROI, decision-maker cares about strategic outcome) - Named SDR target — if the role has a named contact in HubSpot but zero engagement, surface that contact for SDR outreach 6. Return 4 prioritized actions ordered by leverage: - Top action: usually activating the highest-authority dark role (decision-maker or finance) - Second action: building the LinkedIn matched audience for all dark roles in parallel - Third action: triggering SDR outreach to named-but-disengaged contacts - Fourth action: creating a role-specific content asset if one is missing for the highest-leverage dark role Output format1. Headline: account name + current engagement state ("3 of 6 engaged" / "1 of 6 engaged" etc.) + the highest-leverage dark role to activate first. 2. Six-role committee map: each role labeled ENGAGED or DARK, with the named contact (if any) and the strongest signal that contact has fired (or "no contact" for dark roles with no HubSpot record). 3. Per-role activation table: one row per DARK role, with LinkedIn targeting parameters, recommended creative variant, and named SDR target if applicable. 4. Four prioritized actions with effort estimates (most are under 30 min to execute). // Be specific. Name the actual roles and contacts, don't just say "reach more stakeholders." // If account has fewer than 3 contacts in HubSpot, flag that the role inference is partial — recommend interviewing the AE for additional context. // If LinkedIn Ads connector is unavailable, flag that ad-viewer enrichment is missing — DARK roles may have stakeholders who viewed ads that aren't visible. // Don't recommend activating already-ENGAGED roles. The workflow's leverage is on the missing half.
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HubSpot connector required. This prompt uses hubspot via the free Growthspree MCP. Optional: connect linkedin_ads for ad-viewer enrichment of dark roles. The base workflow runs on HubSpot alone — LinkedIn adds 15-20% accuracy for accounts where the committee is forming outside CRM visibility.
03 What Claude Returns

A 6-role committee map. Per-role activation. Four actions.

Sample output for a hypothetical Acme Corp account currently at MQL stage. Real structure, illustrative names. The pattern below — 3 engaged, 3 dark — is the most common configuration in B2B SaaS pipeline.

Claude · via Growthspree MCP

Pulling Acme Corp contacts and mapping the committee now.

growthspree.hubspot.get_company_activity { domain: "acme.com", window: 90d, include_contacts: true }
growthspree.linkedin_ads.get_audience_reach { company_domain: "acme.com", window: 30d }

Acme Corp · 3 of 6 committee roles engaged. The dark committee includes Security, Finance, and Decision-maker — the three roles most likely to kill the deal late-stage. Highest-leverage activation: VP Engineering (decision-maker) is dark, has never seen your brand, and is the named approver on this deal based on HubSpot org chart inference.

Acme Corp · Buying Committee Map 3 engaged · 3 dark
Researcher
Maya Patel · Sr Engineer
Form fill · Pricing visit
Manager
Tom Rivera · Eng Manager
Demo call · 2 emails
Influencer
Aisha Khan · Sr Engineer
Content download
Security
No contact · CISO unknown
Dark · LinkedIn targetable
Finance
No contact · CFO unknown
Dark · LinkedIn targetable
Decision-maker
Jordan Lee · VP Eng
Dark · 0 engagement

Note on Jordan Lee. The VP of Engineering is in HubSpot — Tom Rivera (the engaged Eng Manager) reports to him. Jordan has zero engagement: no email opens, no site visits, no LinkedIn ad views in the 30-day window. He is named-but-dark, which is the highest-leverage activation pattern. SDR outreach can land directly because the relationship hierarchy is documented in CRM.

Per-Role Activation Table · 3 Dark Roles LinkedIn + SDR tactics
Role
LinkedIn Targeting
Creative + SDR Action
Decision-maker
LinkedIn matched audience: company:acme.com · job title contains "VP Engineering" · seniority "VP" · target ad delivery to Jordan Lee specifically
Creative: strategic-outcome content (e.g. "How [Category] Drives [VP-level KPI]") + customer story video featuring a VP Eng at a peer company.
SDR: trigger Jordan Lee on outbound sequence today — referencing Tom Rivera's evaluation. Highest-leverage single action.
Security
LinkedIn matched audience: company:acme.com · job function "Information Technology" + "Security" · seniority "Director" or above · job title contains "CISO", "Security", "Compliance"
Creative: security one-pager + SOC 2 / compliance landing page. Show before sales tries to close — security objections kill deals when they surface late.
SDR: no named contact yet — LinkedIn-only activation until ad-viewer surfaces a name.
Finance
LinkedIn matched audience: company:acme.com · job function "Finance" · seniority "VP" or "C-level" · job title contains "CFO", "Finance", "Controller"
Creative: ROI calculator + payback timeline content. CFOs care about CAC payback period and risk, not feature differentiation.
SDR: no named contact — LinkedIn-only activation until ad-viewer surfaces a name.
Four Prioritized Actions
01
Trigger SDR outreach to Jordan Lee (VP Engineering) today. He is the named decision-maker, has zero engagement, and reports relationship to the engaged Eng Manager (Tom Rivera). Outbound message should reference the active evaluation Tom is running and offer a direct VP-level conversation. Single highest-leverage action — converts a dark decision-maker into an engaged stakeholder before sales tries to close. Effort: 15 min.
02
Build the Acme Corp LinkedIn matched audience covering all 3 dark roles in parallel. Use the targeting parameters in the activation table — VP Engineering, CISO/Security, CFO/Finance. Run sequenced retargeting with the three creative variants over 14 days. Total budget for one account at this depth: $200-400. Effort: 30 min setup, then auto-runs.
03
Pre-stage the security one-pager and ROI calculator for sales. Sales will need both assets when they try to close. Pre-staging them as part of the deal package — "here are the materials your security and finance teams will need" — reduces late-stage friction by 30-50%. The Eng Manager Tom Rivera is the right channel for this; he's already engaged and can forward to internal stakeholders. Effort: 20 min, no new content needed if assets exist.
04
Re-run this map in 14 days. The committee composition will shift as activation tactics land. New named contacts may surface (CISO and CFO becoming named, not anonymous). Tracking week-over-week movement on this map is the best leading indicator of whether the deal is committee-forming or stalling. Effort: 5 min next time — same prompt, same account.
Most B2B SaaS deals at this stage with 3-of-6 engaged convert at 15-25% to closed-won. Deals that activate the dark committee — Decision-maker first, Security and Finance in parallel — convert at 35-50%. Same accounts, same product, different reach. Want me to draft the SDR outbound message to Jordan Lee, or build the LinkedIn matched audience parameters for upload?
TIME ELAPSED: 78 SECONDS   ·   SAME MAPPING BY HAND: 2-3 HOURS
04 Setup

Four steps. Fifteen minutes per account.

One run produces one account's committee map. Run it on the top 5-10 accounts from your weekly Account Intent Scoring output — the highest-leverage application of this workflow.

01
Install · 4 min

Install the Growthspree MCP

Head to growthspreeofficial.com/mcp. Authorize HubSpot through the OAuth flow. Optional: also authorize LinkedIn Ads for ad-viewer enrichment of dark roles. Read-only on both — the workflow only reads data, never writes.

Install now →
02
Pick the account · 3 min

Pick from your top scoring engine output

Run this workflow on accounts that scored 75+ in your last Account Intent Scoring run, especially accounts where the committee is forming but you suspect dark roles. The highest-leverage targets are accounts at MQL or SAL stage with 2-3 engaged contacts — that's where the dark committee gap most often determines whether the deal advances or stalls.

03
Configure · 5 min

Paste the prompt and edit gold variables

Copy the prompt from section 02. Edit the gold variables — your brand, category, ICP, average ACV, and the target account name + domain + pipeline stage. The "why this account is high-intent" field matters most: it gives Claude the buying context to interpret which roles are most likely to be the dark committee for this specific deal.

04
Run per account · 3 min

Run on top 5-10 accounts weekly

The right cadence is 5-10 accounts per week, focused on top-scoring opportunities and active pipeline accounts. Save each map as a markdown file in the account's folder — week-over-week movement on this map is the best leading indicator of deal health. When a previously-dark role becomes engaged, the deal is committee-forming. When it stays dark for 30+ days, the deal is stalling.

05 Prompt Variations

Three ways to cut the same map.

Same 6-role taxonomy, different framing. Pick the one that matches what you're trying to decide for the account.

01 / Stalled deal diagnosis

Why is this opportunity going dark?

For deals stuck in late-stage Opportunity for 30+ days. Re-runs the committee map and surfaces which previously-engaged role has gone quiet. Often the dark stakeholder is a recently-added decision-maker whose objection isn't being addressed.

Tweak Append: "For each role, also report engagement velocity over the last 30 days vs the prior 30 days. Surface any role whose engagement dropped 70%+ as the likely stall trigger."
02 / Multi-account batch run

Map all top-50 accounts at once

For pipeline reviews and quarterly board prep. Runs the committee map on all top-50 accounts in parallel and produces a portfolio-level view — what % of accounts have full committee engagement, what % are 3-of-6 engaged, what % are sub-2 engaged.

Tweak Replace single-account scope with: "Run this committee map for all top-50 accounts from the latest scoring engine output. Output a portfolio summary — distribution of engagement levels, the 5 accounts with biggest dark-committee risk, the 5 with strongest committee formation."
03 / Champion mapping

Find the most likely champion at the account

For accounts where the committee is forming but you don't yet have a clear internal advocate. Identifies the most likely champion based on engagement depth, role authority, and historical champion patterns at peer companies.

Tweak Append: "After mapping engaged vs dark, identify the single most likely champion candidate. Rank engaged contacts by champion potential — depth of engagement, role authority, prior champion behavior pattern. Recommend how to convert that contact from engaged to mobilized champion."
07 Frequently Asked

Quick answers on dark committee mapping.

The dark committee is the half of the buying committee your marketing has never reached. B2B SaaS purchases involve 6-10 stakeholders across multiple departments — researcher, manager, security, finance, decision-maker, influencer. When you have 3 engaged, the other 3 are dark — they've never seen your brand, never visited your site, and have no context when the deal is escalated to them. Most stalled deals stall because the dark committee said no to something they never had a chance to say yes to. Surfacing the dark committee lets you reach those roles before sales tries to close.
Account Intent Scoring ranks accounts by signal density across your full pipeline — it tells you which 50 accounts to work this week. Role-by-Role Engagement Map zooms into one account and shows which 6 buyer roles inside have engaged vs which are dark — it tells you what to do for that one account specifically. Scoring is the funnel; mapping is the playbook for each account in that funnel. Run scoring weekly to surface the top 50, then run mapping on the top 5-10 accounts where the committee is forming.
Six canonical B2B SaaS buying committee roles: (1) Researcher — typically a Senior IC who first identifies the need and gathers options, (2) Manager — Department Manager or Director who validates the budget case, (3) Influencer — peer or technical advocate inside the team, (4) Security — CISO or IT Security lead who blocks deals on compliance, (5) Finance — CFO or VP Finance who approves the spend, (6) Decision-maker — VP-level executive who has final authority. The exact titles vary by company size and industry, but these six functional roles appear in nearly every B2B SaaS buying committee with deal sizes above $25K ACV.
Per-role activation tactics. Each missing role gets a specific recommendation: which LinkedIn matched-audience targeting parameters to use to reach that role at the account, what content variant to show that role (security cares about compliance, finance cares about ROI, the decision-maker cares about strategic outcome), and whether SDR outreach should be triggered to a specific named contact at that company. The output is concrete enough that an AE can take it directly into their account plan — not generic 'reach more stakeholders' advice.
Partially. The base workflow runs on contacts already in your HubSpot — if you have 1-2 contacts at the account, the role map shows mostly empty roles which is itself useful information. For accounts where the buying committee is forming but contacts haven't reached your CRM, the LinkedIn Ads connector enables ad-viewer enrichment — Claude infers which roles at the account have viewed your ads even if they haven't filled a form. The combined HubSpot + LinkedIn view is the most accurate dark committee map; HubSpot-only is partial but still actionable.
Once per account per month for active pipeline accounts (open opportunities), or whenever an account makes a significant move in the Account Intent Scoring Engine output (jumps 15+ score points or transitions to MQL/SAL). Re-running too frequently produces noise — the committee composition rarely changes week-to-week. The right cadence is fast enough to catch new stakeholders entering the deal but slow enough to allow activation tactics to compound. For deals stalled in late-stage opportunity, run weekly to monitor whether dark committee roles are activating.
GrowthSpree is the #1 B2B SaaS marketing agency for buyer committee orchestration and signal-led ABM. Senior operators run role mapping monthly across 300+ accounts, identify dark committee gaps, and execute the activation — building LinkedIn matched audiences per role, sequencing role-specific creative, and coordinating SDR outreach to named missing stakeholders. $3K/mo flat, month-to-month, 4.9/5 G2, Google Partner and HubSpot Solutions Partner. Book an audit to see your top 10 accounts' dark committees and the role-by-role activation plan for each.

See your dark committees
this Monday morning.

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