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Account Director

account managementclient leadershipdigitalCRMCXmediastakeholder managementcommercial acumenclient retentionrenewalsonboardinggovernanceclient healthcross-functional teams

Key details

Salary

Not specified

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

5-10

Location

London, United Kingdom

Full job description

Lead account planning and execution for assigned clients, aligning with client objectives and commercial priorities. Manage mid-senior client relationships as primary contact for delivery, performance, and commercial discussions. Collaborate with Strategy, Growth, Delivery, and specialist teams to ensure coordinated delivery and consistent messaging. Contribute to onboarding, governance, and reporting processes maintaining high-quality standards. Lead renewal and retention conversations to support expansion and strengthen client partnerships. Monitor client health and performance metrics to identify risks and opportunities. Resolve delivery escalations to ensure seamless client experience. Achieve client satisfaction, drive retention and renewal outcomes, deliver revenue and commercial performance, support delivery teams, maintain operational excellence, and foster collaboration across teams. Requires strong experience in client leadership, account management, or delivery roles in digital, data, CRM, or CX environments, managing multiple client accounts, stakeholder management, commercial acumen, and excellent communication and problem-solving skills. Desirable experience includes multi-solution engagements, onboarding, governance, client health measurement, contract renewals, upsell motions, revenue planning, and working with cross-functional teams. Permanent full-time role based in London with competitive salary and flexible benefits including private medical insurance, virtual GP access, employee assistance, 25 days annual leave plus extras, gym and retail discounts, electric car leasing, travel insurance, and flexible working arrangements.

What you'll do

  • Lead account planning and execution across assigned clients ensuring alignment with client objectives and commercial priorities
  • Build and maintain mid-senior client relationships as primary point of contact for delivery, performance, and commercial discussions
  • Collaborate with Strategy, Growth, Delivery, and specialist teams for coordinated delivery and consistent messaging
  • Contribute to onboarding, governance, and reporting processes ensuring high-quality standards and operational consistency
  • Lead renewal and retention conversations supporting expansion opportunities and strengthening long-term client partnerships
  • Monitor client health and performance metrics identifying risks, improvement opportunities, and proactive interventions
  • Resolve delivery escalations supporting teams to troubleshoot issues and ensure seamless client experience
  • Achieve strong client satisfaction demonstrated through improved NPS/TRR, healthy relationship scores, and reduction in issues
  • Drive retention and renewal outcomes meeting or exceeding targets across assigned accounts
  • Deliver revenue and commercial performance including accurate forecasting, upsell support, and efficient delivery management
  • Support high-performing delivery teams evidenced by team engagement, skill progression, and consistent delivery quality
  • Maintain operational excellence ensuring structured governance, clear communication, and timely delivery
  • Foster collaboration supporting culture-building, cross-practice alignment, and knowledge sharing across teams

Requirements

  • Strong experience in client leadership, account management, or delivery roles in digital, data, CRM, or CX environments
  • Proven ability to manage multiple client accounts and oversee day-to-day client operations
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging mid-senior client contacts
  • Solid commercial acumen, including managing budgets, forecasts, and supporting account growth
  • Excellent communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to handle escalations with composure and maintain strong client trust
  • Experience in multi-solution engagements (digital, CRM, CX, media, or data) (desirable)
  • Knowledge of onboarding processes, governance frameworks, or client health measurement (desirable)
  • Exposure to contract renewals, upsell motions, or revenue planning (desirable)
  • Experience working with cross-functional delivery teams in matrixed organisations (desirable)

Tech stack

digitaldataCRMCXmedia

Benefits

Permanent roleCompetitive salaryFlexible benefits packageCompany-funded private medical insuranceVirtual GP accessEmployee assistance programme25 days annual leave plus extra days for birthday, wellbeing, and volunteeringDiscounted gym memberships and retail perksElectric car leasingTravel insuranceFlexible working arrangements consideredInclusive and diverse work environment

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