VP, Group Account Director

Job Description:

As the VP, Group Account Director, you have a diverse set of skills that guide business agility–including strong customer relationship & satisfaction, revenue retention & management, and revenue expansion capabilities. You take great care to cultivate enduring customer relationships, ensuring we are exceeding expectations by providing top of market client services daily.

You are responsible for a portfolio of CX&C customers and will be a member of the CRG Account Management leadership team. You will report to the SVP, Head of Account Management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build strong customer relationships as a trusted advisor with senior customers and industry stakeholders. Deepen the relationship to ensure retention and growth

• Immerse self and team in customers' business: understanding their challenges, goals, external economic environment, markets they operate in, competitive threats and relevant partner agencies; knows their business model, how it is performing and what success looks like; knows customer's products inside out and applies this knowledge to deliver innovative, ambitious customer plans and service

• Lead periodic strategic planning efforts, advisory/strategy consulting engagements, teaming with Client Partners, capability leaders, alliances and sales leadership

• Works closely with the Client Partner, Growth, Capability, and other teams to develop proposal/ presentation content and strategy for expansion of work/new work

• Partner with capability leaders to ensure delivery of the right solutions for customers, in line with revenue and resource needs

• Understand customer commercial framework and works with capability leadership to ensure business is run profitably; ensures forecasting is accurate

• Manage a team of 5-6 direct reports

• Hire, retain, develop and engage top level talent that inspires the trust and confidence of our customers and in turn becomes the reason why customers want to work with us

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree

• 15 + years experience relevant digital experience disciplines

• Experience client management roles, with a strong track record of driving client retention and business growth

• Experience managing and developing a portfolio of clients, including leading at team of Account Directors

• Experience managing the financial aspects of a book of business including forecasting revenue, costs, profit margins, invoicing, reporting financials to company executives

Additional Information:

The annual base salary range for this position is $163,000 - $263,650. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation.

Benefits available with this position include:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,

• Life insurance,

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,

• 401k,

• Flexible paid time off,

• At least 15 paid holidays per year,

• Paid sick and safe leave, and

• Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

To begin the application process, please click on the "Apply" button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.

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Location:

USA - Remote - Maryland

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.