Business Partner Lead (Senior Account Director)

Job summary

An experienced account leader is sought for a senior role focused on the vehicles business within an internal full-service agency. The position requires a deep understanding of car culture and a passion for experiential marketing, driving a portfolio of vehicle projects with a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a creative agency as a business or account lead managing large global clients.
• Strong relationship-building skills with a proven ability to deliver exceptional creative work.
• Deep knowledge and passion for vehicles and car culture, with experience in developing creative for this sector.
• Fluency in modern marketing models, including social and experiential campaigns.
• Excellent strategic thinking, business acumen, and communication skills, including the ability to create executive summaries and presentation materials for senior stakeholders.
• Ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all organizational levels, including C-suite executives.

Responsibilities

• Co-manage the culture and quality of work within the vehicles team, ensuring timely delivery and positive working conditions.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and enhance internal partner collaboration.
• Set standards for business partnering and integrated project management within the vehicles team.
• Advocate for the team's work and minimize development churn.
• Analyze business performance and integrate learnings from past campaigns.
• Conduct competitive reviews and bring external insights into the team.
• Foster strong relationships with business owners and department heads.
• Collaborate with agency leadership on new scope developments and ensure regional needs are met.

Skills

• Proactive problem-solving and initiative-taking.
• Experience in sports or event-based marketing is a plus.
• Understanding of social media and influencer dynamics.
• Ability to mentor other business partner teams.

Education

• Not specified.

Tools

• Not specified.