Account Director / Senior Partnerships Lead
A client of out is on the lookout for an experienced and strategic Account Director to lead a key global client account within their Partnerships and Brand Experience team. This is an exciting opportunity for a senior client services professional to play a leading role in delivering high-profile international partnership and marketing programmes across multiple markets.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a strong understanding of client business objectives, priorities, and strategic goals
- Lead day-to-day management of global partnership and marketing programmes
- Manage communications between internal teams, clients, external partners, and regional stakeholders
- Drive strategic planning, campaign ideation, and cross-functional collaboration
- Lead stakeholder meetings, reporting processes, and programme updates
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with brand guidelines
- Identify challenges proactively and present clear, solutions-focused recommendations
- Review campaign performance, key learnings, and optimisation opportunities
- Encourage innovation, new thinking, and creative problem-solving across projects
- Build and maintain strong supplier and partner relationships, including contract oversight
- Support and mentor junior team members, promoting collaboration and professional growth
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience within partnerships, brand marketing, client services, or agency environments
- Proven experience managing complex stakeholder relationships across multiple markets or business functions
- Experience working with large multinational or global brands is highly advantageous
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to lead client discussions and present strategic recommendations
- Experience delivering integrated campaigns and partnership activations across areas such as events, content, communications, employee engagement, hospitality, digital, and social
- Strong understanding of broader marketing disciplines and cross-functional ways of working
- A background in Formula 1 would be advantageous but not a dealbreaker.
The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and be confident managing complex stakeholder ecosystems across clients, agencies, suppliers, and international teams. You will act as a trusted advisor to clients, driving strategic initiatives forward while leading and mentoring a high-performing team!
If this sounds like the role for you, please apply now!