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Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.\nJOB PURPOSE \nThe Business Director ensures its pod is set up to deliver outstanding work while building commercially and operationally successful client partnerships. The BD will be responsible for developing senior client relationships, overseeing complex programmes of work, and leading cross-functional teams through strong collaboration, communication and operational excellence.\nWe don’t believe in siloed teams - creative, technology, media and data overlap in all roles at DEPT®. This person will oversee the strategy for the Client Services discipline and ensure client teams are working collaboratively to deliver against a single vision and our client’s business priorities. They will represent DEPT® to our clients, adding value to relationships beyond organisational skills doing a mixture of account management and strategic planning, not your typical suit. \nWHAT YOU’LL DO\nBuild long-term relationships with C-level stakeholders, understanding what drives them personally and commercially\nSupport Business Directors to build annual client strategies\nFind and convert upsell and cross-sell opportunities across our services\nWork with the management team on new business requests, proposals and onboarding\nOwn revenue forecasting and the accuracy of your pod’s trackers\nLead contract and cost negotiations, and support group heads on client commercial affairs\nHold a view on the wider commercial picture - overheads, investment, third-party costs, and client-side issues that affect the partnership\nWork with Finance and Operations to protect client profitability\nLine-manage and mentor your team, acting as the final escalation point on key clients\nBuild training and development programmes that visibly grow people\nPartner with Creative, Tech, Media and Design leads on team configuration, process and quality\nManage demand and capacity, spotting skill gaps before they bite\nLead or support strategic initiatives tied to our business objectives for the year\nKeep strategy and priorities visible across teams\nSpot excellent work and get it into case studies and creds\nWHAT YOU BRING\nSignificant client services experience in an integrated or digital agency\nA track record of running complex campaigns across creative, media and consultancy\nExperience managing large client and agency teams, laterally and vertically\nConfidence working with director and C-level clients on strategy, not just delivery\nCommercial fluency: forecasting, reconciling revenue, and understanding what makes an account profitable\nThe ability to create energy; people want to be on your team\nComfort with data, and with moving quickly when the brief changes\nWE OFFER\nA flexible, hybrid working policy\nThe choice of medical healthcare providers (Bupa or Medicash) \n25 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off each year\nCompany pension scheme \nEAP scheme\nRide to work scheme \nEnhanced family friendly policies\nBuddy Program: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®\nA reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.\nAwesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global - at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!\nThe opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.\nGlobal annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.\nWHY DEPT®?\nWe are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.\nWe are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.\nAt DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.\nDIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION \nAt DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.\nNot sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. 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