Strategic Account Director
Posted Today by ASK4
£48,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Strategic Account Director role is a high-impact position focused on driving long-term growth for key clients through strategic account management. This remote-based position requires building strong relationships with senior stakeholders and delivering tailored solutions that meet clients' evolving needs. The role involves leading complex negotiations and collaborating across the business to ensure exceptional client outcomes. This position is a 6-month fixed-term contract for maternity cover, starting in June 2026.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute strategic account plans for key clients
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders
- Identify and deliver revenue growth opportunities across accounts
- Drive renewals, cross-sell and up-sell opportunities
- Lead contract negotiations, renewals and amendments
- Collaborate with internal teams to deliver tailored client solutions
- Lead service reviews, governance meetings and client reporting
- Produce high-quality presentations and strategic reporting
- Manage escalations and lead resolution strategies
- Monitor account performance and track key KPIs
- Use data to identify trends, risks and opportunities
- Champion continuous improvement and client experience initiatives
- Act as the voice of the customer within the organisation
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in strategic or key account management
- Strong commercial and financial acumen
- Experience managing complex client relationships and revenue targets
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including C-level engagement
- Strong negotiation and influencing capability
- Data-driven approach to performance management
- Ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
- Proactive, solutions-focused and adaptable mindset
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Desirable: Experience managing global or multi-region accounts
- Desirable: Multi-industry exposure
- Desirable: Additional language skills
Salary (Rate): £48,000.00 yearly
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Are you a strategic account leader who thrives on building long-term client partnerships? Do you enjoy driving growth through insight, influence, and commercial thinking? Are you confident operating at senior stakeholder level, shaping outcomes and delivering value? Interested? We thought you might be. We are looking for a Strategic Account Director to join us on a 6-month fixed-term contract (maternity cover), starting June 2026. This is a remote based role, located in the UK This is a high-impact role responsible for driving long-term growth across a portfolio of key clients. You will develop and execute strategic account plans, strengthen senior stakeholder relationships, and ensure the delivery of tailored solutions that align with clients’ evolving needs. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will provide strategic insight, lead complex negotiations, and collaborate across the business to deliver exceptional client outcomes and sustained value
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience in strategic or key account management
- Strong commercial and financial acumen
- Experience managing complex client relationships and revenue targets
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including C-level engagement
- Strong negotiation and influencing capability
- Data-driven approach to performance management
- Ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
- Proactive, solutions-focused and adaptable mindset
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Desirable
- Experience managing global or multi-region accounts
- Multi-industry exposure
- Additional language skills