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Senior Account Director

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Summary

Senior Account Director at NowVertical drives growth and retention of enterprise data/AI accounts in EMEA and NA by expanding existing client relationships and converting delivery insights into upsell opportunities.

Location: London (Hybrid)

Experience: 10+ Years

Reports to: EVP Solutions & Services (NA & EMEA)

Remuneration: Highly competitive, commensurate with your experience

About NowVertical

NowVertical is a global, publicly listed company on the TSXV, headquartered in Toronto, Canada. We are a growing team, with operations in two regions - NA & EMEA and LATAM. We help clients transform data into business value with AI, fast. NowVertical Group empowers organizations to transform their data into actionable insights, driving strategic growth and innovation.

At NowVertical, we provide advanced data solutions and services designed to achieve key objectives across various business functions. Our tailored approach ensures that we address the unique challenges and opportunities within each function, driving innovation, efficiency, and growth. Explore our specialized solutions and see how we can help your business thrive.

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The Role

We are hiring a Senior Account Director to own the retention and growth of our existing strategic accounts across NA & EMEA. This is a farming and expansion role: your job is to deepen relationships in the accounts we already serve, keep them anchored at executive level, and look for opportunities for expansion and retention in the accounts.

Our strategic accounts — across large events and TMT enterprise customers — are where a significant share of our growth should come from. You will be accountable for account retention, expansion revenue and executive relationship health, targeting meaningful year-on-year uplift from the existing base.

You will:

  • Own and grow a portfolio of existing strategic accounts
  • Build and maintain executive-level relationships so accounts stay anchored and don’t drift
  • Mine live delivery for upsell and cross-sell, converting it into expansion pipeline
  • Partner with Delivery and Solutions to turn great work into the next opportunity

Requirements

What You’ll Do

Strategic Account Management & Retention

  • Own the health, retention and renewal of a portfolio of existing strategic accounts
  • Map each account — stakeholders, whitespace, commercial history and risks
  • Prevent accounts drifting into commodity staff-aug or dormancy by staying ahead of client priorities

Growth, Upsell & Cross-Sell

  • Identify and drive expansion opportunities — new use cases, teams, geographies and propositions
  • Convert insight from live delivery into a qualified expansion pipeline
  • Deliver against a c.20% year-on-year uplift ambition on the existing base

Executive Relationship Building

  • Build trusted C-suite and senior-sponsor relationships across each account
  • Act as the client’s senior point of contact, coordinating the right NowVertical people at the right level

Partnering with Delivery & Solutions

  • Work closely with Delivery to ensure current work is a springboard, not just a task
  • Partner with Solutions & Consulting to shape and scope expansion opportunities credibly

Account Planning & Forecasting

  • Maintain structured account plans and an accurate expansion forecast
  • Take ownership of the growth number, with proactive, transparent reporting

Who You Are

Required:

  • 10+ years of experience - proven track record in strategic account management / farming — growing existing enterprise accounts
  • Demonstrable expansion revenue delivered from an existing base (upsell / cross-sell)
  • Experience selling in data, analytics or AI environments
  • History of building and holding executive-level client relationships
  • A transferable network of senior executive relationships within enterprise accounts across UK and Europe or North America to open doors.

Core Capabilities

Farming & Expansion Mindset

  • You grow accounts patiently and systematically building a strong network within the account
  • You spot whitespace and turn delivery into the next commercial conversation
  • You have experience of executing Account Based Marketing (ABM) strategy

Executive Relationship Building

  • You build trust at C-suite level and keep accounts anchored there
  • You coordinate senior stakeholders across a complex account

Commercial Acumen

  • You link our work to tangible business outcomes and can build a simple, credible expansion case
  • You protect margin and avoid drift into low-value commodity work

Ownership & Transparency

  • You own the growth number and report on it proactively and honestly
  • You handle setbacks with ownership, not blame-shifting

Benefits

Why Join NowVertical

  • Own and grow marquee strategic accounts for a high-momentum data & AI business
  • A clear mandate and a defined uplift target on a base that is already performing
  • Work directly with Delivery, Solutions and regional leadership
  • Direct, measurable impact on expansion revenue

Compensation & Benefits

  • Competitive base + performance incentive tied to account growth
  • Health and wellness benefits
  • Flexible, hybrid working environment
  • Exposure to global clients and teams

What this application asks

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First name, Last name, Email, Phone, Resume

  • What specifically draws you to this role and to NowVertical? What are you looking to change or grow in your next move? written answer
  • What type of role are you currently in, and what are you looking to change or add in your next move? written answer
  • What are the biggest levers you use to grow an account? written answer
  • Describe a client situation where you played a lead role in growing the account. • Your role • What you did • Outcome written answer
  • How do you typically build a business case (ROI) for a new data or AI solution for an existing account? written answer
  • How would you rate yourself (on a scale of 1–5, with 5 being the highest) in driving account growth and why? written answer
  • What annual pay are you looking for in this new role? Please provide value in GBP written answer
  • What's your current pay if you wish to share with us? written answer
  • Where are you currently located? written answer
  • Do you have a valid work permit to work in UK currently and will you need sponsorship in the future? written answer
  • That's it, thanks for applying! You will hear from us soon. Hope to meet you in person, rather on a video call soon! If there is anything else you want us to keep in mind about you, please let us know written answer

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