Senior Government Accounts Director — Remote/Hybrid

Element Search; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

element MEA is supporting a leading Dubai-based creative and digital agency in appointing an Account Director on a full-time maternity cover contract, to lead a prestigious Abu Dhabi Government account. You will own the client relationship at senior level and oversee integrated delivery across social media, performance, media buying, website, SEO/GEO and content marketing.

Hybrid/remote-first role with UAE business hours, regular in-person meetings in Abu Dhabi, and reporting to the Group MD.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of agency account management experience at senior level.
• Experience handling government accounts in the UAE or Abu Dhabi preferred.
• Strong P&L awareness and budget management.
• Strategic advisory and executive communication skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and client workshops.

Responsibilities

• Lead relationships with senior government stakeholders and manage high-priority requests.
• Chair monthly steering reviews and lead weekly status meetings, virtual and on-site in Abu Dhabi.
• Provide strategic counsel on integrated communications and digital transformation.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams across Social Media, Paid Performance and Media Buying, Website, SEO/GEO and Content Marketing.
• Turn government mandates into account plans, scopes of work and creative briefs, and own quality across all client-facing deliverables.
• Own the account P&L: retainer utilization, scope burn, margins, billing, and media spend reconciliations.
• Report account performance, forecasts and resource needs to agency leadership and identify growth opportunities.

Skills

Account Director

Government accounts

P&L management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Job description

element MEA is supporting a leading Dubai-based creative and digital agency in appointing an Account Director on a full-time maternity cover contract, to lead a prestigious Abu Dhabi Government account. You will own the client relationship at senior level and oversee integrated delivery across social media, performance, media buying, website, SEO/GEO and content marketing.

Hybrid/remote-first role with UAE business hours, regular in-person meetings in Abu Dhabi, and reporting to the Group MD.