Senior Client Director, Insights & Growth

Vertical Advantage; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertical Advantage, a fast-scaling brand growth intelligence company, seeks a Senior Client Director – Insights to lead a multidisciplinary client pod and drive revenue growth through insight-led recommendations. Reporting to the VP of Client Strategy, you will own strategic partnerships while delivering measurable commercial value.

You will build a high-performing, collaborative team across sales, strategy and delivery, ensuring high-quality, insight-driven work and strong client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in insights, measurement, research, or data-led roles.
• Translate data into strategic recommendations and actionable insights.
• Experience leading high-performing, client-facing teams in fast-paced environments.
• Strong commercial acumen with track record of growing long-term client partnerships.
• Experience in high-growth or scale-up environments with ambiguity.
• Balance strategic leadership with hands-on client and team support.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication; able to influence senior levels.
• Analytical, problem-solving mindset with growth orientation.

Responsibilities

• Own the commercial performance, operations, and strategic direction of a multidisciplinary client pod spanning sales, strategy, and delivery.
• Lead, grow, and retain a portfolio of large, strategic client partnerships, driving revenue growth and account expansion.
• Build a high-performing pod culture centred on accountability, collaboration, and client impact.
• Lead hiring, onboarding, coaching, and development across the client strategy and insight team; serve as senior escalation point.
• Partner with Business Development to identify and unlock opportunities across teams, markets, and functions.
• Ensure high-quality, insight-led work that translates data into compelling client stories with measurable value.
• Develop deep expertise in products and methodologies and how insights drive customer value.
• Maintain visibility of pod performance through forecasting and reporting.
• Collaborate with Pod Leads and senior stakeholders to standardise practices and ways of working.

Skills

Insights & measurement

Client leadership

Revenue growth

Stakeholder management

Data interpretation

Tools

Agile methods

Job description

Vertical Advantage, a fast-scaling brand growth intelligence company, seeks a Senior Client Director – Insights to lead a multidisciplinary client pod and drive revenue growth through insight-led recommendations. Reporting to the VP of Client Strategy, you will own strategic partnerships while delivering measurable commercial value.

You will build a high-performing, collaborative team across sales, strategy and delivery, ensuring high-quality, insight-driven work and strong client outcomes.