Droga5 - Business Development Director

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Droga5, part of Accenture Song, is seeking a Business Development Director in New York to drive growth by identifying and winning high-value new business opportunities.

You will partner with leadership across strategy, creative, finance and operations, leading pursuits end-to-end—from early qualification through pitch, negotiation, and close—while setting standards and mentoring junior talent.

This role requires executive presence, strategic judgment, and a hands-on, results-driven approach.

Qualifications

• Identifies growth opportunities and signals value to convert high-value deals.
• Strong strategic judgment and executive presence to pursue new business.

Responsibilities

• Leads new business pursuits end-to-end—from qualification through pitch, negotiation and close.
• Mentors junior talent and helps set standards for how the agency approaches new business.

Job description

Who we are

Droga5, part of Accenture Song, is a creative agency with offices in New York, London, Dublin, Tokyo, São Paulo and Dublin. From integrated communications and experience innovation to business design, Droga5 exists to build and sustain the most influential brands of the 21st century through creativity. Droga5 was founded in 2006 and has been recognized as Agency of the Year more than 25 times and was named both Ad Age and Adweek’s Agency of the Decade (2010–2019). Visit Droga5.com or @droga5 on all social platforms to get to know us better.

The Role

The Business Development Director plays a key role in driving Droga5’s growth through the identification, leadership, and conversion of high-value new business opportunities. This position combines strategic judgment, executive presence, and hands‑on pursuit leadership to help shape the agency’s future client portfolio.

Partnering closely with agency leadership across strategy, creative, finance, and operations, the Director leads new business pursuits end-to-end—from early qualification through pitch, negotiation, and close—while ensuring Droga5 consistently shows up with clarity, ambition, and commercial rigor. In parallel, the Director plays a key role in setting standards for how the agency approaches new business, mentoring junior talent,