Senior Group Account Director - Digital Growth & Strategy

AKQA; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AKQA in Seattle is seeking a Group Account Director to lead the senior client relationship, drive growth, and oversee profitability across digital product engagements. You will guide cross-functional teams and partner with creative, strategy, product, and technology leadership to deliver high-impact work.

This growth-focused role calls for a leader who can translate client opportunities into ambitious, executable programs while maintaining client trust and team cohesion in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Significant senior client leadership experience within an agency environment.
• Deep digital product and services experience, with a strong understanding of how sophisticated digital products are designed and delivered.
• Proven growth mindset with a track record of deepening client relationships and uncovering opportunities.
• Ability to read between the lines, sensing unspoken client needs and translating them into clear work.
• Comfortable thriving in dynamic, fast-moving environments, bringing calm, foresight, and decisiveness.
• Strong commercial acumen across forecasting, scoping, resourcing, and profitability.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with the judgment to advise at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the most senior day-to-day client leadership voice on the account, owning overall health, growth, and profitability.
• Lead digital product and services engagements, guiding the design and delivery of sophisticated digital products.
• Drive organic growth by anticipating client needs and shaping them into opportunities.
• Act as trusted strategic advisor to senior client stakeholders.
• Provide cross-functional direction to multidisciplinary teams.
• Partner with creative, strategy, product, and technology leadership to meet client ambitions and user needs.
• Oversee commercial management across the account, including scoping, forecasting, resourcing, and margin performance.
• Lead with foresight and momentum in a dynamic environment and mentor the account team.

Skills

Senior client leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Growth mindset

Forecasting

Profitability

Strategic advisory

Communication

Job description

AKQA in Seattle is seeking a Group Account Director to lead the senior client relationship, drive growth, and oversee profitability across digital product engagements. You will guide cross-functional teams and partner with creative, strategy, product, and technology leadership to deliver high-impact work.

This growth-focused role calls for a leader who can translate client opportunities into ambitious, executable programs while maintaining client trust and team cohesion in a fast-paced