Account Director

Account Director – National Security - DV Cleared

• Role: Account Director
• Location: Gloucestershire (Hybrid)
• Clearance: Must hold Enhanced DV Clearance

About the Role

Senior leadership role responsible for taking ownership of a newly created client account within a Secure environment.

This is a build-from-the-ground-up position with responsibility for account leadership, delivery oversight, team development, and commercial growth. The role reports at executive level and offers a high degree of autonomy from day one.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a new client account into a fully established business unit
• Act as primary senior point of contact for client and stakeholder engagement
• Grow existing contracts and identify expansion opportunities
• Support new business activity, including bid development and pipeline growth
• Work with delivery partners, suppliers, and recruitment channels to support capability needs
• Help define operating model, structure, and ways of working
• Ensure consistent delivery across all account activity

Essential

• Senior experience in account leadership, programme/delivery leadership, or business unit ownership
• Experience in highly regulated environments, with customer knowledge
• Proven ability to grow accounts, teams, or service delivery capability
• Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management skills
• You currently hold Enhanced DV Clearance

Desirable

• Experience building or scaling a business unit or capability from an early stage
• Strong leadership and team development capability
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving environments
• Pragmatic, organised, and delivery focused
• Confident engaging and influencing senior stakeholders

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