Account Director

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and grow a portfolio of enterprise marketplace clients, coordinating strategy, execution, and revenue across media, merchandising, planning, and content to deliver profitable growth.

  • Client Leadership: partner with senior stakeholders, present recommendations, and drive key business decisions end-to-end across Amazon and marketplaces.
  • Strategic Execution: develop annual roadmaps and growth plans, align cross-functional delivery, and optimize performance with rigorous reviews.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own client success and portfolio revenue for a set of full-service clients, to whom we deliver media, merchandising, planning, and content services
  • Drive the Development of annual strategic roadmaps, growth plans, promotional calendars, and business reviews across all the clients in the portfolio, with a strong focus on profitability and scaling performance
  • Support the team in identifying growth opportunities, upsell initiatives, and ways to expand existing scopes of work
  • Advocate for the clients internally and ensure alignment on deadlines, ownership, and execution quality
  • Help brands innovate beyond foundational Amazon execution through channel expansion and creative testing
  • Lead a team of account managers (2-3): manage the teams cadence, ensure proper workload allocation, and oversee quality of the work
  • Mentor and coach Account Managers/Associates, while providing regular feedback to elevate performance and long term success
  • Own performance plans process and deliver performance reviews.
  • Lead and manage directly a short-list of top-tier client accounts end-to-end across Amazon and marketplaces, owning strategy, execution, and performance
  • Serve as the primary client partner - lead conversations, present recommendations, and drive key business decisions with senior stakeholders including C-suite

Requirements

  • 7+ years experience in marketplace management with strong Amazon (1P/3P) and Walmart (1P/3P) expertise
  • Proven experience managing enterprise-level accounts and leading conversations at the executive level
  • Prior experience managing and developing a team with high standards for ownership and delivery
  • Strong presentation, communication, and client-facing confidence; comfortable leading calls and challenging constructively
  • Highly organized, responsive, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
  • Strong analytical ability with comfort in Excel/Sheets, creating insights and translating them into strategy
  • Commercial mindset with the ability to identify revenue opportunities and influence decision-making
  • Growth-oriented, accountable, collaborative, and motivated to build strong long-term relationships

Benefits

  • Podean is proud to be recognized as one of Digiday’s Best Employers for Remote Employees . We combine the energy of a fast-growing global agency with the balance and trust of a remote-first culture. You’ll join a globally connected, award-winning team that values:
  • đź’° Competitive compensation aligned to experience and market benchmarks
  • đź’» Remote-first flexibility - work from anywhere, with trust and autonomy
  • 🌎 Global collaboration - working with experts across regions and time zones
  • 🚀 Career growth and development - opportunities to evolve as we scale
  • 🏝️ 5-Year Sabbatical + Travel Stipend - After your 5-year anniversary, take a fully paid month-long sabbatical, plus a travel reimbursement to make your experience restorative and inspiring
  • đź’¬ Positive-energy culture - grounded in respect, inclusion, and accountability
  • 🏆 Meaningful impact helping some of the world’s most progressive brands grow
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Podean

Podean is a global, award-winning marketplace marketing agency. Our passion lies in helping clients create enduring, sustainable relationships with the modern digital consumer. Proud to be named the Global Startup Agency of the Year at the Drum Awards for 2021, and recipient of Amazon Ads Global Expansion Award in 2023. Our team of Amazon, marketplace, and eCommerce media specialists are building brands and unlocking ROI for progressive companies across 5 continents.

Founded in 2018
New York, New York, USA
218 employees (64 in marketing)