Cushman & Wakefield

Sr. Account Director

Cushman & Wakefield$195K — $230K *
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-10 years of experience in account management, client services, or related fields
  • Proven ability in developing and executing account strategies
  • Strong understanding of Global Occupier Services and integrated facility management
  • Demonstrated experience with P&L management and financial performance
  • Excellent leadership skills with a focus on team development
  • Outstanding communication and presentation abilities

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategic direction for client accounts and ensure alignment with their business goals
  • Design and implement metrics for evaluating service delivery across service lines
  • Manage multi-disciplinary teams in project responses and proposals
  • Strengthen client relationships through consistent engagement and governance processes
  • Oversee disciplined contract management to ensure all deliverables are met
  • Enhance service capabilities by identifying new opportunities and solutions
  • Support talent development through HR collaboration, promoting a diverse and inclusive team environment

Benefits

  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Life and disability insurance programs
  • Paid and unpaid time off options
Full Job Description
Job Title
Sr. Account Director

Job Description Summary
Position Summary: The Sr. Account Director is a key role in C&W with responsibility to manage the client relationship while providing exceptional client service and delivering on all aspects of the contract. The Sr. Account Director sets the strategy for the account, establishes the goals and leads and manages a team of functional Directors and/or Sr. Managers with accountability for delivering outstanding results within their areas of responsibility. Manages the day-to-day client relationship of a client account within Global Occupier Services (GOS) across two or more service lines below:
• Integrated Facility Management (including Engineering, EH&S, Sustainability, Supply Chain Mgt. etc.)
• Project & Development Services
• Space Management, Planning, and Occupancy
• Transaction Management
• Portfolio Administration
• Portfolio and Workplace Strategy

This position provides management across all aspects of the accounts including, but not limited to:
• Service Delivery Excellence (including innovation, best practices etc.)
• Client Experience & Relationship Management
• Talent Management and Team Development
• Financial Performance (including P&L, contract expansion / renewals etc.)
• Expanding Share of Wallet
• Account Risk Management
Job Description
  • Obtain a thorough understanding of the client's business goals and strategies to align real estate services with these objectives
  • Implement the overall vision, strategy and measurement metrics to the applicable service lines
  • Contribute to GOS Management team to develop service delivery strategies, structure service delivery model, alternative pricing, identifying team members and lead multi-disciplinary team preparing responses to RFPs and presentations
  • Have a thorough understanding of the C&W platform and identify existing and new opportunities for enhancing service solutions and capabilities
  • Develop and maintain strong client relationships
  • Implement and manage account governance process
  • Provide disciplined contract management to meet superior delivery of all contract deliverables
  • Identify existing and new opportunities for enhancing service solutions and capabilities
  • Assist with risk mitigation and dispute resolution for client and C&W
  • Actively manage and develop account talent in partnership with HR, including promotion of diversity, equity & inclusion, talent reviews, performance reviews, succession planning etc.
  • Support collaboration and performance of all partners including Finance, HR, Sourcing, Legal, Operations, etc.
  • Develop and maintain account P&L management, profitability and overall financial performance
  • Contribute to the overall service and financial performance of C&W through effective cross-selling and relationship / contract expansion
  • Ensure quantitative and qualitative analytics and evidenced-based decision making
  • Attract and maintain top talent and provide on-going mentoring to team for superior performance


Key Competencies:
  • Leadership
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Technical Skills
  • Organization Design & Management Skills
  • Communication (oral and written)
  • Matrix Organization / Business Partner Skills
  • Presentation Skills
  • Business Acumen


Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate's experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $ 195,500.00 - $230,000.00

About Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield plc is a global commercial real estate services firm. The company's corporate headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois. Cushman & Wakefield is among the world's largest commercial real estate services firms, with revenues of US$9.4 billion in 2021. The company operates from approximately 400 offices in 60 countries, has around 50,000 employees and manages about 4,100 million sq ft of commercial space. It is one of the "Big Three" commercial real estate services companies, alongside CBRE and JLL.
Learn more about Cushman & Wakefield
Size
50,000 employees
Market Cap
$2.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$220.5 million
Founded
1917
5 Year Trend
+8.6%
Revenue
$7.8 billion
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