Cushman & Wakefield

Sr. Account Director

Cushman & Wakefield$221K — $260K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree or MBA preferred.
  • Over 10 years of experience in a management role or similar capacity.
  • Proven track record of leading and managing teams, including people-managers.
  • Experience in client, P&L, and contract management.
  • Familiarity with integrated services account management, including various service lines.

Responsibilities

  • Understand client business goals and align real estate services accordingly.
  • Design and implement vision and strategy for applicable service lines.
  • Build and sustain strong client relationships.
  • Manage account governance processes to ensure excellence in service delivery.
  • Deliver disciplined contract management and meet contract obligations.
  • Identify opportunities to enhance service solutions and capabilities.
  • Oversee risk mitigation and dispute resolution processes for stakeholders.

Benefits

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

Job Description 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 one or more client accounts in multiple geographic regions within Global Occupier Services (GOS) across two or more service lines below:
1. Integrated Facility Management (including Engineering, EH&S, Sustainability, Supply Chain Mgt. etc.)
2. Project & Development Services
3. Transaction Management
4. Portfolio Administration
5. Portfolio and Workplace Strategy

The Sr. Account Director is typically responsible for between five and ten million dollars in revenue.

This position provides management across all aspects of the accounts including, but not limited to:
1. Service Delivery Excellence (including innovation, best practices etc.)
2. Client Experience & Relationship Management
3. Talent Management and Team Development
4. Financial Performance (including P&L, contract expansion / renewals etc.)
Job Description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • 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
  • 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


KEY COMPETENCIES

1. Leadership

2. Customer Relationship Management

3. Technical Skills

4. Organization Design & Management Skills

5. Communication (oral and written)

6. Matrix Organization / Business Partner Skills

7. Presentation Skills

8. Business Acumen

IMPORTANT EDUCATION
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Master's degree or MBA preferred


IMPORTANT EXPERIENCE
  • Minimum of 10 years at management level or other similar capacity
  • Experience in directly leading and managing teams, and managing people-managers
  • Client, P&L and contract management experience
  • Experience in the management of an integrated services account, including Integrated Facility Management, Project & Development Services, Transaction Management, Portfolio Administration and
    Strategic Consulting.
  • In-depth understanding of the business impact of technical contributions


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: $ 221,000.00 - $260,000.00

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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