Director, New Business

Director, New Business – Grey

Grey is a creative agency that leverages the power of imagination to solve business problems for the world’s most influential brands. Our core values – creativity, unity, empathy, and service – guide everything we do across our 25+ studios worldwide.

The Director, New Business is a key leadership position within Grey’s Strategic Services team. You will develop and manage a net‑new growth plan, nurture prospect relationships, collaborate with functional leaders to showcase Grey’s expertise, and close new agency services agreements. Collaboration with WPP sales teams on network opportunities is a core component of the role.

• Develop agency credential, pitch, and case study decks to showcase Grey’s capabilities.
• Nurture prospect leads that opt into agency thought‑leadership communications.
• Handle exploratory intake and capability meetings and assess opportunity fit for Grey.
• Lead responses for RFIs, proposals, and pitch presentations in collaboration with Grey practices and functions; successfully win agency services.
• Collaborate with the Strategic Services team to identify target industries and strategies that generate market awareness and leads.
• Maintain a deep understanding of Grey’s capabilities for consultative selling.
• Track prospects, leads, wins, and losses in a CRM system (Sugar or Salesforce).
• Liaise with new business offices within Grey and WPP to explore network opportunities.
• Build mutually beneficial relationships with complementary technology and service providers.
• Contribute to strategic services work for new clients as required and when time permits.

• Relevant experience in consultative sales, marketing strategy, agency growth management, loyalty, customer engagement, or data‑driven marketing.
• Strong storytelling skills with a keen eye for detail to ensure quality of all deliverables.
• Strong executive presence and ability to earn the attention and respect of prospects at all levels.
• Self‑starter with a desire to shape, manage, and grow a business‑development function.
• Drive for success, achieving net‑new revenue goals through a strategic, persistent approach.
• Effective problem‑solver who manages time and works independently.
• Collaborative mindset partnering with functional leaders across the agency and network.
• Very strong proficiency in PowerPoint or Keynote, plus excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.

Grew empowering you with the tools you need to succeed, autonomy to pursue new paths, and a supportive network of experts across Grey and the broader Grey network.

$75,000–$180,000 USD

Grey is an equal‑opportunity employer. We consider applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to any protected characteristic. All legitimate communication will come from an official  email address.