Senior Account Manager @Remote Choice
Account Management
Salary unspecified
Remote Location
Employment Type full-time
Posted YDay

[Hiring] Senior Account Manager @Remote Choice

YDay - Remote Choice is hiring a remote Senior Account Manager. πŸ’Έ Salary: unspecified πŸ“Location: South Africa

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Account Manager to take ownership of day-to-day client relationships and ensure the smooth delivery of projects within agreed scopes, schedules, and budgets. This is a hands-on position offering genuine autonomy and responsibility.

  • Act as the primary day-to-day contact for assigned client accounts.
  • Build trusted relationships with stakeholders and develop a clear understanding of their objectives, priorities, and approval processes.
  • Lead regular client meetings, preparing agendas, capturing decisions and actions, and providing clear progress updates.
  • Translate agreed strategies and scopes into organised delivery.
  • Provide clients with confidence and enable senior leadership to focus more time on strategic direction and business development.
  • Establish your reputation across the automotive and wider technical industries.

Qualifications

  • A proven track record of independently managing B2B client accounts and delivering brand or marketing projects within an agency, consultancy, or comparable environment.
  • Experience managing projects from an agreed brief through planning, creative development, client review, and final delivery.
  • Strong experience managing project budgets, timelines, and changes to scope.
  • Confidence working directly with senior client stakeholders.
  • A strong understanding of branding and marketing.
  • Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, and consistent follow-through.
  • Experience managing clients across international markets, including Asia, North America, and Europe.
  • Experience within automotive, engineering, industrial, or other complex technical sectors would be particularly valuable.

Requirements

  • Monitor agreed project fees, allocated time, external costs, and outstanding work.
  • Identify potential budget overruns early and support accurate invoicing and commercial reporting.
  • Recognise requests falling outside the agreed scope and clearly communicate the implications for cost and delivery timescales.
  • Coordinate the necessary approvals before additional work begins.
  • Review deliverables for completeness, accuracy, consistency, and alignment with approved briefs before client presentation.
  • Support the development of proposals and statements of work.
  • Maintain a primary focus on existing client relationships, account growth, and successful project delivery.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on high-profile, challenging projects.
  • Genuine autonomy and responsibility in a senior-level position.
  • Chance to establish your reputation across various industries.

What Success Looks Like

Within Your First 90 Days:

  • Develop a strong understanding of assigned clients, their objectives, active projects, key stakeholders, and working arrangements.
  • Establish clear project plans, delivery schedules, and reporting processes.
  • Take ownership of routine client communication and delivery coordination.
  • Identify and communicate potential risks early enough for appropriate action.

Within Your First 12 Months:

  • Become the primary relationship owner for your assigned accounts.
  • Senior leadership involvement will increasingly focus on strategic client reviews.
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