Role Overview
The Senior Growth Manager will play a pivotal role in identifying, developing, and converting new business opportunities, leading major pitches, and bringing together the collective strength of the specialist businesses. This is a varied, high-impact role focused on driving growth through proactive business development, world-class pitching, and a compelling marketing presence.
What You Will Do
The Senior Growth Manager will lead major new business pitches, develop complex, high-value new business opportunities, and shape our approach to prospecting, relationship development, thought leadership, and industry engagement.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will be a natural connector, a strategic thinker, and someone who knows how to make things happen. They will thrive in a fast-paced, ambitious environment where priorities shift, opportunities are complex, and collaboration is essential.
Requirements
- Significant experience in business development, growth, client leadership, or strategic marketing within a creative, communications, or integrated agency environment.
- A proven track record of leading major new business pitches, from opportunity qualification and strategic development through to final presentation and delivery.
- Experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary opportunities involving multiple agency specialisms or business units.
- Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to assess opportunities, understand client challenges, and develop compelling, commercially credible responses.
- Exceptional storytelling, writing, and editing skills, with the ability to turn complex information into clear, persuasive narratives.
- A broad understanding of the marketing and communications landscape, including advertising, PR, social, brand strategy, sport, and entertainment, consultancy, and media.
- Experience of significant public sector, Government, or complex commercial procurement processes would be advantageous.
- Strong project management skills, with experience managing multiple high-priority projects simultaneously.
- Confidence using CRM systems, managing pipelines, and reporting on business development activity, ideally using HubSpot.
- A track record of building relationships and influencing senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 27 days annual holiday
- Private healthcare
- Employer contributory pension
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Subsidised gym membership
- Learning opportunities around Diversity and Inclusion
- Mentoring programmes
- Employee Led Networks and associated events
To apply for this job please visit careers.mcsaatchi.com.
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