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Director-Account Development (Ft. Lauderdale / Miami)

AMEX
Miami, FL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/7/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/22/2025

You Lead the Way. Weve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, youll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey thats unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, youll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impactevery colleague has the opportunity to share in the companys success. Together, well win as a team, striving to uphold our and powerful backing promise to provide the worlds best customer experience every day. And well do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

The Account Development Director sits within a geographical territory and leads a team of managers responsible for business development and management of high-value existing customers. This position will drive results through thought leadership, rigorous performance management and coaching and development of a successful team.

Job Responsibilities

Strategic planning (20 30% of time)

  • Drive overall sales territory strategy to achieve business goals and sales targets
  • Collect customer feedback and distribute internally to influence product development based on customer need

Coaching and development (20 30% of time)

  • Hire and on-board new Field AD managers to build a strong team
  • Support team development by regularly conduct 1 : 1 coaching sessions, team huddles to share best practices
  • Performance management (10 20% of time)

  • Drive a high quality, rigorous sales review process, including account planning, account prioritization and opportunity development
  • Partner with Marketing, EDA, PPI, Product and Senior Leadership to improve sales engagement and performance
  • Support team to handle client escalations, as needed
  • Account development (10 20% of time)

  • Initiate, develop and maintain executive level relationships and drive sales activities with key customers Lead sales team to develop a long-term strategy for each client
  • Compliance (100% of time)

  • Ensure all aspects of the American Express Code of Conduct, and our Sales Practices policies, standard, and procedures, are adhered to so that we uphold the highest standards in our interactions with our customers and compliantly meet all regulatory requirements
  • Conduct customer ride-along with Field AD managers to ensure high quality and compliant customer interactions
  • Knowledge, Skills, Attributes, and Experience

    Knowledge and Skills

    Client development

    Demonstrates ability to identify potential client growth opportunities and drive results through creative problem solving and excellent leadership

    Coaching

  • Provides individualized skills-improvement assistance, aiding in self-discovery and encouraging self-generated solutions
  • Performance management

  • Exhibits consistent track record of managing performance, coaching, and motivating for success and identification of development strengths and opportunities improvement to a large team to enable improved business results
  • Demonstrating value

  • Proactively and consistently demonstrates the value of partnering with American Express
  • Results focus

  • Demonstrates a driven, positive attitude, quickly adapts to different situations, and recovers from setbacks
  • Market, industry, & product knowledge

  • Understands at a tactical level market / industry key competitors, challenges, terminology, technology, trends, and regulation
  • Attributes

  • Critical thinking
  • Leadership and team motivation
  • Personal accountability
  • Compliance focused
  • Experience

  • Bachelor's degree strongly preferred or 10 years of equivalent experience
  • Experience leading sales teams, 5 - 7 years minimum
  • Experience partnering with clients across various markets / industries
  • Experience in a highly-regulated industry
  • Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

    Salary Range : $130,000.00 to $205,000.00 annually bonus equity (if applicable) benefits

    The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, well consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

    We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include :

  • Competitive base salaries
  • Bonus incentives
  • 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
  • Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
  • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
  • 20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
  • Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
  • Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
  • Career development and training opportunities
  • For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our .

    American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

    We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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    Salary : $130,000 - $205,000

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