Altarum is hiring a
Account Director/Vice President

Summary

The job is for an Account Director for Meeting and Event Strategy at Palladian Partners, Inc., a strategic communication and digital firm serving health-related government agencies and nonprofits. The role involves managing complex projects, developing client relationships, and setting strategy for the events line of business.

Requirements

• Experience managing complex project teams
• Proven track record of developing and maintaining strong client relationships
• Ability to manage talent and team development
• Experience managing multiple vendors and events simultaneously
• Experience with online event registration and hosting tools and platforms
• Proven ability to create budgets for large-scale government events
• Expertise in owning the technical and business portions of federal proposals related to conferences and events

Responsibilities

• Manage complex projects from conceptual phase to execution and completion ensuring quality work product
• Create momentum within the team to deliver high-quality work and identify opportunities to drive growth
• Think one step ahead beyond the short term, identifying potential opportunities and next steps needed, flagging risks, and coming up with solutions for how the team can fulfill or overcome them
• Take responsibility for larger projects and feels accountable for both the work and the process. Leads a team of people on these, working in partnership with the PM team to ensure that the team delivers as required
• Support the Jr account team members to help them learn and grow and giving them an opportunity to step up and lead elements of the projects with you
• Prioritize and delegate tasks
• Model and encourage company values
• Influence decisions and drive change
• Design and implement process improvement efforts in strategic and innovative ways
• Participate in and impact strategy development
• Influence actions and facilitate change
• Have knowledge of external best practices and apply them internally
• Help drive organic growth, and significantly contribute to new business

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Government Meeting Planner (CGMP) certification from the Society for Government Meeting Professionals
• Warehousing management experience
• Experience with National Institutes of Health clients; other Department of Health and Human Services or federal clients is acceptable

Benefits

• Remote work is acceptable
• Occasional travel to client events, including meetings with NIH clients in the Bethesda, MD area