Strategic Account Director, Agency Partnerships

The role

This person will build and expand relationships with leading advertising, creative, media, and digital agencies. They will own high-value partnerships to drive enterprise adoption and revenue growth.

What you will do

• Own the commercial strategy, revenue growth, and strategic relationships across the agency partnership ecosystem.
• Build and expand partnerships with global agency holding companies, independent agencies, and creative organizations.
• Develop and execute strategic partnership plans focused on enterprise adoption and revenue expansion.
• Identify opportunities to expand presence across agency networks, business units, geographies, and client portfolios.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations, enterprise agreements, and strategic partnership structures.
• Drive measurable revenue growth through new partnerships and account expansion.
• Build trusted relationships with senior executives across Creative, Media, Production, Innovation, and Technology.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to agency partners.
• Identify opportunities to embed Higgsfield into agency workflows and client engagements.
• Partner with Product, Marketing, Sales, and Executive Leadership to execute strategic partnership opportunities.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, enterprise sales, business development, or strategic account management
• Deep understanding of the advertising and agency ecosystem
• Proven track record of building and expanding high-value strategic partnerships
• Established relationships with senior decision-makers across advertising, creative, media, and agency leadership
• Experience navigating complex organizations and developing commercial opportunities
• Strong commercial judgment with experience negotiating and closing complex enterprise agreements
• Ability to translate strategic relationships into scalable revenue and long-term business value
• Strong executive presence, relationship-building skills, and ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate independently
• Genuine excitement about generative AI

Nice to have

• experience within SaaS, AI, advertising technology, or creative technology

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• competitive 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• additional benefits and perks
• opportunity to work on ambitious AI products alongside an international team
• significant ownership, direct impact, and opportunities for professional growth

About the company

Higgsfield AI is a generative AI company hitting $1B in annual revenue run rate and powering 390 of Fortune 500 brands. They build AI-powered video creation and next-generation creative tools.