Business Director

About the Company

We are hiring a Business Director to play a critical leadership role within Saatchi & Saatchi Health. This is a unique opportunity to operate as the commercial and operational counterpart to the GMD - helping turn ambition into consistent, high-quality business performance. You’ll sit at the centre of a transforming business, bringing clarity, momentum, and stability across teams and clients. If you enjoy making complex organisations work better and driving meaningful growth, this is a role where you can have real impact.

About the Role

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• Lead a significant portfolio of business, owning revenue, margin performance, and forecasting accuracy
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• Partner with the GMD to translate vision and strategic direction into clear priorities and delivery
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• Bring strong operational discipline across teams, improving ways of working, resourcing, and delivery standards
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• Drive new business growth through pipeline development, pitch leadership, and expanding client opportunities
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• Build and manage senior client relationships, providing trusted counsel and leading complex conversations
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• Align multi-disciplinary teams around clear priorities, ensuring momentum and accountability across workstreams
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• Strengthen and develop the leadership layer, setting standards and building a high-performing, collaborative culture
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Skills we’re looking for:

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• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing revenue, profitability, and risk in an agency environment
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• Ability to bring structure, clarity, and consistency to complex or evolving organisations
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• Credibility at senior client level, with confidence handling pressure, ambiguity, and growth conversations
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• Proven leadership capability, with experience developing senior teams and driving accountability
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• Ability to turn strategy into action and maintain focus across multiple priorities
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• Calm, pragmatic approach with sound judgement and a solutions-focused mindset
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• Collaborative, low-ego leadership style with the confidence to challenge and influence constructively
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