UK - Growth Lead

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Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, GBR
In-Office
Senior level
AdTech • Digital Media • Marketing Tech
The Role
The Growth Lead will drive the agency's commercial strategy, lead revenue opportunities, and mentor the sales team, ensuring high-value deal-making and client relationship management.
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The Role

We’re looking for a Growth Lead to drive the agency’s commercial strategy, lead high-value revenue opportunities, and accelerate long-term business growth. This role combines strategic sales leadership, senior stakeholder management, and team development to ensure both individual and departmental success.

You’ll work closely with senior leadership to shape the agency’s go-to-market approach, secure strategic partnerships, and lead complex sales opportunities from initial engagement through to close. As a trusted advisor to clients and a mentor to the wider sales team, you’ll play a critical role in strengthening the agency’s market position and delivering sustainable revenue growth.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced commercial leader who enjoys building senior relationships, leading strategic pitches, driving high-value deal-making, and developing high-performing teams.

Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Sales Leadership
  • Lead and close high-value new business opportunities that contribute significantly to agency revenue and growth targets
  • Develop and execute strategic sales initiatives designed to increase market share and unlock larger-value opportunities
  • Own complex sales processes, multi-channel proposals, and strategic commercial negotiations
  • Collaborate with leadership to shape and execute go-to-market strategies for new products, services, and propositions
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with senior decision-makers to generate long-term business opportunities
  • Identify emerging market opportunities, industry trends, and commercial growth areas that support agency objectives
  • Consistently achieve and exceed personal and team revenue targets
Client Leadership & Strategic Partnerships
  • Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and key decision-makers
  • Lead strategic conversations that align client objectives with agency solutions
  • Develop tailored commercial proposals that address complex business challenges and demonstrate measurable value
  • Act as the senior commercial lead on key accounts and high-value opportunities
  • Ensure exceptional client experiences throughout the sales and partnership lifecycle
  • Identify opportunities to expand relationships through additional services, strategic partnerships, and long-term engagements
Professional Representation
  • Act as a brand ambassador in all client, partner, and industry interactions
  • Represent the agency at conferences, networking events, and industry forums
  • Position the agency as a trusted leader within the digital marketing landscape
  • Contribute thought leadership, market insight, and commercial expertise that enhance the agency’s reputation and credibility
  • Build and maintain a strong professional network that generates new opportunities and strategic introductions
Operational Excellence
  • Ensure all sales activity is managed effectively through CRM systems and internal reporting processes
  • Maintain accurate forecasting, pipeline management, and opportunity tracking
  • Ensure commercial agreements, contracts, and sales documentation meet internal compliance requirements
  • Continuously improve sales processes, frameworks, and methodologies to drive efficiency and performance
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure seamless handovers and successful client onboarding experiences
Team Leadership
  • Mentor, coach, and develop team members to maximise performance and career progression
  • Create a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
  • Support team members in managing complex opportunities and overcoming commercial challenges
  • Conduct regular performance reviews, development planning, and coaching sessions
  • Share best practices, sales methodologies, and commercial insights across the team
  • Design and implement scalable processes that enable the team to achieve new business targets effectively
  • Foster an environment that encourages innovation, learning, and commercial excellence
What We're Looking For
  • Proven experience in a senior sales, business development, or growth leadership role
  • Strong track record of securing high-value deals and delivering revenue growth
  • Experience developing and executing commercial strategies that drive business performance
  • Exceptional relationship-building skills with senior stakeholders and decision-makers
  • Strong commercial acumen and negotiation capabilities
  • Experience leading complex pitches, proposals, and strategic sales processes
  • Confident communicator with excellent presentation and influencing skills
  • Experience managing, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams
  • Strong organisational skills with experience managing pipelines, forecasts, and CRM systems
  • Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on commercial execution
  • Passion for business growth, innovation, and delivering exceptional client outcomes
Why Join Us
  • Lead the agency’s most strategic growth opportunities and commercial initiatives
  • Play a key role in shaping the future direction of the business
  • Work directly with senior leadership on growth strategy and market expansion
  • Build relationships with leading brands and senior decision-makers
  • Influence agency propositions, commercial frameworks, and go-to-market strategies
  • Be part of a collaborative, ambitious, and high-performance culture
  • Clear progression pathway toward Chief Growth Officer level responsibilities
Our PackageSalary

We benchmark salaries against the industry to remain highly competitive. Salaries are regularly reviewed and progress alongside your development. Performance-related bonuses are also available.

Benefits

A flexible, credit-based benefits package including healthcare, pension contributions, gym memberships, and more.

Policies

Forward-thinking policies designed to support a high-performance and balanced working culture.

Learning & Development

Dedicated in-house L&D support with structured development reviews every six months, plus ongoing career support to help you progress.

What to Do Next

If this sounds like the right next step, apply now we’d love to hear from you.

Skills Required

  • Proven experience in a senior sales, business development, or growth leadership role
  • Strong track record of securing high-value deals and delivering revenue growth
  • Experience developing and executing commercial strategies that drive business performance
  • Exceptional relationship-building skills with senior stakeholders and decision-makers
  • Strong commercial acumen and negotiation capabilities
  • Experience leading complex pitches, proposals, and strategic sales processes
  • Confident communicator with excellent presentation and influencing skills
  • Experience managing, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams
  • Strong organisational skills with experience managing pipelines, forecasts, and CRM systems
  • Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on commercial execution
  • Passion for business growth, innovation, and delivering exceptional client outcomes
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The Company
HQ: New York City, NY
861 Employees
Year Founded: 2001

What We Do

Incubeta is a team of over 800 creators, thinkers, makers and doers working across 20 offices globally to unlock business growth for clients including Google, Hyundai, Netflix, HBO and L'Oréal. Incubeta combines capabilities across the full spectrum of digital disciplines to deliver standout outcomes at every brand touchpoint, from awareness to fulfilment. Incubeta’s ‘Upgrade your Growth’ narrative emphasizes how the business will grow alongside its clients focusing on expanding our services and products across the entire customer journey, giving clients back control over their data, customers, and actions. The Incubeta group has grown 20 fold over the past 7 years, offering fantastic growth opportunities for staff and helping its rising number of clients grow in a complex digital environment. The unification of its specialisms will ensure Incubeta remains at the forefront of innovation to help businesses unlock the power of digital and amplify growth.

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