Burson
Senior Account Executive, US Growth
New York · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$50k-$55kDetected 42 days ago
Project ManagementSalesforceSalesAccount ManagementBusiness DevelopmentPipeline ManagementForecastingExcelResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationPublic SpeakingAdaptabilityMicrosoft Office
About the role
- We're looking for a sharp, strategic Senior Account Executive to join Burson Global's high‑growth U.S. Business Development Team, with a particular focus on supporting the agency's expanding healthcare momentum.
- You'll also take on meaningful pipeline ownership, ensuring opportunity data is accurate, current, and actionable.
- This role is ideal for someone energized by tight deadlines, detail‑driven execution, and the ambition to grow within a best‑in‑class global agency.
Responsibilities
- Own the full lifecycle of RFIs and RFPs-from initial read‑through and timeline development to final submission
- Partner with finance and legal teams to ensure compliance, pricing alignment, and adherence to submission requirements
- Build, maintain, and continuously improve a centralized library of pitch content, boilerplate responses, and best‑in‑class examples for future use
- RFP Development & Pitch Support (25-30%)
- Collaborate closely with strategy, creative, account, and design teams to develop compelling pitch materials
- Conduct competitive and client research to support pitch positioning
- Without that we can't do the essential work of inspiring bold ideas, fostering constructive dialogue, cultivating meaningful experiences, and driving innovation and creativity for our partners.
- Your unique point of view-your talent-is what makes you a #BursonPerson, and it's how we deliver exceptional results for our clients, together.
Nice to have
- This role sits within the Business Development function, working most closely with senior new business leadership.
- Day‑to‑day collaboration will include senior leaders across strategy, creative, finance, and account teams.
- 3-5 years of experience within an agency environment (PR, communications, marketing, advertising or consulting)
- Hands‑on agency new business experience, including RFIs, RFPs, and pitch processes (non‑negotiable)
- Strong writing, editing, and synthesis skills with a clear, confident voice
- Demonstrated project management capability across complex, deadline‑driven workstreams
- High attention to detail and comfort managing multiple priorities simultaneously
- Proficiency across Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Word, and Excel (tables, reporting, and structured data)
Compensation
- $40,000 - $85,000 USD
Benefits
- Our vision is for Burson to be the leading 'academy company' for creative communications professionals and emerging leaders.
- Lead cross‑functional coordination to source case studies, insights, data, and credentials across strategy, creative, healthcare, corporate, and consumer teams
- Support the creation and delivery of pitch presentations and leave‑behind materials
Company info
- Burson, part of WPP, is the global communications leader built to create value for clients through reputation. With highly specialized teams, industry-leading technologies and breakthrough creative, we help brands and businesses redefine reputation as a competitive advantage so they can lead today and into the future. When you work at Burson, you are part of a global community of lifelong learners who thrive at the edge of innovation.
- WPP (LSE/NYSE: WPP) is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com
- For more information visit bursonglobal.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
- More about the role:
- Burson, part of WPP, is the global communications leader built to create value for clients through reputation.
- With highly specialized teams, industry-leading technologies and breakthrough creative, we help brands and businesses redefine reputation as a competitive advantage so they can lead today and into the future.
- When you work at Burson, you are part of a global community of lifelong learners who thrive at the edge of innovation.
- WPP (LSE/NYSE: WPP) is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands.
- We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.
- For more information, visit WPP.com
- This role is a critical addition designed to help scale and stabilize pipeline operations to allow senior leadership more strategic growth oversight.
- You'll own the RFI/RFP process end‑to‑end and play equal parts project manager, writer, and orchestrator-coordinating teams across the agency to create winning proposals.
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