Growth Director

Growth Director
Amsterdam/Rotterdam, hybrid

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

JOB PURPOSE

This role is part of our Experience & Engineering team based in the Netherlands. We combine our skills in developing future-ready technical solutions with our expertise in creating beautiful designs to deliver exceptional and engaging digital experiences that build lasting relationships with our clients like Gant, Inter Milan, bol.com and Just Eat Takeaway.

We are looking for a Growth Director who is hungry to build something. In this role, you will identify and develop new business opportunities for our Netherlands team, helping ambitious brands solve complex digital challenges through the combined power of technology, design, and strategy.

If you thrive on finding the right clients, crafting compelling pitches, and seeing your work turn into lasting partnerships, this role is for you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Client Engagement & Relationship Building

• Build and nurture relationships with marketing and technology decision-makers at prospect organisations, translating their challenges into clear, compelling solutions.
• Represent DEPT® with confidence in client conversations, demonstrating knowledge across digital experience, engineering, and emerging technologies like AI.

Sales & Pipeline Development

• Proactively identify and qualify new business opportunities through direct outreach, events, partnerships, and collaboration with the marketing team.
• Manage your own pipeline end-to-end, from first contact to signed proposal.
• Use CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce) to track activity, report on progress, and develop good habits around forecasting and pipeline hygiene.

Collaboration & Pitching

• Work closely with delivery leads, solution architects, and strategists to build proposals and pitches that showcase DEPT®'s strengths.
• Develop familiarity with our key technology partners (e.g., Shopify, Adobe, Optimizely) and understand how those partnerships create opportunities.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Previous experience in business development, consultative sales, or a client-facing role with a strong commercial component, within a digital agency, tech consultancy, or related environment.
• Experience selling project-based work, with exposure to digital experience, content management and publishing, ecommerce, or technology services. Familiarity with solutions like CMS, PIM, DAM, or content supply chain is a plus.
• Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders at manager and director level, with the ambition to grow into C-level conversations over time.
• A structured approach to prospecting and pipeline management, you know how to keep deals moving.
• Strong communicator who can explain complex ideas in straightforward, client-friendly language.
• Collaborative by nature, you enjoy working across teams and bringing people together around a pitch.
• Fluency in Dutch and English language 

Preferred Experience

• Exposure to digital experience platforms, ecommerce solutions, or cloud/technology services.
• Familiarity with multi-stakeholder sales cycles and how to navigate them.
• Interest in how AI and emerging technology are reshaping digital services.

WE OFFER:

• A flexible, hybrid working policy (2-3 days from the office, depending on location) and the opportunity to work from abroad for 13 weeks a year. 
• 24 vacation days per year and the possibility to buy an unlimited number of extra vacation days.
• DEPT®/YOU Learning Menu and DEPT®/YOU Special Programs. Develop your skills with courses and programs tailored to your needs.
• Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform, gym and wellness discounts, and healthy lunches at the office.
• Get a discount on your lease bike and ride in style. You can also enjoy hassle free-commutes with an NS Business Card. 
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021, has been named a Great Place To Work since 2022 in the Netherlands and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Awesome clients. Whether big, small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with all of them. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• You can discover even more employee benefits here.

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION 

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.