Global Business Director (Digital Agency)

Location: Salzburg, Austria; candidates must be willing to relocate to Salzburg. The role offers hybrid work, with the choice to work from home or from the hirify.global office.

Salary: €70,000 gross annual starting salary for a full-time position based in Austria.

Company

hirify.global is a digital-first lead agency combining design, technology, and digital brand building for internationally recognized brands.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and develop large multidisciplinary teams while building a high-performance culture.
• Serve as a senior strategic advisor to global clients and build long-term executive partnerships.
• Own account revenue, profitability, forecasting, scope, pricing, resource investment, and growth.
• Oversee multiple workstreams, teams, priorities, planning, resource management, and communication.
• Champion creative quality and guide teams through complex client, commercial, and delivery challenges.
• Collaborate with strategy, creative, production, technology, and operations leadership to strengthen capabilities and grow partnerships.

Requirements

• 10–15+ years of experience in a global creative, digital, or advertising agency.
• Proven experience leading major international accounts and large multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong commercial experience across revenue, profitability, forecasting, scope, pricing, and account growth.
• Experience working with senior clients and leading teams through complex challenges.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
• Willingness to relocate to Salzburg, Austria.

Culture & Benefits

• Choice of a five-day or four-day workweek after one year, with the option to switch twice per year.
• 100% hybrid work with the freedom to choose home or office work each day without approval.
• 20% additional vacation days through the Sunny Hours program.
• Free access to sports and fitness facilities across Austria or Germany.
• Language courses, visa support, workshops and training, a Klimaticket contribution, audiobook library, and Headspace subscription.
• International environment with colleagues from more than 40 nationalities across seven locations; English is the main language.