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Hilton

Senior Account Director – Sales, India

Hilton

Senior Account Director managing and growing Hilton Worldwide accounts in India. Creating strategies and developing relationships for increased market share and performance.

Posted 5/18/2026full-timeMumbai • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Manage and grow the value and share of wallet accounts for Hilton Worldwide
  • Be accountable for the performance of selected accounts on a local, national and global basis
  • Create and communicate the account strategies to drive increased market share and demonstrate value to both internal and external customers
  • Develop strategy and direction for the account base in line with the company’s revenue strategies
  • Identify and evaluate new business opportunities within current account base
  • Execute strategic account development plans and support communications of key messages internally and externally
  • Develop strong relationships with key hotels that receive business from the account portfolio and understand the hotels individually strategy
  • Establish procedures and processes in relation to managing the account portfolio to drive market share
  • Implement plans to ensure overall strategic direction of the account base and support the company's revenue strategies
  • Ensure relevant updates are sent to internal and external stakeholders
  • Review customer base to determine new opportunities for account penetration
  • Provide accurate management reports to review account performance and communicate future plans accordingly

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree (BA / BS)
  • 12 to 15 years’ experience in above property set up
  • Significant work experience in customer-facing, revenue-generating roles including management experience
  • Excellent communication skills: presentations, written and public speaking
  • Ability to direct collaboration among cross-functional teams including external resources
  • Ability to analyse departmental financial data in order to make strategic and tactical decisions
  • Lead by example to resolve conflicts, introduce change and ensure collaboration among others
  • Demonstrate the highest standards of ethical behaviour and absolute discretion with sensitive information
  • Ability to take initiative to identify, prioritize and implement and adjust actions required to achieve functional goals
  • Strong problem-solving skills including ability to address any issue in collaboration with others, identify and prevent potential problems
  • Proven understanding of client’s business, including business plans, competitive environment and distribution channels and product financials
  • Extensive understanding of local market and industry in order to make recommendations on how to achieve the targets
  • Good understanding of sales process, tools, measurements and systems
  • Understanding of competition and marketing strategies
  • Strong in account management and budget development
  • Strong persuading and influencing skills
  • Ability to work independently with minimal control and direction
  • Ability to think and articulate a vision for business sales and capable of translating this into practical and tangible actions
  • Take calculated risks to achieve results in consultation with immediate supervisor and other relevant team members
  • Good relationship management skills and presents the appropriate professional image to customers and external contacts
  • Ability to handle more than one task / situation at a time
  • Fluency in spoken and written English
  • Hospitality sales experiences in global accounts, airline and/or intermediaries (3rd party group / MICE)

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health insurance
  • Employee recognition
  • Parental assistance
  • Unique Hilton benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools
account managementbudget developmentfinancial analysissales processmarket analysisstrategic planningbusiness developmentcustomer relationship managementrevenue generationaccount penetration
Soft Skills
communication skillscollaborationproblem-solvingleadershipinitiativerelationship managementpersuasioninfluencingconflict resolutiontime management
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree (BA / BS)