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Account Director Career Market Report 2026

743 active jobs. 279 companies. Median salary $146K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

743
Active Job Openings
279
Companies Hiring
$146K
Median Salary (US)
81%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Account Director market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 81% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $146K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $123K to $229K.

Remote roles pay 7% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 47%

Go demand rose +7.6pp — fastest-growing skill

Wppmedia leads hiring with 32 open positions

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 47% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Director127$115K$145K$229K

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States68$150KUSD
Remote28$140KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site1.1%
Remote21.7%
Hybrid2.8%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
47%
Account Management
25%
Project Management
14%
Customer Success
14%
Upselling
13%
Salesforce
11%
Go
8%
Sales Pipeline
6%
Adobe Creative Suite
6%
Negotiation
6%
CRM Software
5%

Skills on the Rise

Go ↑+7.6ppSales Pipeline ↑+6.3ppAdobe Creative Suite ↑+5.6ppNegotiation ↑+5.6ppCRM Software ↑+5.1pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-26.5ppActing ↓-13.5ppExcel ↓-12.2ppProcurement ↓-11.7ppMental Health ↓-10.4pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Wppmedia324.3%
Adobe212.8%
Bursonglobal152.0%
OpenAI141.9%
Recordedfuture131.7%
Dxacirca131.7%
Coupa Software Inc Ats91.2%
Dentsuaegis91.2%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States208
Remote102
United Kingdom94
Canada18
Singapore15
France15
Australia13
Japan9

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree65.8%396
Master's Degree9.8%59
Bachelor's Degree5.3%32
MBA1.7%10
PhD / Doctorate0.2%1

Certifications

MBA (2%)Certified Scrum Master (1%)

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