About the Business
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, risk.lexisnexis.com
LexisNexis Risk Solutions are offering an exciting opportunity to join the high performing EMEA Sales team as a Key Account Manager for Southern & East Africa. This new role has been especially created to focus on the growing market across Southern and East Africa. This person should be goal orientated and comfortable working within a high pressured and fast paced environment. They should possess excellent communication skills (telephone, face-to-face), for both internal networking and client facing activity. Above all, this person should be hardworking and passionate for success.
About the Role
We are recruiting for a Business Development Director to develop and strengthen relationships with key clients across Southern & East Africa. You will be responsible for growing revenue from existing accounts while identifying and securing upsell and cross sell opportunities. This role requires a proactive, results-driven individual who enjoys building long-term partnerships and driving client success in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and implement a strategic plan for your portfolio, understanding customer needs, challenges, and growth opportunities.
Manage existing accounts to drive retention, upselling, and cross-selling opportunities.
Responsible for following up on regional leads, outbound calling and social selling using LinkedIn and other applications.
Collaborate with colleagues across teams to maximize the use and value of our products and services.
Keeping up to date with market and competitive developments, such as major regulatory changes and new product offerings
Maintain accurate forecasts and customer data using Salesforce or a similar CRM tool.
Meet and exceed quarterly business and revenue goals.
Travel to these regions is part of the role (estimate quarterly trips)
Qualifications and Skills
Demonstrated success in account management and upselling/cross selling to existing client base, preferably in Financial Services, SaaS, or data-driven industries.
Experience with value-based or consultative selling approaches.
Working knowledge of Salesforce.
Ability to work under pressure and deliver against performance targets
Strong organizational, time management and forecasting skills
Strong communication and relationship-building skills, including experience presenting or networking at client or industry events.
Experience of a proven sales methodology (e.g. SPIN, Insight Selling, MEDDICC) is also a plus
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Skills Required
- Experience in account management and upselling/cross-selling to existing clients (preferably Financial Services, SaaS, or data-driven industries)
- Experience with value-based or consultative selling approaches
- Working knowledge of Salesforce or similar CRM
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver against performance targets
- Strong organizational, time management, and forecasting skills
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, including presenting or networking at events
- Experience with a proven sales methodology (e.g., SPIN, Insight Selling, MEDDICC)
- Willingness to travel to Southern & East Africa (estimated quarterly trips)
LexisNexis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about LexisNexis and has not been reviewed or approved by LexisNexis.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare options are often described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside life and disability protection. Wellbeing programming such as wellness initiatives and fitness support is also positioned as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are repeatedly framed as a meaningful component of total rewards through 401(k) matching and access to stock purchase opportunities. Performance bonuses and charitable matching are also included as financial-support features within the broader rewards mix.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as broad, including PTO, paid holidays, sick leave, and paid volunteer time. Flexible work arrangements, including remote options and flexible hours, further strengthen the overall rewards experience.
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What We Do
LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. We help lawyers win cases, manage their work more efficiently, serve their clients better and grow their practices. We assist corporations in better understanding their markets, monitoring their brands and competition, and in mitigating business risk. We collaborate with universities to educate students, and we support nation-building with governments and courts by making laws accessible and strengthening legal infrastructures. We partner with leading global associations and customers to collect evidence against war criminals and provide tools to combat human trafficking. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 130 countries with 10,000 employees worldwide, is part of RELX Group, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.
