Senior Manager, Identity & Consumer Sales (R-17332)

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This is a key role which will be essential in providing day-to-day management of the sales organization which manages Netwise and Consumer sales along with ID Graph Plus Sales for the organization. They will hold sales reps accountable for meeting goals and expectations as well as driving opportunities themselves to further the organization meeting revenue expectations.

The Digital Audiences Licensing Sales function is responsible for selling the Company’s digital portfolio of audience targeting and identity products (D&B, Eyeota, NetWise) to new and/or existing clients and developing or expanding accounts primarily through face-to-face sales.

Essential Key Responsibilities

• Participates with senior management to establish strategic plans and objectives.
• Interact with senior management, executives, and/or major customers which frequently involves negotiating matters of significance to the organization; reconcile multiple stakeholder views to drive business results.
• Lead a skilled team of Account Executives that own driving year-over-year sales growth in alignment with the Business Unit’s goals and strategies.
• Leverage deep knowledge and experience within vertical space to identify areas of future growth and develop plan to execute.
• Understand market trends, competitive landscapes, and emerging opportunities in digital advertising & marketing.
• “Be” viewed as a subject matter expert in digital advertising & marketing and represent the company as an external voice via thought leadership content delivered across multiple touchpoints.
• Lead the Account Executives and sales support team members through quarterly detailed account planning process for each account; evaluate the aggressiveness of the account plans and pressure-test their feasibility.
• Set annual sales targets and manage an ongoing process for tracking sales; communicate targets and results upwards as part of process for building an accurate representation of business performance to senior leadership.
• Actively measure and evaluate the performance of Account Executives, measuring against clearly identified benchmark guidelines; ensurethat the performance of all key metrics in Salesforce.com is properly measured.
• Provide coaching and leadership to the team through participation in sales calls in varying stages of the sales process; develop career plans for each Account Executive and identify areas of exposure and growth to help them achieve their career plan aspirations.
• Work with team to expand relationships with C-level and senior members of clients to develop more meaningful customer relationships offering greater value.
• Partner with Business Partners to attract, recruit, build and develop a team of top performing sales professionals; handle all HR related topics for direct reports.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify core prospects, develop reason “why” those prospects will benefit from Digital Licensing products, and lead team on sales initiatives to present and close prospect accounts.
• Cross collaborate with other sales leaders

Education, Experience & Additional Skills and/or Certifications

• Bachelor's required, Master's preferred
• Combined selling and sales leadership experience of 10+ years in the SaaS, Technology or Data & Analytics industry.
• Subject matter expert in the AdTech and Marketing Services industry with a history of hands-on selling, sales leadership, and account development.
• Expert level understanding of the data business market dynamics and industry trends.
• Deep expertise in both business and consumer data applied in marketing and advertising use cases.
• Demonstration of original thought in business plan development and history of successful execution against those plans.
• Proven success with driving new and existing multimillion-dollar engagements in a high complex, changing environment to ensure achievement of objectives and significant customer value.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a team in a manner that instills a strong belief in achieving goals, focuses on preparedness and creates a passion for winning and personal development / growth.
• Ability to rapidly assess client environments from a business process, organizational and technological perspective, and effectively prioritize opportunities for growth.
• Highly articulate with excellent business communication (verbal and written) skills and presentation skills suitable for a global corporate environment.
• Show an ownership mindset in everything you do; be a problem solver, be curious and be inspired to take action, be proactive, seek ways to collaborate and connect with people and teams in support of driving success.
• Continuous growth mindset, keep learning through social experiences and
• relationships with stakeholder, experts, colleagues and mentors as well as widen and broaden your competencies through structural courses and programs.
• Willing to travel beyond city limits for the interest of business.

Benefits We Offer

· Generous paid time off in your first year, increasing with tenure.

· Up to 16 weeks 100% paid parental leave after one year of employment.

· Paid sick time to care for yourself or family members. 

· Education assistance and extensive training resources.

· Do Good Program: Paid volunteer days & donation matching.

· Competitive 401k & Employee Stock Purchase Plan with company matching. 

· Health & wellness benefits, including discounted Wellhub membership rates.

· Medical, dental & vision insurance for you, spouse/partner & dependents.

· Learn more about our benefits: http://bit.ly/41Yyc3d.

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