Company Description
Location: US-Remote, must be in the US
R25_0003083
Job Description
NielsenIQ is seeking a Director of Sales Transformation GTM Strategy. The Director of Sales Transformation will be responsible for driving key global initiatives related to how, where, and by whom we execute our sales strategy. This will involve coordinating with business leaders and include commercial transformation, operating model design, broad commercial initiatives, process redesign, and data analytics. This role will work directly with the VP of Sales Transformation on these initiatives.
The ideal candidate will have knowledge of designing and implementing strategic initiatives, is an analytical problem-solver, and is continuously searching for ways to increase the impact of the sales organization.
Responsibilities:
Sales Go-To-Market Strategy Process
- Establish on-going procedures and a regular cadence for refreshing the global GTM strategy and sales deployment model
- Identify opportunities to enhance data inputs to mature the customer and market segmentation models
- Evolve the design and deployment of sales roles in response to new solution offerings
- Create repeatable, data-driven processes and tools to right-size the headcount across all regions, markets, and sales roles
- Provide strategic guidance to and partner with Sales Leadership in each Region to refresh their Go-to-Market strategy. This includes sales deployment models, client segmentation, role design, responsibility mapping, headcount sizing, and account assignments
- Sales Transformation ad-hoc initiative design and execution
- Provide strategic guidance and data driven recommendations for all initiatives, rooted in data, facts, analytics, and market & competitive research
- Conduct analyses and sizing of new and existing opportunities in collaboration with program teams and provide functional expertise in preparation for execution
- Identify and prioritize issues and opportunities across program initiatives and partner with business to resolve
- Responsible for pace of progress across selected initiatives and ensuring progress through issue resolution, meeting setup and preparation, and escalation
Initiative ownership and communication
- Partner with cross functional teams across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, HR, Finance, etc. to influence key stakeholders (non-direct reports) to mobilize resources to complete key initiatives
- Build relationships with key teams across NIQ to align on milestones for transformation opportunities across the business
- Define and lead governance structure for select initiatives
- Own cadence, lead meetings and material preparation in collaboration with initiative leads and business experts
- Track initiative progress and ensure transparent reporting of progress, risks, and status
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in rigorous discipline; MBA preferred
- 8+ years experience in Commercial Consulting (e.g. Sales), Commercial Strategy, Sales Strategy, Revenue Operations
- Demonstrated history of effectively supporting data-driven initiatives enabling commercial growth, sales excellence, sales efficiency, and go-to-market strategies
- Proficient in data analysis and comfortable navigating and integrating large datasets
- Robust analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Outstanding communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
Additional Information
This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation of the following range: $110,000-$150,000. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a sales-based incentive or performance-based bonus. Other benefits include a flexible working environment, comprehensive health insurance, industry-leading parental leave, life insurance, education support, and more.
Our Benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)
About NIQ
NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.
For more information, visit NIQ.com
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NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center: https://nielseniq.com/global/en/news-center/diversity-inclusion
