Vice President

Job Description

About the job

A private equity backed and globally leading consumer intelligence firm is seeking a Vice President of Sales Transformation. The VP of Sales Transformation will be responsible for supporting the design and implementation of the program as well as key global initiatives intended to drive an organization wide sales transformation. This will involve coordinating with business leaders and include process redesign, broad commercial initiatives, and operating model changes.

The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of designing and implementing strategic initiatives, be a motivated self-starter that thinks outside of the box, is an analytical problem-solver and is continuously searching for ways to increase efficiency across the sales organization.

Responsibilities:

Initiative design and execution ( 70%)

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

Conduct analyses and sizing of new and existing opportunities in collaboration with program teams and provide functional expertise in preparation for execution

Provide evidence for all initiatives with data, facts, and analysis

Initiative ownership and communication ( 30%)

Lead cross functional teams to influence key stakeholders (non-direct reports) to mobilize resources to complete key initiatives

Build relationships with key leadership across the firm 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