Executive Director, Sales Initiative and Transformation

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The Executive Director, Sales Initiatives & Transformation will be a key leader on the Conde Nast Advertising Sales team. The vision for this role is to inform strategy, drive revenue growth and improve operational efficiency through resource and system improvements, as well as business analytics, with a specific focus on growing the US and Global Key Accounts team.

Dual-reporting directly into the 2x Chief Business Officers, US Sales & Global Key Accounts, this individual will partner with the Commercial Leadership team as well as cross-functional stakeholders, to lead ongoing transformation initiatives and to identify new projects that should be taken on to modernize our Commercial strategy and structure. This role will have a deep understanding of the business and will serve as the point person to represent sales, serving as proxy where needed.

This role requires the ability to actively listen to the objectives of disparate groups across all functions and synthesize a cohesive solution. The ability to understand and navigate a complex landscape and creatively work with diverse teams is a must, in addition to strong digital media expertise and analytical skills. While the majority of this role's focus is on the US, this individual plays a key role in reviewing global processes and transformation activities in all global markets, as there is a large amount of change underway for the next several years.

Key Responsibilities

• Under the leadership of the 2x Chief Business Officers, US Sales & Global Key Accounts, drive always-on evaluation of Commercial structure and processes to ensure we are meeting external and internal business needs

• Streamline and align standard operating procedures across Sales leadership groups to ensure holistic US + Global Key Account reporting and ways of working where possible

• Determine key performance indicators and metrics to track to drive business; analyze metrics and provide insights to sales leadership

• Organize, motivate and collaborate with business stakeholders to determine the best way to re-engineer workstreams and processes; facilitate cross-functional decision making need to achieve Commercial goals

• Craft strategy around sales incentive/compensation in partnership with Sales Leadership, Finance and Transformation

• Own print pricing & positioning responsibilities and bespoke reporting/success metrics in collaboration with Finance

• Take lead on managing special projects for the US & Global Key Accounts Sales team; run and manage meetings for key projects across multiple stakeholders with clear agenda, follow ups and next steps

• Leverage deep understanding of media landscape and prior hands-on experience to help develop, adapt, launch and scale appropriate business functions and workflows in priority markets

• Play a critical role in supporting other integration related initiatives that impact the Commercial team's ability to achieve its goal (e.g. training, systems integration)

• Serve as liaison between HR, Finance, and Commercial teams to ensure structure aligns with strategy and run point on one-off initiatives or key projects

• Serve as a change management champion, coordinating initiatives and leveraging appropriate tools to drive sustainable transformation

• Drive faster adoption, more efficient utilization and greater connectivity across the Commercial Org

• Generate steady and measured progress on all key initiatives.

• Communicate with effectiveness - grasp, structure and explain complex problems in easily digestible manner and provide thoughtful and sound recommendations

Desired Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required

• 7-10 years relevant professional experience; marketing, media operations, creative strategy, advertising, sales, account/project management preferred

• Previous experience in transformation preferred

• Proven creative problem-solving and quantitative skills. A strategic thinker

• Strong interpersonal skills. Must have the ability to work and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization

• Excellent organizational skills providing the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and set priorities under tight timeframes

• Self-driven and a self starter with ability to multi-task and work with minimal supervision in a deadline-oriented environment

• High energy and teamwork mentality is a must

The expected base salary range for this position is from $190,000-$225,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.

In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates may also be eligible to receive discretionary bonus compensation.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.

Conde Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.