Director, Business Development, Media Effectiveness

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Why this job is important   This role is responsible for generating sales revenue and identifying prospective client business needs across Media Effectiveness solutions to new and existing Media or Agency clients that enhances coverage of our growth targets through consultative selling and negotiating. A successful candidate will need to be equal parts technical, product, media, client & program leadership savvy– and have experience leading media/ data relationships, results focused with a passion for developing positive relationships with clients and a firm understanding of the Digital Market Research space.

Identifies new business opportunities using personally established network, existing knowledge of the market research landscape, and conducting analysis of marketplace data; Responsible for all aspects of the sales process, from prospecting to qualification to closing   Maintains sales pipeline, forecasts revenues, and provides regular activity reports to management; uses internal systems (Salesforce, Maconomy, etc) to track sales activity   Leads RFP and proposal development process, including collaborating with internal teams, coordinating client timelines, developing pitch and proposal collateral that resonates and tells a differentiated story   Plays a lead client-facing role from initial outreach through final proposal presentation; Conducts client meetings to build and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction across all products; Present complex sales presentations to senior level players in the industry with ease   Think strategically how we can grow existing clients with new solutions or unique ways to answer the client’s questions   Stay ahead of the evolving digital landscape and how changes will impact measurement needs, and reports back to the organization on points of differentiation   Develop a deep understanding of how our products and solutions fulfills client needs and fit into their planning, management, and decision workflows   Understands financial implications (gross margin, job profit, operating profit, forecasting, pipeline management) and negotiate pricing with a client/decision maker directly   The skills and experience needed   8+ years of quota-carrying sales experience in analytics, insights, and media solutions; selling to marketing decision makers   A hunting mentality with experience selling complex media solutions while consistently hitting goals/quotas   Media or Agency knowledge – know how publishers or agencies work, how their business operates day to day for their clients and who the strategic decision makers are.   Demonstrated ability to translate sophisticated concepts into concise, insightful messaging   Excellent commercial competence, presentation, and communication skills (verbal and written) with strong interpersonal and negotiation skills   Highly motivated, self-starter, driver of change and transformation   Shown cross portfolio collaboration   Strong understanding of Cross Media analysis, Advertising Effectiveness Measurement, Media effectiveness analysis, Copy Testing, Ad Sales targeting, Advanced Analytics and Brand Equity analysis.   Deep knowledge of the media planning ecosystem, including digital marketing, mobile, programmatic and social media   At Kantar, we go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion, and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us. We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted, and are allowed to flourish. We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of