Team Summary

The Director, Gaming Vertical Lead will be a part of the AP Growth Verticals team within the Merchant Sales and Acquiring (MS&A) hub organization. This is a team of thought leaders and execution-focused specialists who work with market teams to deploy acceptance growth initiatives, issuance opportunities, and seller-side solutions to catalyze growth across Asia Pacific. The team is also the regional co-ordination point and interface into the global verticals and segments and drives the overall strategy for multiple initiatives to grow Visa’s acceptance footprints.

As a key member of this team based in Singapore, you will be the subject matter expert for helping Visa’s market teams in identifying and delivering on opportunities within the Gaming vertical with client segments such as developers, publishers, console manufacturers and other gaming partners/enablers. This role will report to the Head of AP Co-brand & Growth Verticals in AP.

What a Gaming Vertical Lead does at Visa:

• Build, own and drive Visa’s Gaming segment strategy for merchants, acquirers, and enablers across the Gaming value-chain in Asia Pacific.
• Be the subject-matter-expert to Visa market teams to grow Visa acceptance, co-brands opportunities, acceptance solutions and various payment flows with gaming merchants (eg: game developers, online gaming platforms, console manufacturers) as identified in the regional Gaming strategy.
• Engage with ecosystem players including game developers, console manufacturers, gaming associations, digital distribution platforms and others to identify and build opportunities/partnerships to grow Acceptance in Gaming, update on trends and obtain industry feedback.
• Collaborate with key partners - both internal and external – in defining and executing Visa’s Gaming strategy in the region. Specifically, this includes building compelling sales collateral, developing a sales pipeline, co-pitching with respective Account Executives, partnering with Product teams to define appropriate products/services, Portfolio Optimization and building commercial arrangements where required.
• Front client engagements on relevant products/solutions such as Co-Brands, CyberSource, Tokenization etc and articulate Visa value proposition in Gaming customer-centric language.
• Increase Visa share of processed volume and grow Visa revenue (from core and Value-added Services) in the Gaming vertical.
• Be a thought leader and champion of innovation by staying current with industry trends, representing Visa in Gaming forums and market activities as a subject matter expert.

Why this is important to Visa

As a Gaming Vertical Lead at Visa, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our company's future in the burgeoning gaming industry in Asia Pacific. You will be at the forefront of building and driving Visa's Gaming segment strategy, actively shaping our presence in this rapidly expanding market.

This role provides an opportunity to be a part of an innovative and collaborative environment, where your subject matter expertise will be utilized to grow Visa's acceptance and create opportunities with gaming merchants. You'll have the chance to engage with key players in the gaming ecosystem, such as game developers, console manufacturers, and online gaming platforms, to forge strategic partnerships that can significantly contribute to Visa's growth.

Moreover, your work will have a direct impact on Visa's revenue as you increase our share of processed volume in the gaming vertical. You'll also have the platform to put forth Visa's value proposition in customer-centric language, enhancing our relevance and appeal in the gaming industry.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

• Focus on private wealth management segment, including high net worth and family offices. Form good understanding on the wealth management landscape and develop a good network within the segment.
• Develop and implement strategic initiatives to drive business growth, including but not limited to direct prospecting, referring channels and events.
• Develop in-depth understanding on moomoo’s platforms, products and solutions, able to differentiate and match accordingly to Private Wealth clients’ trading and investment needs.
• Initiate and drive internal improvements on platforms, products and solutions to better match the general needs of private wealth clients.
• Plan and work independently to achieve personal sales targets within a team setup, where you can leverage resources among your peers and other teams within the company.
• Maintain good relationship with family offices and HNW clients, and establish long term client retention and partnerships.

• At least 3 years of working experience in business development functions facing HNW clients or family offices, focusing on trading/investment products, platforms, or solutions.
• Have experiences dealing with private wealth clients on investment and asset allocation, ect.  Being able to advise accordingly.
• Self-driven in sales function and able to manage the whole sales cycle independently.
• Solid knowledge base in multi-assets, compulsory in equities trading. Able to pick up quickly on demonstrating trading/investment platform and solutions.
• Fast learner, effective communicator, and team player.
• Good command of Mandarin is a huge plus.

We offer a comprehensive and holistic work experience and package as follows:

• Competitive compensation, including quarterly commission
• Fun loving and diverse work environment
• Fair working culture

• Focus on financial institutions, including hedge funds, asset managers, trading companies, quant funds and robo advisors, ect. Form good understanding on the funds segment landscape and develop a good network within the segment.
• Develop and implement strategic initiatives to drive business growth, including but not limited to direct prospecting, referring channels and events.
• Develop in-depth understanding on moomoo’s platforms, products and solutions, able to differentiate and match accordingly to financial institutions’ trading and investment needs.
• Initiate and drive internal improvements on platforms, products and solutions to better match the general needs of financial institutions.
• Plan and work independently to achieve personal sales targets within a team setup, where you can leverage resources among your peers and other teams within the company.
• Maintain good relationship with financial institution clients and establish long term partnerships.

• At least 3 years of working experience in business development functions facing financial institutions, focusing on trading/investment products, platforms, or solutions.
• With trading background or has trading experience, being able to speak the language of traders is a huge plus.
• Self-driven in sales function and able to manage the whole sales cycle independently.
• Solid knowledge base in multi-assets, compulsory in equities trading. Able to pick up quickly on demonstrating trading/investment platform and solutions.
• Fast learner, effective communicator, and team player.
• Good command of Mandarin is a huge plus.
• Having passed CMFAS 1A, 6A and 6 or are exempted is preferred.

We offer a comprehensive and holistic work experience and package as follows:

• Competitive compensation, including quarterly commission
• Fun loving and diverse work environment
• Fair working culture

Reporting into the Senior Director, IDL Strategy, Alignment & Planning, this role is responsible for leading strategy and driving alignment across all four Business Units in the IDL Segment, as well as at the IDL Segment leadership level.

This role is imperative to ensure that we remain execution focused as one Segment, to achieve results for the markets and stakeholders across IDL. One key output of this role is the development and establishment of a Segment-wide 3yr Technology Roadmap that will generate market level roadmaps across each Business Unit.

In addition to the Strategy and Alignment responsibilities, the role also includes the oversight and governance. The person in this role will engage with McDonald’s Technology leadership, vendors, and Global cross functional teams to provide oversight of the progress against the Technology roadmap to Leadership.

The ideal candidate is a highly self-motivated individual with strong strategic abilities and communication skills, who can collaborate effectively with business, market, and vendor teams.

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategy & Alignment

• Defines a clear role and vision for the IDL Segment Technology organisation, consistent with the organization's vision, strategy, and direction.
• Create a rolling Segment level 3yr Technology Roadmap and monitor Global product and solution availability and future capabilities.
• Collaborate across the Segment to ensure that we stay aligned on all strategic objectives.
• Support key governance activities like the IDL Steerco, to facilitate engagement and alignment between Global, Segment and Markets
• Accountable for running 2 Extended Leadership meetings a year (Director +) to ensure continuous alignment across the team.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with a range of stakeholders including IDL Leadership, BU Leadership, Segment Teams, and Market teams (JP)

Communication

• Work proactively and share information with the Segment teams in a timely manner to consume at regular meetings or events such as Phase 0 planning, CIO meetings, Security summit, Supplier Summit, or ad hoc remote sessions.
• Manage and enhance the leadership update communication process to ensure that any critical risks are highlighted to key stakeholders early.
• Drive and align communication on key deadlines, technology market charges guide, changes to standards, to ensure that the market leads are aligned.
• Put a communication strategy in place to ensure the right cadence of information is being shared with the team to drive engagement.
• Work collaboratively while demonstrating, communicating, and reinforcing McDonald’s
  company Values.
• Proactively shape and refine the ideas and agendas of the Leadership team.

Governance

• Work closely with Technology leadership to provide oversight of the status and progress of key multi-year programs in the 3yr Technology roadmap (Sesame 1 and STA)
• Be the liaison for contact with center-based Global Technology teams.
• Govern the Global Technology Products & Services adoption or exception process.
• Oversight into the CR - Change Management (Solutions Services Process), and drive awareness across all stakeholder groups to ensure alignment of support tickets.
• Establish the appropriate communication channels to communicate IT Incidents Management and Support

Builds and Leverages Talent

• Supports the creation of successors for key organizational positions.
• Retains key talent by co-creating development plans that motivate and grow them.
• Shapes roles and teams in ways that develop people's unique capabilities while supporting business goals.

The Director of People & Culture will lead the development and implementation of human resources strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall business strategy. This role will oversee all aspects of human resources practices and processes, fostering a positive and productive work environment, and ensuring the organisation’s culture reflects its values and mission. The Director of People & Culture will be a key strategic partner to the executive team, driving organizational effectiveness and employee engagement.

 Our stage is the world. Our time is now. We are an equal opportunity employer.

How your day looks:

Strategic HR Leadership:

• Develop and execute HR strategies that support business objectives.
• Partner with the executive team to align HR initiatives with organizational goals.
• Lead workforce planning and talent management to meet future business needs.

Culture and Employee Engagement:

• Foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performance work culture.
• Develop and implement employee engagement programs to boost morale and productivity.
• Conduct regular surveys and feedback sessions to assess and enhance employee satisfaction.

Talent Acquisition and Retention:

• Oversee the recruitment and selection process to attract top talent.
• Develop retention strategies to reduce turnover and retain key employees.
• Implement effective onboarding programs to ensure new hires are integrated successfully.

Talent Acquisition and Retention:

• Oversee the recruitment and selection process to attract top talent.
• Develop retention strategies to reduce turnover and retain key employees.
• Implement effective onboarding programs to ensure new hires are integrated successfully.

Performance Management:

• Design and implement performance appraisal systems.
• Facilitate continuous feedback and development discussions.
• Develop succession planning processes to ensure leadership continuity.

Learning and Development:

• Identify and address training and development needs.
• Create and manage employee development programs.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and growth.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Oversee the development and administration of compensation and benefits programs.
• Ensure competitive and fair pay practices.
• Conduct regular reviews of compensation structures and benefits offerings.

Employee Relations and Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with labor laws and regulations.
• Develop and maintain HR policies and procedures.
• Manage employee relations issues and provide conflict resolution.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI):

• Lead DEI initiatives to create a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Develop strategies to promote equity and inclusion across the organization.
• Monitor progress and effectiveness of DEI programs.

HR Analytics and Reporting:

• Use HR metrics and analytics to inform decision-making.
• Prepare regular reports on HR metrics and trends for the executive team.
• Continuously improve HR processes through data-driven insights.

Team Summary

The IPVMC Client Services (CS) Team is currently a team of 10 located across the region covering clients across 5 countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia. The Global Clients team of 2 are located in Singapore and cover Visa’s Global Clients.

The team is accountable for managing the post-sale and operational relationships of clients by overseeing onboarding and implementation processes, maximizing adoption of deployed products, driving Client Success outcomes, and optimizing client performance.

What a Senior Director, Head of Client Services IPVMC & Global Clients does at Visa?

The Senior Director, Head of Client Services IPVMC & Global Clients is a senior leadership role, reporting to the SVP, Head of AP Client Services, and will lead the team responsible for managing the post-sales and operational relationships of clients by overseeing onboarding and implementation processes, maximizing adoption of deployed products, driving Client Success outcomes, and optimizing client performance across the IPVMC markets and Global Clients.

The Senior Director is expected to provide strategic, functional, and technical leadership for all the operational activities for applicable clients, including the cross functional delivery of systems and services. They will define and deploy client service strategies across the different client types including proactive Client Success planning. This will ensure their Client operational goals/success metrics are understood, intended outcomes are met and client readiness activities for upcoming mandates are tracked in Client Success Plans. In addition, a key tenet will be to develop and enhance success metrics for the team they lead to ensure Client satisfaction is not only measured, but is exceeded, using net promoter scores, survey results, OKRs, in person meetings, outreach calls, and other factors to determine accountability and proactive engagements by their team members. 

The Senior Director is accountable for building a high-performing and cohesive team, aligned to the global Client Success strategy, by providing leadership to a team of people leaders and individual contributors. They should do this through coaching, setting strategic direction and applying working knowledge of Visa products, systems, and procedures. They are accountable for personifying the Visa leadership principles while providing guidance to direct reports, cross-functional staff, and senior management to proactively drive Client Success whilst ensuring effective resolution of high-priority issues with potential of significant financial implications.

In this role, you are expected to:

• Lead courageously to inspire the IPVMC & Global Clients CS team, focused on delivering excellent client experience and optimizing our clients’ performance.
• Be a member of, and active participant in, the AP CS Leadership Team and IPVMC & Global Clients Leadership Team.
• Own the expense budget for this group, as well as revenue and sales targets and Objectives/Key Results based on the multi-year Client Success transformation.
• Drive the development and delivery of key strategic initiatives in support of the global Client Success transformation, inspiring and holding team members to account for enacting key changes in support of the future state vision.
• Establish and foster outstanding relationships with executive management team stakeholders from Clients and is adept at independently managing and resolving challenging and complex client escalations by obsessing about clients. 
• Develop and maintain outstanding relationships with key Visa cross-functional stakeholders. Represents the voice of the client on all operational initiatives and issues with key internal partner organizations including CS, Sales, Product, Merchant Sales & Acquiring, Finance, Risk, Legal and Technology.
• Build and maintain highest quality relationships across all key clients, industry participants and regulatory bodies. Establishes thought leadership in domains on payments, operations, innovation and technology. 
• Own the holistic post-sale and operational relationship of the client portfolio, acting as a key ambassador of all Client Services teams by providing the central voice of Client Services to Clients and Sales Account Owners.
• Act, on an ad-hoc and as needed basis, as the central escalation point for managing client escalations concerning major incident/crisis responses.
• Provides thought leadership expertise on the latest global payment processing trends, Visa solutions, and technologies to provide a world class Client experience.
• Manage all CS staff in the IPVMC cluster, some of whom dual report to other CS functions, requiring partnership and coordination with other CS Leads.
• Be available for international travel 40% of the time due to the regional footprint of clients, direct reports and team members.

Why is this important to Visa?

This senior leadership role is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of and shape Visa’s Client Success transformation, by leading and developing a high-performing team of Client Success Managers to maximize client benefits realization and value from Visa products via proactive optimization processes.

Sales Administration Responsibilities

• Establish leads/partnerships and direct efforts to achieve Groups, Corporate, Leisure, M.I.C.E, Airline, Luxury Consortia room night goals based on market segmentation and budget and to develop ongoing relationships with the clients
• Monitor sales production and adjust sales activities, account coverage and sales priorities as necessary to achieve the planned goals
• Develop account qualifications criteria and use market research to identify priority markets and accounts , to assign sales to assure coverage to all major markets and segments
• Monitor weekly activity of Senior / Sales Managers and ensure sales team is maximizing the use of resources to penetrate new accounts
• Develop annual sales department budget and execute sales programs and activities

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Sales Personnel Development Responsibilities

• Recruit, select train and motivate Sales department personnel to achieve sales goals
• Assure understanding of Job Descriptions, Goals, SOP of Sales Department personnel and conduct formal semi-annual evaluation and ongoing coaching and counseling
• Maintain established personnel policies and procedures of the hotels

Market Planning Responsibilities

• Participate in development and execution of hotel marketing plan to identify sources of group business to the hotel and establish solicitation programs to maximize sales
• Participate in development of marketing plan, sales action plan, profit plan, A&P budget and marketing audits
• Monitor forecast of all Groups, Corporate, Leisure, M.I.C.E, Airline, Luxury Consortia and identify valley periods of sales emphasis and achieve forecast

Communications Responsibilities

• Maintain close and open communication with other department heads
• Maintain timely communication with Corporate Sales Offices, STB that can generate leads and provide information
• Coordinate communication between Sales and Other Departments to assure awareness of bookings and sales programs
• Maintain  timely and responsive communication with accounts and prospects

Personal Account Servicing Responsibilities

• Joint service key accounts with Senior / Sales Managers  and ensure continuity in our communications with accounts

Inventory Management Responsibilities

• Monitor transient bookings in relation to room availability, room type and customer spending potential to maximize rooms and other revenue
• Ensure all corporate transient contracts are loaded and kept within a central file

Other Responsibilities

• Ensure that all safety , health, security and loss control policies and procedures and government legislation are adhered to
• Comply with hotel and department policies and procedures at all times
• To carry out other duties as and when assigned by the Management of the Hotel

OVERVIEW:

Sportradar are looking to bring in an experienced, customer-driven Sales Director to manage and develop our Enterprise accounts in Asia. The successful candidate will report to the VP, APAC Sales and will have a significant impact on the growth of our business. Our international environment, direct client communication and portfolio of technically oriented products and services make this position very diverse and challenging.

THE CHALLENGE:

• Develop and drive our business in the region through regular communication with C-suite executives, establishing yourself as a trustworthy and knowledgeable individual capable of influencing decision making at management level.
• Use all available resources to identify and cultivate sales opportunities to cross-sell and upsell; manage pipeline, revenue forecasts and sales activities to ensure data accuracy.
• Be the link between the client and internal development teams during the product integration phase.
• Work closely with marketing and product teams on presentations, product demos and on-site customer visits; devise new approaches to problems and work with the relevant internal teams on enhancing our capabilities and market reach.
• Contract preparation, creation and submission of proposals, sales information and presentations.

YOUR PROFILE:

• Communication and Presentation: This role requires strong verbal skills in English and Mandarin, other Asian languages such as Japanese and Korean are highly desirable. The ideal candidate shall display executive presence and confidence in customer and stakeholder management.
• Knowledge and Experience: You are expected to have a strong understanding of data and API products and specific experience in dealing with both B2B and B2C companies; those coming from an iGaming or bookmaking background will be given priority.
• Relationship Management: Proven track record of building and managing relationships with senior executives in complex organisations and the ability to read people and flexibly adjust your approach depending on circumstances.
• Creativity: You are strongly encouraged to think outside of the box, to anticipate situations and find solutions before they emerge.
• Independent and results-oriented attitude; highly motivated and enthusiastic about new challenges
• Significant regional experience and ability to travel around Asia up to 25% of the time.

OUR OFFER:

• Competitive salary (based on experience and location)
• Lots of opportunities to develop and progress your career in a high-growth team in Asia
• You will be surrounded by enthusiastic sports fans in a dynamic, multi-cultural office
• Wide range of work benefits
• Flexible working environment

The NIQ/GFK Account Development team is focused on growing business revenue, finding new business opportunities and market penetration. Sales growth engine which is instrumental for the company’s success.  

As a Director, Account Development (Retail), you will take responsibility of the retail team. With your collaborators, you will drive the overall retail collaboration from sales, renewals, and cooperation agreements with retailers in your scope.  

You will secure our collaboration, improve our partnerships, recruit new partners, and drive a sustainable sales pipeline, developing new revenue opportunities, and maintaining relationships for existing accounts.  

You will lead a team of associates to support and coach for reaching targets and enhancing their employee experience. 

Responsibilities 

• Secure the retailers cooperation continuity improving the conditions of existing co-operations agreements with current retailer partners 
• Ensure all data partnerships are correctly managed within the Partnership Program framework 
• Ensure the Best-in-Class servicing through your own team and in collaboration with the customer services using our different platforms in priority 
• Sourcing for strategic new retailers, enhancing features & inputs from existing ones (incl promo data) 
• Drive sales, cooperation renewals and overall growth of existing  retailers securing sustainable and long term pipeline, revenue opportunities ensuring an accurate forecasting; maintain C-suite customer relationships 
• Increase penetration of the NIQ/GFK solution portfolio and seek strategic alliances leveraging partnerships with third parties (e.g. for Pricing, Assortment, Loyalty, OSA, Business Intelligence, Newron and Collaborative programs) to create strong dependency of retailers on our capabilities and information 
• Develop a strategic understanding of our retailer’s industry/business/markets/clusters 
• Partner with Customer Success and other relevant  functions (Operations, Product Leadership, others) to define strategic Account Plans and JBPs and remove roadblocks 
• Drive strategic action plan to tackle Voice of the Customer feedback 
• Lead and inspire sales and servicing team, enhancing their skills and improving their experience 
• Ensure proactive alignment of NIQ and GFK values proposition to customer’s needs and trends 
• Communicate clearly , thus ensuring team activities are always focused and relevant 
• Implement Global and Regional strategy and organization, be able to drive change 

About You  

You are a high-performing deal maker with a growth mindset of revenue targets. You know how to build and promote strong long-lasting client relationships. A proven leader, you motivate your teams to work with passion on sales opportunities and client retention. You’re energized by accelerating sales, uncovering opportunities, and exceeding targets while bringing the best out of your team. A deep understanding of the retail landscape, our products, and our processes is at the forefront of your mind. You know that collaboration amongst teams and active listening of clients is critical to meet goals and grow. You strengthen our relationship with customers and unlock opportunities for growth and better partnerships. Understanding our customers and their contexts, effective negotiation and growth mindset drive your work.  Throughout your tenure, you will demonstrate the following competencies:  

• Relationship Building: Develop  effective long-term professional interactions with customers based on trust working toward the best interest of those involved  providing positive results.  
• Active listening: Enhance mutual understanding in communicating with customers by expressing genuine interest in, and providing full attention to, the content and meaning of customers’ messages  
• Information seeking: Curiosity and desire to know more about things, people, or issues. This involves going beyond routine questions and includes digging or pressing for exact information; resolving discrepancies by asking in-depth questions; or conducting less-focused environmental scanning for opportunities or miscellaneous information that may be used in the future  
• Influence and persuasion: Persuading, convincing, influencing, or impressing others in order to get them to support a specific agenda, make a specific type of impression, or take a specific course of action.  
• Inspirational Ambassador: Translate our company vision to others. Inspire and communicate with transparency. Be and ambassador for the retail strategy.  
• Negotiation: Identify key bargaining points for all parties and work effectively toward win-win solutions  
• Composure and resiliency: Effectively deal with pressure, maintain focus and intensity, and remain optimistic and persistent, even under adversity. Have the ability and propensity to recover quickly from setbacks, rejections, and conflicts and to maintain self-control in the face of hostility or provocation.  
• Organizational Savvy: Gather and accurately assess information related to the organization’s formal and informal communication channels and power relationships  
• Business Acumen: Makes sound business decisions based on a strong understanding of the company’s business model, strategic goals, and relevant policies, as well as best practices and current technologies in their own discipline or functional area.  

The Director - Delivery is responsible for driving service revenues, with a strong emphasis on lifetime and recurring revenue as defined in our Global Customer Services portfolio. Directing a team of Project & Program Managers, and Customer & Partner Success Managers.

This will be achieved by developing a loyal and satisfied customer base, building sustainable and growing revenues, championing our ‘Partner First’ strategy, accelerating our strategic intent and ensuring we provide excellent employee experiences by:

• Management and delivery of a comprehensive P&L against the annual budget and monthly forecasts.
• Delivering the transition to a primarily recurring revenue service model within the respective Region while protecting the integrity of IFS and the Global Customer Services (GCS) organization.
• Advocating global consistency: standard tools, methodologies, processes, and service offerings.
• Working in partnership with matrix functions globally.
• Champion the IFS and Global Customer Services strategy, encouraging the teams’ development and contribution to the same.
• Driving quality and integrity in the performance of the Market Unit GCS team, maximizing recurring, predictable and profitable business for IFS.
• Strengthening our position to scale through trusted relationships with local, regional and global partners.
• Establish strategic relationships across the matrix organization to make certain we deliver incremental value for our customers.

Duties and Accountabilities

The primary objective of the Director - Delivery is to ensure that performance metrics are met while protecting the integrity of our Global Customer Services organization. This means establishing a professional practice that drives quality through predictable outcomes and results for Customers and IFS.

• In collaboration with the Market Unit Sales team and the GCS Services Sales Support team, develop the go-to-market and demand generation strategy and approach for Professional Services, Premium Engagements and Maintenance; jointly pursue and close sales opportunities with a focus on the services components.
• Make certain that we craft services contracts that we can fulfill by offering standard services and solutions, through which we can deliver the agreed outcome.

• Drive standardization and industrialization of the Services delivery model through the enforcement of global service agreements, templates, tools, and other as 
• Ensure we are achieving high services coverage (attach rate of Maintenance, Premium Engagements, Professional Services) in our pursuit to make every customer an advocate.
• Provide effective leadership to the Market Unit Customer Services team, driving performance, engagement and personal ownership of development and career satisfaction.
• Operate with a high level of transparency and accuracy.
• Serve as the point of escalation regarding any and all Customer service interactions within the Market Unit, taking ownership of the Customer experience and potential impact for the business.

Qualifications

To be successful you will:

• Be a result-orientated individual with a history of high-performance management and building sustainable profitability.  
• Have previously developed (hiring, coaching and performance managing) and built successful teams.
• Be confident in making strategic decisions and prioritizing evolving business needs.
• Be comfortable with C-Level communication (both internal and external)
• Drive discipline, quality and consistency of performance and process throughout the organization.
• Operate in a fast-paced, evolving, geographically dispersed, matrix environment and in culturally diverse teams.
• Be proactive by nature.
• Remain up to date with all aspects of the GCS services portfolio and broader IFS   strategy.
• Be able to successfully position and build the culture and expectation around the team doing the same.

About This Role

NIQ’s Sales Account Development team is focused on growing business revenue, finding new business opportunities and market penetration. Sales is NIQ’s growth engine which is instrumental for the company’s success.

As a Sales Account Development E-Commerce Retail Lead, you will take responsibility of the overall  eCommerce Retailer business. You will secure our collaboration, improve our partnerships, recruit new partners, and drive a sustainable sales pipeline, developing new revenue opportunities, and maintaining relationships for existing accounts.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead commercial strategy, partnership, and sales of eCommerce retailers solutions
• Sourcing and recruit for strategic new eCommerce retailers, enhancing features & inputs from existing ones
• Secure the eCommerce retailers cooperation continuity improving the conditions of existing cooperation agreements with current eCommerce retailer partners
• Ensure all data partnerships are correctly managed within the Partnership Program framework
• Ensure the Best-in-Class servicing through account account development retail team and  in collaboration with the customer services using our different platforms in priority
• Drive sales, cooperation renewals and overall growth of existing  eCommerce retailers securing sustainable and long term pipeline, revenue opportunities ensuring an accurate forecasting; maintain C-suite customer relationships
• Increase penetration of the NIQ/GFK solution portfolio and seek strategic alliances leveraging partnerships with third parties (e.g. for Loyalty, Pricing,  OSA, Business Intelligence, Newron and Collaborative programs) to create strong dependency of eCommerce retailers on our capabilities and information
• Develop a strategic understanding of our eCommerce retailer’s industry / business / markets / clusters
• Partner with Customer Success and other relevant  functions (Operations, Product Leadership, Technology, and Marketing) to define strategic Account Plans and JBPs and remove roadblocks
• Drive strategic action plan to tackle Voice of the Customer feedback
• Ensure proactive alignment of NIQ and GFK values proposition to customer’s needs and trends

About You

You are a high-performing deal maker with a growth mindset. You know how to build and promote strong long-lasting client relationships. A proven leader, you motivate others to work with passion on sales opportunities and client retention. You’re energized by accelerating sales, uncovering opportunities, and exceeding targets while bringing the best out of others. A deep understanding of the eComm retailer landscape, our products, and our processes is at the forefront of your mind. You know that collaboration amongst teams and active listening of clients is critical to meet goals and grow. You strengthen our relationship with customers and unlock opportunities for growth and better partnerships.  

Understanding our customers and their contexts, effective negotiation and growth mindset drive your work. 

Throughout your tenure, you will demonstrate the following competencies: 

• Relationship Building: Develop  effective long-term professional interactions with customers based on trust working toward the best interest of those involved  providing positive results. 
• Active listening: Enhance mutual understanding in communicating with customers by expressing genuine interest in, and providing full attention to, the content and meaning of customers’ messages 
• Information seeking: Curiosity and desire to know more about things, people, or issues. This involves going beyond routine questions and includes digging or pressing for exact information; resolving discrepancies by asking in-depth questions; or conducting less-focused environmental scanning for opportunities or miscellaneous information that may be used in the future 
• Influence and persuasion: Persuading, convincing, influencing, or impressing others in order to get them to support a specific agenda, make a specific type of impression, or take a specific course of action. 
• Inspirational Ambassador: Translate our company vision to others. Inspire and communicate with transparency. Be and ambassador for the retail strategy. 
• Negotiation: Identify key bargaining points for all parties and work effectively toward win-win solutions 
• Composure and resiliency: Effectively deal with pressure, maintain focus and intensity, and remain optimistic and persistent, even under adversity. Have the ability and propensity to recover quickly from setbacks, rejections, and conflicts and to maintain self-control in the face of hostility or provocation. 
• Organizational Savvy: Gather and accurately assess information related to the organization’s formal and informal communication channels and power relationships 
• Business Acumen: Makes sound business decisions based on a strong understanding of the company’s business model, strategic goals, and relevant policies, as well as best practices and current technologies in their own discipline or functional area. 

Lead marketing consultants to Domino’s international Master Franchisees to influence strong marketing strategies in all markets to grow and protect the brand while providing brand guardrails and principles. Team responsibility is at market/master franchisee level not at store level and therefore must have experience setting strategies, building plans, and ensuring execution while working and influencing at a C-suite level. This individual will report to the VP of International Marketing.

Educating

Leads, educates, and foster long term development of marketing consultants to:

• Educate and consult markets on creating comprehensive marketing strategies based on the “Domino’s way” of doing marketing with a long-term growth in mind.
• Educate markets on the use of the Domino’s Brand Book, focusing strongly on the Global Brand Positioning with the intention to drive brand consistency across the world.
• Educate the master franchisees to make disciplined marketing decisions based on data, facts, and consumer research. Involve A+I (Analytics and Insights) as needed.
• Provide access to tools, frameworks and resources and educate markets on tools such as but not limited to pricing, brand positioning, product development and menu optimization, occasion-based channel strategies, communication and media selection and allocation (digital and non-digital).
• Team members will support markets in the creation of a comprehensive marketing strategy tied to DPI brand principles.

Consulting

Leads the consultation of key DPI accounts with the support of the regional marketing team while:

• Consult markets on key topics such as pricing, brand positioning, menu management, product development, menu optimization, communication and media selection and allocation (digital and non-digital). Involve the international digital team as needed.
• Ensure marketing strategy is connected to business strategy and that investments are prioritized accordingly
• Drive increased effectiveness and consistencies of franchisee marketing programs across the region by consulting on the design and optimization of their campaign, advertising, and media strategy.
• Consult with markets in tracking KPIs for critical metrics based on global benchmarks and suggests ways to reach said KPIs  
• Consult with Master Franchisees on a robust e-commerce plan, including but not limited to optimization of owned e-commerce platforms (OLO, mobile, app), performance media (display, affiliate, paid social, SEM, and others), and image-driving media (owned, display, social, etc.) working closely with the digital team.
• Demonstrate marketing leadership skills with franchisee marketing teams and wider business.
• Lead discussions with the master franchisees to set up the long-term vision of the business to ensure profitable growth.

Building

Provide guidance and feedback as well as work alongside the regional marketing team and the marketing services team to build tools, case studies, principles, and guidelines to better consult markets.

• Solicit and manage collection, analysis and communication of case studies related to calendar management, advertising, and NAF (national advertising fund) spend.
• Regularly assess market performance to ensure key consulting topics are prioritized.
• Ensure that the Domino’s brand is positioned in a clear, consistent, and concise manner in international markets, while allowing for initiative and entrepreneurial freedom tie to the local consumer needs and wants.
• Contribute to strategic global projects by providing thought leadership and consulting

Facilitating

• Facilitate the creation of tools and content for the marketing consultants to strongly execute their objectives on a daily basis.

• Facilitate the discussion of priorities and objectives with Business Directors and RVPs aligning on key priorities and work collaboratively with other COEs.

• Facilitate conversations and discussions not only with the master franchisees’ marketing teams but also the C-suite team.

• Monitor execution of said plan and share best practice from the Domino’s ecosystem, the category and other categories
• Team member will not execute on behalf of the markets and will not manage vendors on their behalf.

Collaboration

• Embrace the DPI engagement model by preparing and leading discussions during internal planning sessions and market-facing business reviews.
• Partner closely with A&I and Digital counterparts to ensure wholistic consulting solutions.
• Share market knowledge and learning with cross-functional counterparts as lead marketing experts and master franchisee thought leaders.
• Ensure that marketing solutions do not create undue stress on other business lines.
• Be the “voice of the consumer” in discussions with other departments as well as master franchisees.

Develops Talent & Teams

• Recruit a strong team capable of meeting business objectives.
• Develop professional and beneficial relationships with peers in other areas of the organization.
• Ensure development of International Marketing team and applicable Team Members to grow talent, upscale capabilities, and improve results in markets
• Creates action plan and provide constructive feedback to develop Team Members through Individual development plans.
• Conduct semi-annual APA with direct reports and ensure down-line APA’s are being conducted to standard.
• Provide appropriate levels of Team Member recognition, engagement, and motivation.
• Responsible for selection and employment decisions related to direct reports.

Summary of Responsibilities:

The main responsibilities and tasks of this position are as listed below, but not limited to these:

• Conduct market research to identify consumer preferences, market trends, and competitive landscapes
• Analyse data from various platforms to provide informed proposal to meet commercial and business goals
• Review competitors for each F&B product to create in-depth marketing strategies to promote food and beverage products, including menu items, drinks, and culinary offerings.
• Develop marketing calendar for each F&B stream, ensuring timely and accurate execution of each initiative through coordinating with relevant teams
• Work to enhance the brand image of each F&B establishment by ensuring a consistent and appealing online and offline presence.
• Manage and allocate the marketing budget effectively to achieve desired results and a strong return on investment
• Source and collaborate with relevant partners and supplier to create unique guest experiences and events
• Plan F&B marketing campaigns with marketing team and agencies to cover digital marketing, social media, email marketing, and traditional advertising, to increase brand awareness and sales
• Host and entertain media, food bloggers, and influencers to drive positive coverage and beneficial commercial outcomes
• Monitor and analyze the performance of marketing campaigns and prepare regular reports to evaluate the effectiveness of different strategies
• Initiate partnerships drive business synergy and reduce costs
• Host prolific partners and industry players for continual engagement while seeking opportunities for mutually-beneficial collaborations

What you’ll do:

• Provide project planning schedule, monitor, review and update project progress throughout the project execution, to ensure timely completion.
• Manage the Review of Detail Design by EPC Contractors.
• Visit construction sites and attend client/contractor progress meetings in order to have working knowledge of current project status and issues
• Monitor the entire spectrum of works right from Engineering to Procurement to Construction until Commissioning completion.
• To resolve issues and provide technical solutions when the need arises.
• Manage project changes, budgets, qualities and timelines

• SALES ADMINISTRATION RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Establish programs and direct efforts to achieve groups and catering goals based on market segmentation and budget
  • Monitor sales production and adjust sales activities, account coverage and sales priorities as necessary to achieve the planned goals
  • Develop annual sales department budget and execute sales programs and activities
  • Prepare departmental budget and forecasts, operating within set parameters and ensure effective cost control
  • To establish and maintain rapport with clients, prior to, during and post conference, exceeding their expectation and encouraging repeat business
  • Expedite function bookings, proposal and event contracts
  • Conduct site inspections when required
  • Control function space maximization
• SALES PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Recruit, select train and motivate Sales department personnel to achieve sales goals
  • Assure understanding of Job Descriptions, Goals, SOP of Sales Department personnel and conduct formal semi-annual evaluation and ongoing coaching and counseling
  • Maintain established personnel policies and procedures of the hotels
• MARKET PLANNING RESPONSIBIITIES
  • Participate in development and execution of hotel marketing plan to identify sources of group business to the hotel and establish solicitation programs to maximize sales
  • Participate in development of marketing plan, sales action plan, profit plan, A&P budget and marketing audits
  • Monitor forecast of all group and FIT segments and identify valley periods of sales emphasis and achieve forecast
• COMMUNICATION RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Maintain close and open communication with other department heads
  • Maintain timely communication with Corporate Sales Offices, STB that can generate leads and provide information
  • Coordinate communication between Sales and Other Departments to assure awareness of bookings and sales programs
  • Maintain  timely and responsive communication with accounts and prospects
•  INVENTORY MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Monitor function space utilization and holding period of tentative groups to maximize catering revenue
  • Monitor group bookings in relation to room availability, room type and customer spending potential to maximize rooms and other revenue
  • Ensure that all contracts are covered by attrition and cancellation clauses to ensure hotel is protected
• OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Ensure that all safety , health, security and loss control policies and procedures and government legislation are adhered to
  • Comply with hotel and department policies and procedures at all times
  • To carry out other duties as and when assigned by the Management of the Hotel

Le Pub is looking for a Strategy Director to join the team immediately. If you’ve got 8-10 years of experience in communications strategy, brand building and design brand experience/ customer journey– we’d love to hear from you.

Discipline overview

The Strategy Director is responsible for creating powerful visions and roadmaps for brands - bridging brand strategy, campaign planning, experience design and innovation. With a rich background in brand and communications planning + passion for innovation + obsession with popular culture, the director is a project leader and trusted advisor across the agency and client world.

Job Description

Your role as Strategy Director is defined by 3 key areas of responsibility:

1. Leading the strategic recommendation to build & grow brands to support client business growth:
   • Provide strategic thinking and consumer insights suitable for developing Global Brand Communications/Platforms and Campaigns.
   • inspire, drive, and deliver strategic thinking and frameworks suitable for Tiger’s & Heineken’s overarching platforms and campaigns
   • Have deep understanding of client business to provide consultant POV on what is the right things to do
2. Have gravitas and ability to Hold strategic conversations with senior clients, and define key priorities for the account to support the growth agenda.
   • Champion strategic direction and elevate creative output on the account.

d.     Via annual planning conversations to help define priorities for investment and what is required to deliver this

e.     Via strategic approach for global and regional campaigns that build a global brand yet are locally relevant. You will work closely with the local planning team and data points from local markets to ensure we have local insights reflected in our global campaign where applicable

f.      Lead the integration of capabilities and external partners to deliver a seamless campaign ecosystem

g.     Via giving creative direction that delivers the most effective expression of the aligned strategy on the brand & campaign. Working closely with the creative and account team to inspire and shape the work to our global standard

h.     Inspire and elevate creative work for the brands

2.     Be the brand governance for local markets:

a.     Involve in local campaigns and support strategic rigour as well as inspire and elevate creative outputs.

b.     Provide guidance for local implementation of the global campaign and beyond to ensure brand consistency yet apply what works well locally to achieve success

c.     Review and support the strategic direction and creative output for local campaigns (done by local markets)

Expectations as a member of our LePub global planning community

●      You believe passionately in the power of Creativity-Data-Culture. You are curious about what’s happening worldwide and within your client business & consumers. You have a keen perspective on Brands vs Culture, inspiring the team & clients with your thought leadership and best practice in building meaningful brands in culture.

●      Your ideas and voice will be heard, respected and protected with passion. Ideas are not disposable commodities; they are our most precious assets

●      You will be tested and challenged, but you will equally be supported, encouraged and celebrated. Because the true value of a community is that we bring out the best in each other

THE GLOBAL CLIENT GROWTH PRACTICE:

This role will sit within their respective regional leadership office (Americas, EMEA, APAC), but will collaborate very closely with the Global Client Growth Practice – a team that sits at the core of the largest most exciting, highest growth potential clients in the Publicis Groupe. Its specific purpose is to generate profitable growth for the Groupe, partnering with some of the world’s leading brands and companies to help them transform to accelerate their growth. We deliver this through driving and delivering the Power of One, uniquely bringing together our capabilities in the service of their business, brands and people.

With Global Clients hubbed and run from all corners of our business we connect all parts of our organisation in service to their growth. In this way we are a truly connected and globally minded team. We are also nimble, efficient, and consultative by our very definition.

2024 will be a momentum building year for the team, as we launch of our new client health program in partnership with key stakeholders in each region (Americas, EMEA, APAC). This program will be deployed across our top global clients network-wide!

OPPORTUNITY

The Program Director, Client Health, will play a critical role in the successful implementation and ongoing management of our new client health program in their assigned region (Americas, EMEA, APAC). This program will offer a renewed focus on the health of our client relationships and provide insights and analytics that are actionable, centered around our own client benchmarks and performance for greater impact.

The role sits within our regional leadership team office, but will collaborate closely with the GCGP Program Director, Client Health (who will lead the overall program globally), as well as the new solution provider to ensure all regional stakeholders are trained and provide the proper inputs in advance of each client health survey deployment (ex: client contacts). This role requires strong leadership, project management skills, and the ability to foster effective communication and collaboration across various Publicis Groupe agencies in your assigned region.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implementation Support: Collaborate with the Program Director and other stakeholders to support the implementation of the new client health program with our solution provider, ensuring smooth execution and adherence to established timelines.
• Regional Governance: Assume responsibility for the ongoing governance of the client health program post-launch, ensuring compliance with established protocols and standards within your assigned region.
• Change Management: Assist in change management efforts during the program's launch and provide ongoing support to facilitate smooth transitions and adoption by internal teams.
• Standardization of Client Contacts: Ensure consistency and standardization of client contacts (type, level, etc.) across the region, ensuring adherence to the established client inclusion decision tree by all client teams.
• Risk Escalation: Act as the point of contact for risk escalation to the Program Director, promptly addressing any issues or concerns that may arise during program implementation or management.
• Communication and Stakeholder Engagement: Cascade communications to regional stakeholders, including leadership and client health users, regarding program updates, key meetings, and training sessions. Facilitate key regional meetings, such as onboarding sessions and demos.
• Training and Support: Act as the primary regional support on the platform, addressing questions and concerns from internal teams regarding the program and platform functionality. Escalating to the Program Director and Solution Provider as needed.
• CRM Database Management: Take ownership of CRM database collection, validation, and accuracy of client contacts within the assigned region. Support future migration of client contacts to Salesforce as needed.
• Partnership Development: Foster a close partnership with the GCGP Client Intelligence Team responsible for mining and delivering insights for Key Group Clients
• Custom Support: Serve as the primary connection for the region to the Solution Provider for any custom support required, ensuring timely resolution of issues and effective communication between internal stakeholders and the solution provider.

CRITICAL SKILLS

• Proven experience in program management.
• Strong understanding of change management principles and experience in driving organizational change initiatives. 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Proficiency with CRM databases and experience with Salesforce preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and effectively manage competing priorities.

About the Role

• Developing sales strategies for customers across the Consumer/Analytics product set.
• Engaging with key specialist stakeholders, exploring new relationships and unlocking new budget holders for Consumer/Analytics products.
• Identifying opportunities to cross-sell Consumer/Analytics solutions to existing measurement customers.
• Collaborating with Account Development Leads during the account planning process to develop renewal strategies for Consumer / Analytics solutions.

Role Description

• Drives or supports overall sales strategy for specialist product set. Drives technical solution wins for specialist products.

Account strategy & Management

• Contribute to the annual CEM Client Alignment process, develop specialist product elements of the joint client business plan, and participate in account planning and sales strategy for specialist products in collaboration with Global/Regional/Local ADs and CS.
• Support Global/Regional/Local ADs in building local customer relationships and unlocking Consumer/Analytics product set stakeholders.
• Relay ongoing VoC from Consumer/Analytics sales pitches, and feedback from relationships with specialist stakeholders.
• Own prospecting and identification of selling opportunities for Consumer/Analytics product set; Support Global/Regional/Local ADs in pre-planning for contract renewal.

Driving and closing the sale

• Build Consumer/Analytics proposals as part of cross-sell effort or broader contract renewal, align stakeholders and gain support, and create and deliver technical client presentations in collaboration with Product Specialists.
• Develop and execute pricing strategy and lead negotiation process for Consumer/Analytics product set.
• Support Global/Regional/Local AD in finalization of contract execution at renewal; lead contract execution for Consumer/Analytics product set outside of annual/master contract renewals.
• Onboard Customer Success team following Consumer/Analytics sales.

Your Growth

This role is in a dynamic market in a fast-paced environment and at the core of what NielsenIQ does. Though you should possess the following skill set you will also learn to further hone your influencing skills as well as learn to work and navigate  a matrix structure. Through this role you will be exposed to all levels of leadership. Within NielsenIQ we have a number of development programmes at all levels of seniority, for both soft and hard skills, mentoring programmes and on-the-job training. 

About This Role

NIQ’s Sales Account Development team is focused on growing business revenue, finding new business opportunities and market penetration. Sales is NIQ’s growth engine which is instrumental for the company’s success.

As a Sales Account Development E-Commerce Retail Lead, you will take responsibility of the overall  eCommerce Retailer business. You will secure our collaboration, improve our partnerships, recruit new partners, and drive a sustainable sales pipeline, developing new revenue opportunities, and maintaining relationships for existing accounts.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead commercial strategy, partnership, and sales of eCommerce retailers solutions
• Sourcing and recruit for strategic new eCommerce retailers, enhancing features & inputs from existing ones
• Secure the eCommerce retailers cooperation continuity improving the conditions of existing cooperation agreements with current eCommerce retailer partners
• Ensure all data partnerships are correctly managed within the Partnership Program framework
• Ensure the Best-in-Class servicing through account account development retail team and  in collaboration with the customer services using our different platforms in priority
• Drive sales, cooperation renewals and overall growth of existing  eCommerce retailers securing sustainable and long term pipeline, revenue opportunities ensuring an accurate forecasting; maintain C-suite customer relationships
• Increase penetration of the NIQ/GFK solution portfolio and seek strategic alliances leveraging partnerships with third parties (e.g. for Loyalty, Pricing,  OSA, Business Intelligence, Newron and Collaborative programs) to create strong dependency of eCommerce retailers on our capabilities and information
• Develop a strategic understanding of our eCommerce retailer’s industry / business / markets / clusters
• Partner with Customer Success and other relevant  functions (Operations, Product Leadership, Technology, and Marketing) to define strategic Account Plans and JBPs and remove roadblocks
• Drive strategic action plan to tackle Voice of the Customer feedback
• Ensure proactive alignment of NIQ and GFK values proposition to customer’s needs and trends

About You

You are a high-performing deal maker with a growth mindset. You know how to build and promote strong long-lasting client relationships. A proven leader, you motivate others to work with passion on sales opportunities and client retention. You’re energized by accelerating sales, uncovering opportunities, and exceeding targets while bringing the best out of others. A deep understanding of the eComm retailer landscape, our products, and our processes is at the forefront of your mind. You know that collaboration amongst teams and active listening of clients is critical to meet goals and grow. You strengthen our relationship with customers and unlock opportunities for growth and better partnerships.  

Understanding our customers and their contexts, effective negotiation and growth mindset drive your work. 

Throughout your tenure, you will demonstrate the following competencies: 

• Relationship Building: Develop  effective long-term professional interactions with customers based on trust working toward the best interest of those involved  providing positive results. 
• Active listening: Enhance mutual understanding in communicating with customers by expressing genuine interest in, and providing full attention to, the content and meaning of customers’ messages 
• Information seeking: Curiosity and desire to know more about things, people, or issues. This involves going beyond routine questions and includes digging or pressing for exact information; resolving discrepancies by asking in-depth questions; or conducting less-focused environmental scanning for opportunities or miscellaneous information that may be used in the future 
• Influence and persuasion: Persuading, convincing, influencing, or impressing others in order to get them to support a specific agenda, make a specific type of impression, or take a specific course of action. 
• Inspirational Ambassador: Translate our company vision to others. Inspire and communicate with transparency. Be and ambassador for the retail strategy. 
• Negotiation: Identify key bargaining points for all parties and work effectively toward win-win solutions 
• Composure and resiliency: Effectively deal with pressure, maintain focus and intensity, and remain optimistic and persistent, even under adversity. Have the ability and propensity to recover quickly from setbacks, rejections, and conflicts and to maintain self-control in the face of hostility or provocation. 
• Organizational Savvy: Gather and accurately assess information related to the organization’s formal and informal communication channels and power relationships 
• Business Acumen: Makes sound business decisions based on a strong understanding of the company’s business model, strategic goals, and relevant policies, as well as best practices and current technologies in their own discipline or functional area. 

Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) is Visa's consulting division, serving Visa's clients (including card issuers, acquirers and merchants) and solving their strategic problems, focused on improving performance and profitability. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, payments, data analytics, marketing, operational and macroeconomics, VCA drives high impact projects and tangible financial results. In Asia Pacific (AP), VCA has geographically focused teams together with a Hub Practice team which provides expertise in specific industry or functional verticals (Digital, Risk, Commercial Money Movement, Acquiring and Issuer Optimization).
As a key, , we are looking for an individual to join us as Senior Manager - Portfolio Optimization. Reporting directly to the Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand VCA Cluster Lead, the role will support and deliver projects across the SMT region and will work on consulting engagements for Visa clients in enabling portfolio growth and improved profitability of clients’ consumer card portfolios.

Key Responsibilities
Working with the Issuer Optimization Practice Lead, the Senior Manager will be responsible for significant components of client engagements, and in many cases end to end delivery of client engagements. Typically, this will involve the Senior Manager interacting with the client team, gathering and managing project inputs, analyzing data to form conclusions and recommendations, developing and presenting compelling project reports and working with clients on executing recommendations.

Typically, 2-4 months in duration and running in parallel, potential projects could include product design and launch, sales acquisition channel optimization, portfolio management diagnostics, customer lifecycle management, portfolio migrations and loyalty rewards solutions and marketing strategies, development of industry landscape evaluations and best practices. 

The Senior Manager will be responsible for supporting Issuer Optimization Practice team in identifying potential consumer issuer clients’ business pain-points and areas for strategy and process improvement, thereby defining project scope deliverables and revenue opportunity to sell-in client engagement projects. The role also requires engagement with our market teams across AP, ensure that they have access to best practice and latest IP.

• Prepare client proposals and project plans, identifying dependencies, roles and responsibilities, scope and deliverables
• Ability and experience to manage and drive teams internally and manage external teams on the client side
• Ability to present and converse senior and executive sponsors on project progress and management
• Ensure project engagements remain on track, utilizing governance frameworks and mitigating / resolving complex problems that emerge during engagements
• Be able to lead engagement teams and work solus depending on nature of engagement
• Create, develop and maintain service line solutions, contribute to IP creation and standardized VCA offerings
• Continuously build knowledge, surfacing new insights and producing thought leadership pieces that contribute to practice development
• Prepare project materials including interview guides, data requirements, concepts, frameworks
• Undertake client interviewing, collecting and analyzing inputs such as client information, data, processes, policies, competitive and environmental information
• Conduct industry research, drawing on Visa and partner resources as well as colleagues to identify global best practices and distill insights relevant to the client problem at hand
• Identify solutions and recommendations that address client objectives and result in performance improvement
• Create compelling presentations to illustrate findings, ideas, recommendations within consulting engagements and more broadly
• Recommend approaches to clients, providing guidance and at times physically supporting implementation at the client site
• Collaborate with local client relationship managers /other functional teams to gain insights and support client engagement and execution
• Build a network across VCA globally and Visa regionally to ensure that our solutions bring the best of Visa to our clients.

This role will be instrumental in leading the theatrical sales and distribution strategy within the region. The Theatrical Distribution Director will be responsible for shaping and executing the overall distribution sales strategy across South Asia. This role is also responsible for driving and leading specific local market strategies for South Asia’s distribution projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive commercial excellence, efficiencies, and innovation as a region and with local markets through the development and implementation of strategic theatrical distribution initiatives and plans in line with the organization’s goals and objectives.
• Work with VP South Asia and Home Office Strategy, Finance, Distribution and other related teams in driving ideas, project management and execution of South Asia’s distribution projects and initiatives.
• Work closely with VP South Asia, the regional marketing team and markets to ensure cohesive planning and execution of budget and plans.
• Work with local Sales and Distribution teams to understand specific local market strategies, concerns and nuances while also articulating a broader regional perspective. 
• Facilitate bringing together markets from across the region, overseeing the implementation of key Home Office priorities, driving the adoption of best practices and idea-sharing, ensuring that local markets have the support and resources they need from the local, regional, or global level to achieve excellence in distribution and operations.  
• Lead regional distribution team in both the strategic and day-to-day functions and operations.
• Guide and ensure that all required deliverables in the region and markets well managed and communicated.
• Lead budget development, management, and analysis as a region and with markets.
• Represent UPI South Asia and markets internally and externally in terms of and in issues of sales and distribution.
• Be a solid extension of Home Office

Summary / Positioning 

Pipeline and Business Development is an executive function in B2B SaaS- and one of the three core pillars of GTM (marketing, pipeline, sales) for each of our regions.

You will have a seat at the table as a GTM leader for your region, in conjunction with the sales and marketing leadership team, helping devise and execute pipeline growth strategies in alignment with the Global Vice President of Pipeline & Growth. 

Job Description

The Senior Director of Pipeline & Business Development is the GTM leader for pipeline growth within their region. This role is responsible for driving pipeline growth, by directly leading a team of inbound and outbound business development professionals, while helping sales and channel build effective pipeline generating strategies across the region. 

In addition the Senior Director of Pipeline & Business Development will lead two global teams: the Digital Support team composed of digital chat agents to help qualify demand generated directly through our webchat experience and our global Account Intelligence & Expansion team, driving deeper persona expansion. 

Responsibilities:

• Be the GTM leader for pipeline growth and operate as the subject matter expert for pipeline generation and management across the region.
• Own the Business Development inbound and outbound pipeline and opportunity goals, while driving all prospecting efforts across all sources
• Own the Digital Support and Account Intelligence & Expansion teams to positively impact our global pipeline generation efforts
• Build and execute a full sales funnel for all new business prospecting within the region and pertaining subregions:
  • Identify and build out buying journeys, decision making units, ICPs
  • Help create a world-class prospecting tech-stack for prospecting in conjunction with Sales Effectiveness team
  • Work in hand with the pipeline operations and analytics team for driving data and insights to performance manage across your teams
  • Drive world-class account based prospecting methodologies across a buyer-centric framework
• Develop and drive the strategy for all inbound and outbound playbooks for pipeline generation and conversions while inspiring two teams: Sales Development Representatives (inbound and lead driven) and Business Development Managers (outbound and intent signal driven) across multiple markets and industries
• Drive the GTM framework of lead and account qualification
• Work with our Sales Effectiveness team to strategize our lead management platform, sequence strategies and identify new prospecting tools for automation
• Be a leader of leaders - be accountable for managers up to directors, to operationalize your team across the organization

Team Summary

The Credit Settlement Risk (CSR) team is part of the Risk function and acts as a 2nd Line of Defence. CSR is responsible for protecting Visa and its shareholders from financial loss and goodwill damage because of a member’s failure to fulfil its settlement obligations.  In line with Visa’s growth strategy requiring a balanced and sustainable approach to risk / reward, credit & settlement risk is one of the significant risks that Visa Asia Pacific undertakes.    

What a Director, Credit Risk Management does at Visa:

• The role requires to be a strategic leader, supporting the head of function in setting and delivering the strategic direction and goals on collateral management, managing key stakeholder relationships. In addition, the role requires to be a subject matter expert in leading new collateral initiatives for clients in Asia Pacific and work with the credit analysts to appropriate mitigating measures to manage the credit risks.
• The role requires strong leadership, influencing and stakeholder management skills. Key to the role will be a proactive forward-looking approach to enhancing the Credit & Settlement risk capabilities to support business growth strategy whilst balancing an appropriate risk / reward outcome. There will be a strong emphasis on the use data and analytical capabilities to improve processes, become more effective and provide better insights to actively make better risk management decisions. 
• The ability to take a portfolio approach to managing and understanding of the Asia Pacific client base as well as a good understanding of the CSR framework and systems.
• The role will require to lead and maintaining a strong relationship and partnering with Global Credit & Settlement function, complying with the Global Risk policy and procedures, supporting, active participation and as appropriate influencing global projects to support Visa Asia Pacific.  
• The Director will report directly to the Senior Director, Asia Pacific Credit Settlement Risk. 

Why this is important to Visa

As a Director in the AP Region, the incumbent is responsible for leading and managing the strategic CSR projects and coordinating the relationship with Global CSR Center of Excellence ensuring that AP CSR is aligned to the Global framework and risk appetite.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

You will lead the work on some of the most popular consumer brands in the world, impacting the daily lives of nearly 2 billion people in the fastest growing region in the world. You will work for clients who not only care about success in the marketplace, but are passionate about the role of brands in helping bring about social change. The Account Director is responsible for seamless delivery on a client account including creation and communication of effective brand strategies, account staffing and oversight of all client relations and presentations; while providing active support and oversight to an Account Service team.

• Manages a number of key client relationships
• Acts as the first point of contact for client questions and requests
• Talks to other departments in the organisation to facilitate client requests
• Builds and maintains relationships with clients often through regular face to face contact and meetings
• Partners with Planners to develop and implement highly interactive strategic responses for brand’s business and communications needs
• Problem solves on high level account and implementation issues and knows when to involve their supervisor
• Generate accurate reports on the status of existing accounts and new business
• Leads presentations with clients
• Manages a budget and achieve targets
• Always on a look out for opportunities to cross-sell within the Groupe
• Manages and facilitates new business pitches when requested by the Managing Director
• Committed to constantly improving our work, and how we work
• Maintains a sense of discretion and professionalism, representing the Groupe

Expectations as a team leader

As your own leadership journey evolves, your primary goal will be to nurture the next generation of leaders. You will reflect our “People First” ethos, where we believe that the best work can only come from a team that feels happy, secure and motivated, with a clarity of purpose. You value diversity, equality and inclusivity, not because it’s fashionable but because it’s obvious.

In this role, you will be expected to:

• Provide leadership and professional development to department staff
• Mentor and train team members, write performance reviews, and allocate work
• Monitor teams to deliver beyond client’s expectations
• Motivate your team, and be the glue that keeps teams going
• Set goals and KPIs for each team member, and works with them to achieve these

What you’ll do:

As Director, Business Development, you will be responsible for driving growth in the region and implementing the sales strategy in acquiring new logos for Epsilon’s MarTech business. An opportunity to have real influence and recognition within an innovative, dynamic, and ambitious company. Epsilon is looking for a sales leader with the experience, creativity, passion and strategic vision to help with our ambitious growth plans.

You will have the following roles and responsibilities:

• Own and drive top line revenue growth for Epsilon’s MarTech business.
• Strategic & consultative sales planning.
• Lead conversations with CMOs/CIOs of prospective clients in the pre-sales and solutioning process to bring a consultative approach to their marketing and sales challenges. Strong understanding of both Epsilon’s MarTech and AdTech offerings.
• Orchestrate work between the Clients, Client Services, Product & Delivery teams to ensure high quality service.
• Act as the voice of the clients across the organization and champion Epsilon’s products and solutions with the clients.

What you’ll be measured on:

• As Director, Business Development, you will be measured on the following key performance areas:
• Building a high performing sales organization for Epsilon in the region.
• Building relationships with CMOs and CIOs across global and regional brands.
• Achieving/exceeding planned Sales Revenue Targets & Margins across Epsilon’s solutions.
• Ensuring highest levels of customer satisfaction by working collaboratively with Client Services, Product & Delivery teams