Thomson Reuters Job in Lagos for an Enterprise Solutions & GRC Market Development Lead - Africa
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Job Title: Enterprise Solutions & GRC Market Development Lead - Africa
ID: JREQ053312
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Standard
Schedule: Full-time
Position Overview
- The GRC and Enterprise Solutions, Market Development Lead (MDL),
Africa is regionally responsible for defining & driving the
business growth & retention priorities in the Sub Saharan Africa
region for the defined workflow/asset class.
- They are responsible for identifying key regional growth opportunities within client segments &/or client user types.
- They are responsible for the day to day oversight of the
business performance as well as tracking and implementation of the
execution for the strategy to defend and grow the business within
Go-To-Market (GTM). The MDL is the regional “go to” client segment &
user proposition expert within GTM.
- They are the conduit for the regional “voice of the customer”
back to Design and Manage (D&M), to ensure focus on deliverables
towards regional growth priorities.
- They will drive field marketing activities, actively defining
the value proposition in support of growth & retention priorities -
both externally as well as internally.
Essential Responsibilities
Specific day-to-day responsibilities and milestones needed to achieve the objectives:
- Set the Regional Growth & Retention priorities for the GRC
& ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS business in consultation with the
Sub-Regional Business Leads and Sales Specialist Managers.
- Responsible for ultimate growth and retention execution,
programmatically driving prioritised business plans and campaigns to
achieve targets.
- Collaborate with Regional Sales & Client Specialist
Management to align objectives and targets for GRC & ENTERPRISE
SOLUTIONS in the region, with the associated strategies and plans to
achieve them.
- Provide input into resource level determination in support of
retention & growth focus.Maintain a regular operating rhythm with
the regional sales & support teams to systematically drive the
regional agenda for the GRC & ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS business and
mobilise client facing teams to deliver business objectives and revenue
targets programmatically.
- This should include detailed analysis of business performance,
content acquisition & improvements, market sizing and opportunity
prioritisation.Identify new business opportunities to grow the GRC &
ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS business in specific market segments based on
detailed sizing.
- Identify the key regions, associated value proposition and execution plan to ensure the opportunities facilitate growth.
- Validate Regional strategy & value propositions with
customers and document feedback to defining growth & retention
potential prior to launching new propositions.
- Collate and prioritise detailed client requirements for D&M
based on constant client interaction. Work with Regional Sales &
Account Management on strategic deals and renewals to grow the business
or retain customers, maximising client value & footprint, including
advising/ approving commercial termsForward manage all key renewals
based on contract, usage and active risk management ensuring ‘total’
business management of existing strategic customers.
- New Starter Induction or on-going learning programs (e.g.
Monthly updates, Learning calls & Boot-camps)Provide focus for Field
Marketing in the definition/ prioritisation of key industry event
participation, TR hosted thought leadership events, client events/
bright-spots, internal staff events (Hard Talk/ Lunch & Learn/
educational Boot-camps/ monthly proposition & performance updates).
- The Market Development Lead role will be located at one of our
regional hubs in Africa Travel throughout Sub Saharan Africa will be
required & determined by business priorities.
- Initiate and manage industry association and strategic
relationships in the region to achieve business goals, represent the
business and act as the senior representative for the relevant client
segment & business priorities in the region. Own/ Develop the
relevant Portfolio of key customer contacts, including key Heads of
desks, key influencers & C level executives at key banks, financial
institutions & corporates.
- Provide ‘expert knowledge’ based input to the definition of the
“customer learning experience” for delivery to frontline specialist and
support teams. Provide expert knowledge based input for internal
learning programs e.g.
Qualifications, Required Skills and Experience
- Be able to demonstrate strong Financial Market Experience in the
GRC & ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS business including entire workflow and
core content set value for all user types.
- Have a deep understanding of the core challenges our clients
face and the value that our GRC & ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS proposition
brings to address these challenges.
- French and / or Portuguese is a positive,
- Demonstrate a blend of strategic and operational skills
- Ability to work in a complex matrix organisation University degree, Industry qualification (e.g. ACI Diploma/ CFA/ ISMA).
- Post-graduate in Business would be a plus.
- Ability to present and demonstrate TR solutions as an answer to
the customer need and challenges Ability to translate market trends into
business plans and execution of these plans Maintain senior and
strategic client and industry relationships
- Demonstrate strong leadership skills including influencing at a high level and lead stakeholders to achieve a common objective
- Strong organisational, communication and presentation skills
- Fluent written & spoken English is compulsory.
How to Apply
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