at Sapient Corporation in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Company Description
Hi there! We're Razorfish. We've been leading the marketing industry with our digital expertise since the start of the internet. But in 2020, we did a full reboot. What's different? It all starts with people. Weird, wonderful, complex people - with diverse backgrounds in strategy, creative and technology. But no matter how different we are, we all have one thing in common. We believe our differences are our strength. So we push for inclusion, challenge convention and bring in new perspectives, to inspire new ideas. Because when we connect by understanding what makes people different, we can create unforgettable experiences that enrich lives. Join us at razorfish.com.Job Description
The VP of Business Development (VP BD) manages the successful activation of growth strategies across Razorfish, collaborating with cross-discipline leads to win and convert competitive new business opportunities that drive healthy incremental revenue and strategic new client acquisition.
This individual should be a strategist at heart with a proven track record of engaging and building relationships with key marketing decision-makers at Fortune 500 brands. With strong EQ and IQ, The VP of BD must understand the complex marketing challenges of our prospective clients and connect Razorfish's unique value proposition and solutions to drive confidence and trust in our future partnership.
In addition, the VP of Business Development is responsible for evaluating, qualifying, and crafting differentiated proposals that increases Razorfish's right-to-win. They will work with finance and delivery leads to help shape competitive proposals that demonstrate the value of Razorfish's offering in marketing transformation (which include but are not limited to) digital experience, product, data solutions, marketing technologies, media, content, campaigns, and shopper marketing for stand-out brands. In addition, strive to accelerate negotiations to close.
Experience should include pursuit prioritization and mapping, optimizing pitch approach, crafting clear narratives showcasing creative, experience, data, and technology, instilling a win or learn mentality amongst their direct reports, maintaining and tracking health of the new business pipeline, and creating a culture of aggressive growth within the agency.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead development of sales strategies for net-new pursuits with Fortune 500 companies
Close new business deals after initial meetings with potential new clients
Ability to sell digitally native marketing strategies, data-driven marketing, performance media, social, and martech capabilities
Accountable for win/loss ratio and healthy business development financials
Developing relentless, collaborative, unbeatable business development team
Creating the culture of learning, honing and optimizing in order to drive growth
Responsible for productive relationships with pitch consultants and other key ecosystem partners to drive leads
Build a library of selling assets and best practices
Ability to represent and sell-in the full suite of Razorfish and other services that are offered across Publicis Groupe
Cultivate business relationships through networking, industry events and outbound marketingQualifications
Successful track record (10+years) of building business for a digital agency, marketing transformation or digital business transformation consultancy
Strong knowledge of constructing customer journeys, performance marketing, data-driven... For full info follow application link.
Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. As digital pioneers with 20,000 people and 53 offices around the globe, our experience spanning technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession – combined with our culture of curiosity and relentlessness – enables us to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value. Publicis Sapient is the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe. For more information, visit publicissapient.com. As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hiring@publicissapient.com or you may call us at +1-617-621-0200.
