Senior Vp Business Development Us

Senior VP: Business Development

• Location: New York
• Salary: $200-250k
• Date Posted: 6 December 2023

In the words of one of our senior clients recently...
"Market Research has changed more in the last 3 years than in the previous 40"
System1 is the leading global Marketing decision making platform. We help brands measure and understand whether their marketing works. Predictive technology is our passion, but our focus is very much human. We understand the power of emotion and capture the nuances of human behaviour to power data-driven decisions. We want to drive change and rewire behaviours, envisioning a world where our pioneering methodologies are embedded in the workflows of every marketing decision-maker. We are also who we are because of our people. So, if you share our enthusiasm, are ambitious, creative, and highly motivated, then we'd love to hear from you! Join the System1 team to continue to help us remove the guesswork for marketeers everywhere, as well as secure our growth, ambition, and success.
Becoming part of our team

• AIM Listed, and with 10 Global Offices and over 150 employees, System1 is a fast-changing business. With exceptional IP, technological advantage, and a world-class team we are very well positioned for rapid growth. Central to this is our people. We need to hire the right people, into the right roles, at the right time.
• Are you up for being a part of the Commercial team to promote System1, our thought leadership, partnership activity, product launches and promotional activity?
• Are you excited by working with leading edge IP and products that can make a huge impact on our customers' businesses?
• Do you relish the role of being the disruptor in a category and rise to the challenge of stretching goals?
• Do you enjoy being able to utilise various skills, like copywriting, research, event planning and relationship building?

What will you be doing?
You will lead Business Development within the US, which is our number 1 global market, through leveraging our market leading product range, our thought leadership, partnerships with media and creative agencies and fame building activities to convert major US accounts. By leading a Business Development team, you will be covering a range of inbound, outbound and media partnerships. The ultimate goal of this role is to increase interest and fame of System1 Group in the US!

• Build new Business Development capability in the US through people, processes, and plans.
• Responsible for leading pitch processes for major opportunities in the US.
• Identify how we leverage the annual fame building calendar of thought leadership and events.
• Work closely with our Global partnerships team to execute local partnerships and generate leads through their customer base.
• Utilising our best processes and sales materials to support leads and transition new accounts to our expand team for future growth.
• Work closely with the Head of Expand US - transitioning accounts to scale ups.

You need to be this kind of person:

• Exceptional relationship building skills at all levels including peer to peer relationships globally.
• Persuasive selling skills, pitching, developing proposals and closing deals.
• A 'make it happen' mindset, driving results and taking ownership of the collective success in the US.
• A balance of the ability to be hands on while being part of a bigger global team
• Entrepreneurial approach and ability.

You need to have the following experience:

• Good understanding of the advertising industry - how adverts get made, aired, and you can speak the language of creatives.
• Good understanding of advertising effectiveness and the tools used to measure effectiveness. well versed in theory and research techniques
• As the leader and Senior Manager, you will be good at collaborating and team building across the organisation to leverage the resources we have.
• Coaching teams to be successful.
• Can demonstrate success dramatically growing revenues.
• Leading pitches and winning new business.
• Client-side experience of making and testing advertising would be beneficial in this role.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + bonus scheme
• Health Insurance / Medical Insurance / Dental Insurance
• Pension / 401K Plan
• Flexible working arrangements (hybrid)
• Educational reimbursement opportunities
• Unlimited opportunities to interact with some of the leading thinkers in advertising and marketing fields
• A Recognition Scheme to say thank you!
• Regular socials, including summer and winter parties.
• Financial Health checks
• Wellbeing resources, including "de-clutter days" for your personal and professional needs.

We welcome applicants from all diverse communities and encourage our candidates to ask us about reasonable adjustments that we may be able to make to support through our recruitment process and while in post.