MVP, Operations & Analytics

About this role:

The MVP of Operations and Analytics - Global Digital Markets (GDM) will play a critical role in shaping the strategy and priorities for the GDM function and will act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the GDM SLT. They will use strong analytical, problem solving and leadership skills to aid the EVP with the daily operations of the function. Will be responsible for leading and developing the Operations and Analytics teams.  

What you’ll do:

• Oversee key initiatives. Organize and support the annual Long-Range Planning efforts.
• Lead preparation and development of executive-level meeting material and presentations, including monthly presentations for the operating committee; represent the function at key leadership meetings
• Connect the dots - partner across GDM to ensure each function stays aligned with overall GDM strategy and initiatives; collaborate with others to stay abreast of initiatives that impact GDM
• Develop metrics to track the success of programs and operating metrics.
• Lead core business analytics and sales operations functions
• Partner with senior leadership to define priorities and align resources for implementing analytics solutions based on business needs. Deliver key capabilities through reporting, dashboards, self-serve tools, and drive continuous improvement in analytics across GDM and Gartner.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to support strategic recommendations and ensure they are grounded in core business economics
• Drive complex projects aligned to high priority business objectives in close partnership with business leaders across the organization.
• Lead strategic projects from strategy development to iterative execution.
• Identify best-practices that can be scaled across teams.
• Leverage understanding of financials levers to drive initiatives which optimize financial performance.
• Partner with EVP GDM and finance to develop annual budgets and forecast top line revenue for annual plans and intra-year forecasts.

What you’ll need:

• 15+ years’ progressive business experience
• Leverage understanding of financials levers to drive initiatives which optimize financial performance.
• Excellent business vision, strategic mindset and ability to think creatively to draw the larger business story out of facts and data.
• Qualitative and quantitative unstructured problem-solving, including ability to turn analysis into actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver compelling executive-level presentations – conveying complex concepts and analyses in an accessible way.
• Good level of influence at senior leadership level including strong negotiation & communication skills
• Strong people leadership and management skills
• Ability to inspire rapid adoption of change.
• Proven ability to scale, demonstrated by a track record of mastering exponentially greater levels of responsibility, complexity and performance over time.
• Knowledge of operations strategy, trends, issues and data analysis to deliver against business objectives; ability to use judgment to analyze and evaluate varying factors to find solutions
• Ideal candidate has an understanding of the industry
• Demonstrated abilities in project execution
• Highly competent user of Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI

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Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

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