Vice President, Client Revenue & Enablement

R26_0009119

Location: Flexible (US role, must reside in US at time of application to be considered)
Reports to: Head of Sales

Who We Are:

MRI-Simmons is an established brand that is aggressively reinventing itself through investments in technology and people. Widely recognized as the leading consumer insights company, MRI-Simmons measures consumer preferences, attitudes, and behaviors.  MRI-Simmons is co-owned by GfK and SymphonyAI Group, with GfK as the majority partner. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with truly global reach and operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world's population.

What We Do:

We empower marketers, advertising agencies and media companies to turn deep consumer understanding into smarter strategies, targetable segmentation, and more effective advertising campaigns across all media channels: linear TV, Connected TV, Digital, and Social. We enrich customer first-party data to enable more comprehensive consumer profiling and activation. 

About this job

The Vice President, Client Revenue & Enablement owns the commercial performance of the existing client base. This role is accountable for renewals, expansion, retention, and revenue predictability, ensuring the company delivers sustained growth while operating with discipline at scale.

The VP leads Account Management, Client Service, and Sales Enablement, aligning client engagement, solution delivery, and operational execution. This leader brings structure, rigor, and insight into how client activity translates into revenue outcomes and forecast accuracy.

Responsibilities

Client Revenue Ownership

• Own revenue retention and expansion performance across the client portfolio.
• Ensure renewals are proactively managed, on time, and forecastable.
• Drive systematic upsell and cross-sell motions tied to demonstrated client value.
• Act as executive sponsor for select strategic clients to protect and grow long-term revenue.

Account Management Leadership

• Build, lead, and scale a high performing Account Management organization with trackable KPIs.
• Standardize stakeholder mapping and engagement strategies for strategic accounts.
• Establish best practice processes for account planning, client business reviews, renewal risk management, pipeline hygiene, and opportunity identification.
• Define clear coverage models, roles, and coordination with Account Directors
• Coach team to operate with accountability, urgency, and commercial discipline.

Client Service & Engagement

• Oversee Client Service functions including onboarding, training, product demos, and proactive client outreach.
• Ensure onboarding programs accelerate time-to-value.
• Ensure Client Service teams are efficiently deployed in QBRs, renewals, and expansion opportunities.
• Drive utilization discipline and capacity planning to maximize impact on retention and growth.
• Establish metrics that link client engagement, adoption, and satisfaction with existing solutions.

Sales Enablement & Solution Delivery

• Develop communication and tracking processes to ensure successful delivery of audience products, first-party data enrichment, and custom data integrations.
• Manage coordination across various Solutions Engineering, Product, Operations, Data Governance, Data Science, and Legal based on client engagements.
• Implement clear intake, approval, and delivery workflows that improve deal velocity and reduce execution risk.
• Oversee tracking of audience usage, delivery status, reporting, and billing accuracy.
• Partner with Product to curate scalable offerings and ensure marketplace readiness.
• Continuously update Sales on products, ecosystem changes, and commercial opportunities.

Forecasting, Metrics, and Predictability

• Own the weekly forecast for renewals and expansion pipeline.
• Develop KPI frameworks that predict revenue outcomes, including renewal risk indicators, expansion signals, product adoption trends, and client engagement health.
• Partner closely with Finance and Revenue Operations to align forecasting, reporting, and performance management across the revenue lifecycle.
• Deliver clear, actionable insights to executive leadership with high confidence and accuracy.
• Establish and enforce CRM best practices to ensure data hygiene, pipeline discipline, and reliable reporting at scale.

Cross Functional Leadership

• Serve as a senior cross-functional leader connecting Sales, Product, Operations, Marketing, and Finance.
• Ensure client insights inform product roadmap and go-to-market strategy.
• Continuously improve processes, systems, and organizational design to support growth without unnecessary complexity.
• Build a client-centric, performance-driven culture across all post-sale teams.

• 12+ years of experience in client revenue, account management, customer success, or commercial operations.
• Proven experience leading multifunction teams in high growth, enterprise, media, or AdTech environments.
• Strong track record of owning renewals, expansion, and revenue forecasting.
• Operationally rigorous with the ability to translate strategy into repeatable execution.
• Comfortable navigating complex, data driven and product-centric organizations.
• Executive presence with the ability to engage C-level clients and internal leadership.

US Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plan (medical, Rx, dental, and vision).
• Flexible spending accounts and a Health Savings Account (including company contributions).
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan including company matching contributions.
• Disability insurance.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Discretionary paid time off program and 11 paid holidays.
• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation of the following range: $141,500.00 - $200,000.00.  Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role is eligible for a sales-based incentive or performance-based bonus. Other benefits include flexible working environment, comprehensive health insurance, industry-leading parental leave, life insurance, education support and more.  

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQ’s principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If you have questions, require accommodations, or wish to request human review were permitted by law, please contact your local HR representative. For more information, please visit NIQ’s AI Safety Policies and Guiding Principles: https://www.nielseniq.com/global/en/ai-safety-policies.

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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