NielsenIQ is hiring a VP, Global Consumer Financial Services

About this job The Vice President, Global Consumer Financials is a senior player–coach role accountable for driving commercial growth while shaping the end‑to‑end product strategy for the Consumer Financial Services portfolio globally.  This role combines hands‑on quota-carrying sales leadership with product ownership responsibilities, ensuring solutions are market-relevant, differentiated, and commercially scalable. The VP will personally lead strategic sales motions with priority clients while coaching teams, influencing roadmap decisions, and translating client needs into monetizable product innovation.  This is a high-impact commercial leadership role for an executive who thrives equally in client rooms and internal strategy discussions.  Responsibilities: Commercial & Sales Leadership (Player–Coach)  - Own and carry a global revenue target/quota for the Consumer Financial Services portfolio  - Personally lead high-value, complex sales opportunities, including:   - C‑suite and executive-level engagements  - First‑time service adoption  - Large, multi-solution or multi-market deals  - RFPs and cross-portfolio proposals  - Actively prospect, shape demand, and convert opportunities through hands-on selling, not delegation  - Serve as the primary commercial closer on the most strategic accounts  - Coach and elevate sales and practice teams through:   - Live deal participation  - Joint-selling  - Objection handling and value articulation modeling  - Build, manage, and rigorously inspect an active pipeline to ensure attainment against operating plan  End‑to‑End Product Ownership  - Act as the commercial and market-facing product owner for Consumer Financial Services solutions  - Translate client business challenges into:   - Clear product requirements  - Scalable solution designs  - Commercial packaging and pricing strategies  - Influence and prioritize the product roadmap by:   - Feeding real-time client, competitor, and market insights into product teams  - Pressure-testing product-market fit through live selling  - Partner closely with product, analytics, and delivery teams to ensure:   - Solutions are differentiated, outcome-driven, and saleable  - Product enhancements directly support revenue growth and retention  - Own go-to-market strategy for new and evolving offerings, including positioning, use cases, and value stories  Portfolio & Client Strategy Leadership  - Develop and activate holistic, annual client strategies for priority global financial services clients  - Drive enterprise wallet growth through:   - Multi-solution penetration  - Cross-specialty and cross-business collaboration  - Long-term value creation aligned to client KPIs  - Lead and own top-to-top client engagement, with the goal of portfolio-wide expansion  - Represent the full portfolio in a solution-agnostic, client-first manner  Thought Leadership & Market Influence  - Personally deliver external and internal thought leadership  - Serve as a visible industry leader in Consumer Financial Services, representing insights, trends, and innovation  - Maintain deep expertise in:   - Consumer behavior  - Financial services trends  - Competitive landscape  - Continuously sharpen product and technical knowledge through ongoing learning and market exposure