Are you a strategic leader?
Do you enjoy collaborating across a global organization to shape and deliver successful initiatives?
About our Team
Nexis® Solutions, as part of LexisNexis and the global RELX corporate family, connects customers to market-leading data through a flexible suite of scalable solutions, including our award-winning, flagship Nexis® research platform. By enabling fast access to a vast universe of enriched data with intelligent technologies, Nexis Solutions empowers business, media, non-profit, government and academic organizations worldwide to quickly discover actionable insights that enable confident, performance-driving decisions.
About the Role
The VP Strategy leads Strategy development and implementation, M&A, and Pricing for global Nexis Solutions (gNS). You will report to the President of gNS and work closely with the gNS Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and senior stakeholders across LexisNexis and RELX.
You will be responsible for formulating, shaping, and driving the strategic direction of gNS, corporate development activities including mergers & acquisitions, and leading strategic projects and initiatives with a focus on driving profitable growth acceleration and value creation.
The VP Strategy is also responsible to leading the Pricing function of gNS including developing and implementing pricing strategies, execution tools and materials, and governance approaches and outcomes monitoring and reporting. The VP Strategy will lead a team of strategy and pricing professionals globally and is a key member of the gNS SLT.
Responsibilities
Driving understanding of changing customer and user needs, market sizing, competitive positioning and developments, regional differentiation, and business models. Ensuring that strategic plans are focused on the customer and grounded in data
Leading multiple strategic projects across the portfolio from defining the project to execution. Projects may include commercial strategy, portfolio prioritisation, product strategy, strategic partnerships, and building investment cases
Leading M&A activities for gNS including proactive pipeline generation, relationship building, due diligence, deal execution, integration, and divestments. Leading the pricing function for gNS including development and implementation of pricing strategies (e.g., define packages, maintain list prices), effective price execution tools and materials (e.g., CPQ, pricing guidance), deal support, pricing governance (e.g., discount approval thresholds), and performance reporting (e.g., renewal rates)
Leading development of high-quality corporate events and deliverables including SLT offsites, board presentations, business reviews, and all gNS town halls. Supporting the broader gNS strategic planning process in collaboration with the gNS SLT
Acting as a strategic advisor providing tactical support to implement business priorities. Identifying, tracking, and reporting progress against action items from meetings including following-up on progress, and resolving issues, and facilitating experimentation.
Requirements:
Possess an advanced core strategy and pricing skillset with outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills. Able to deliver independently from workplan to execution. Broad experience gained across consulting and/or corporate strategy/business development/pricing, including M&A experience.
Be a self-starter, able to balance multiple complex projects with changing priorities, while operating with pace and urgency and ensuring attention to detail. “Can-do” attitude. Be comfortable with bringing structure to ambiguous environments. Manage to balance uncertainty, risk, and change to make decisions without perfect information.
Understand external and internal customer needs, build strong relationships, and deliver customer-centric solutions that work for the business. Articulate gNS vision, strategy, and initiatives to create organisation buy-in at all levels that motivates others to action.
Collaborate and build networks and relationships across a global matrixed environment to drive success. Balance and solve for inherent conflicting demands, and priorities. Advanced presentation, communication, influencing, and matrix management skills.
Drive, build, and nurture innovative approaches to implement new ideas, solve problems, and accelerate growth. Focus on outcomes with a bias to action. Drive results focused on profitable revenue growth while balancing longer-term vision and strategies with and tactical actions
Proficiency in analytics, financial modelling, and qualitative and quantitative research. Experience with B2B information and data services industries and pricing advantageous.
Proficiency in analytics, financial modelling, and qualitative and quantitative research
Travel: Up to 10%
Work in a way that works for you:
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
Working for you:
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
Wellbeing programs
Life assurance
Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
Save As You Earn share option scheme
Travel Season ticket loan
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Optional Dental Insurance
Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
Access to extensive learning and development resources
Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work
About the Business:
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.
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