Acxiom's Global Data & Identity Product organization is looking for an SVP, Channel Partnerships to lead our indirect data and identity business. We are looking for a forward-thinking leader, with experience in managing partnerships with media platforms and direct marketing resellers. The ideal candidate is passionate about forging lasting partnerships and managing complex commercial relationships. While the role is global, the focus is on the US. The right candidate can work remote.

WE NEED:

• A proven track record of partnership management across media and CRM
• Experience with people-based data and identity in both mar tech and ad tech
• Ability to manage complex, bi-directional partnerships with companies that span the realms of ad tech, media, cloud, data and identity
• Experience managing the full range of commercial models associated with data as well as the associated reporting and auditing
• Passion for negotiation and deal making
• Ability to steward the contracting process while complying with privacy provisions
• A perspective on the future of data and identity and the ability to explore novel pathways for data distribution
• Ability to manage the forecast across a network of partners
• Executive communication and stakeholder management skills
• Desire to engage with the ecosystem and ability to provide market-facing leadership

YOU WILL:

• Report directly to the EVP of Global Data & Identity Products
• Manage multiple business segments, diverse distribution partnerships and the associated forecasting and commercial processes
• Collaborate closely with distinct product teams for data, identity and media connectors as well as the delivery functions
• Innovate to create new partnerships with emerging hubs for distribution of data and identity services
• Partner with teams across Acxiom, Kinesso and Media Brands
• Provide thought leadership across emerging issues such as digital identifier deprecation

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• Degree in business, marketing or a technical discipline
• Over a decade of subject matter expertise across marketing data, identity and analytics
• Experience with market leaders in data and identity across CRM and media
• High-performing leadership characteristics to inspire and grow the careers of your team
• Strategic and critical thinking skills to discern and react to emerging market needs #GD17

WHO IS ACXIOM?

We are leaders in helping brands achieve the number one mantra for every business - know your customer. For fifty years, we've helped marketers deal with a fast-changing future of growing channels, data and technology. By understanding the customer, marketers can communicate with relevance everywhere and drive better customer experiences that build a better brand and, in turn, better business.

We're one of the marketing industry's most experienced, respected and forward-thinking leaders. For nearly fifty years, we've helped the world's best marketers understand their customers so that they can reach people with relevance rather than randomness. Our products and solutions form the data foundation that make it possible for marketers to drive better customer experiences and meaningful interactions at scale across every channel.

Our job opportunities will give you the opportunity to showcase your talents, grow your skills, and expose you to cutting-edge technologies, whether you're an engineer, developer, products guru, systems and security expert, sales and consulting executive, or an intern looking to gain real experience with a company that will make you stand out.

At Acxiom, our values begin with our associates, who are the single most important driver of our success. We're looking to hire people who share our core values: collaboration, excellence, innovation, a focus on outcomes, and being empowered to make and own decisions that benefit our clients and our company. Our values represent our brand promise - to our clients and to our associates - and define our company culture.

We believe that Diversity spurs innovation, and we love it! It's more than the color of our skin or our gender - it's the combination of unique qualities that make each and every one of us special. Through our inclusion programs and our community outreach efforts, we want Acxiom to be a place where you feel like you belong.

PRIMARY LOCATION CITY/STATE:

Homebased - Conway, Arkansas

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS (IF APPLICABLE):

Acxiom is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (AA/EOE/W/M/Vet/Disabled) and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion or other employment of associates or the awarding of subcontracts because of a person's race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, protected veteran, military status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics or other protected status.

Acxiom is a customer intelligence company that provides data-driven solutions to enable the world’s best marketers to better understand their customers to create better experiences and business growth. A leader in customer data management, identity, and the ethical use of data for more than 50 years, Acxiom now helps thousands of clients and partners around the globe work together to create millions of better customer experiences, every day.