Global Key Account Director

at  Thomson Reuters

The Global Key Account Director (GKAD) is a strategic relationship and business manager who leads, develops and executes the global account strategy for key strategic clients, in line with Corporates’ future vision and strategy. The GKAD maximizes financial and strategic value and aligns short term needs to longer term business strategies and growth. This role requires the incumbent to excel at highly strategic account management as well as tactical execution, cultivating and influencing senior clients and Thomson Reuters executives while also engaging those deep into both organizations. Particular areas of focus include: ensuring all cross sell and up sell opportunities are realized across our full suite of products, owning and growing the C-suite relationships, proficiency in bringing industry insights and thought leadership to the Corporates firm, maximizing revenue/retention and identifying and closing new partnerships and sales opportunities working cross-functionally with various TR teams such as Product, Professional Services, Partnerships etc .
This is a key role that requires entrepreneurship, innovation, agility and enthusiasm for serving the customer, while managing sales and book of business at the assigned accounts.
Working closely with global internal teams the GKAD will need a strong collaborative focus to ensure we meet changing customer expectations timely.

This GKAD will manage and grow the Thomson Reuter’s relationships with a set of key accounts as part of the Global Accounts Group and spans all Thomson Reuters- Corporates Segment global sub segments. We are hiring four GKADs, focused around client industry. Each GKAD’s client territory will be primarily in these industry groupings and therefore a familiarity and experience working with at a minimum of one industry(ies) is required. The industry groupings are:

• Energy
• Financial Services
• Technology
• Healthcare
• Manufacturing

As our Global Key Account Director, you will:

• Drive strategic engagement and growing commercial relationships with designated clients; increase new sales and revenue at each account in accordance with targets.
• Deep understanding of each firm’s business strategy and objectives to inform the direction of Thomson Reuters strategy and ensure we align our capabilities effectively.
• Work with Product Management to shape the key value propositions sold by Thomson Reuters into the assigned industries, adding the voice of the customer to the development of the industry focus area.
• Identify growth opportunities to create needs and competitive solutions.
• Ensure we have the right connections between Thomson Reuters and the customer at all levels and the ability to bring the relevant stakeholder from both organizations into strategic meetings
• Lead global communication amongst the account teams covering these clients globally; coordinate multi-country deals to ensure maximum value for Thomson Reuters and a well-coordinated customer experience while buying from Thomson Reuters.
• Ensure customer satisfaction with Thomson Reuters; serve as a senior point of escalation for issues and take a leadership role in problem solving on behalf of the customer.
• Serve as a primary relationship manager and senior escalation point for each customer; track and manage existing relationships and develop new ones. Support other executives’ relationships with these clients and ensure that we are bringing to bear the right resources to serve each customer.
• Advocate for clients within Thomson Reuters, and act as a Thomson Reuters ambassador in the client’s enterprise.
• Build, deliver and track strategic global account plan; forecast, track, report key information, performance indicators.
• Lead a global virtual team across Thomson Reuters; know whom to engage, how to engage them to ensure delivery for client.
• Build and leverage executive level relationship to drive engagement and strategic alignment with Thomson Reuters. Ensure Thomson Reuters executives and others understand client needs; address over short- and long-term
• Collaborate effectively across Thomson Reuters to develop the account strategy for each assigned firm, agree on prioritization of opportunities with relevant sales and account management colleagues and take responsibility for driving progress on the account strategy, coordinating relevant touchpoints and acting as the point of coordination across Thomson Reuters