Director Of Strategic Thought Leadership

Job Description
As the Director of Strategic Thought Leadership, you will be responsible for establishing NIQ’s credibility, positioning, and engagement across Food-related CPG manufacturers and retailers across categories including Snacks, Confectionary, Fresh Food, Pantry and Non-Alcoholic Beverages.
Promoting NIQthrough presentations at conferences and similar external events to cultivate specific new client leads and opportunities among existing clients.
Prepare thought leadership materials and present/publish in appropriate forums with support from analytics associates capable of conducting the direct data analysis.
Collaboration with marketing and communications on positioning, market and client trends, the values NIQstands for in the Food industry, and leveraging thought leadership for demand generation campaigns.
Create and maintain a network of interested NIQassociates in Food categories to create additional advocacy and industry participation. Create a catalogue of best practices to be leveraged across internal teams.
Partnerwith Sales Leaders and Product Sales Leaders to enable them to achieve sales goals.
Participate in client meetings to provide industry perspective and opportunity.
Buildand maintainstrong networking and C-suite engagement with key players at clients. Lead discussions with a wide range of decision influencers and budget owners.
Assist in business development efforts for client engagement across manufacturers and retailers.
Provide input to product development on key needs in Food product attribution, reporting, insight, and analytics / innovation.
Gainfamiliarity with the NIQportfolio and inter-connectivity of different solutions.