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Head of Commercial Strategy & Insights

12 Month Contract

Force Executive is proud to be supporting our client in the search for a Head of Commercial Strategy & Insights/ Commercial Effectiveness. This is a senior leadership role, responsible for driving commercial performance and market competitiveness through data-driven insights, strategic direction, and operational excellence.

The successful candidate will lead a cross-functional team, build commercial capability across the business, and work closely with senior stakeholders at local, regional, and global level.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver commercial strategies informed by analytics and insights
• Lead performance management, including sales tracking, benchmarking, and KPI reporting
• Introduce and embed best-in-class business analytics practices
• Drive launch readiness to ensure successful product and brand roll-outs
• Strengthen commercial teams' capability in market insights and decision-making
• Lead performance reviews, planning cycles, and incentive schemes
• Manage complex, high-impact projects across commercial effectiveness

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong background in business analytics
• Proven track record in defining and implementing commercial strategies
• Experience leading within commercial effectiveness, strategy, or operations
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage compliance and operational efficiency
• Experience delivering high-complexity projects

Desirable

• Experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare sector
• Leadership of diverse teams across functions

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a pivotal role that will directly shape business performance and future growth.

Shirley Kiernan from Force Executive is managing this appointment on behalf of our client. To discuss the role in more detail, please get in touch.

This role involves collaborating with multiple business teams including Business Development, Account Management, Innovation, Product, Wholesale, and Finance to develop innovative, mutually beneficial commercial propositions that drive new partnerships and contribute to bottom-line growth. You will focus on assessing and designing commercial structures and business cases for both existing products and new business opportunities. Working closely with the Commercial Strategy Manager and Commercial Strategy Director, you will help shape commercial strategies across the business. This position offers significant exposure to senior leadership, providing a platform for high visibility and career progression within business.

Responsibilities:

• Lead commercial proposals from a commercial strategy and pricing perspective, owning the development of robust business cases.
• Serve as a trusted partner to the Business Development, Account Management and Product teams, providing commercial insight, guidance and challenge.
• Develop pricing strategies and conduct financial assessments to evaluate the viability and expected returns of new products and features.
• Present pricing proposals and business cases to governance committees for review and approval.
• Produce thought leadership on key commercial and strategic topics relevant to business objectives.

Experience and Qualifications

• Qualifed Accountant with 4+ years PQE
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to present complex commercial proposals to senior leadership and governance committees.
• A critical thinker with the ability to think outside the box, see the bigger picture through consideration of future implications and scenarios and use these insights when making recommendations.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams and influence stakeholders at
• Strong commercial acumen with experience in pricing strategy, business case development, and financial analysis.
• Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously, delivering high-quality outputs within tight deadlines.

Job Description:

As the Sales Strategy & Analytics Lead, you will play a pivotal in shaping and driving our sales strategy, leveraging data analytics to optimize performance and achieve our client set business goals. You will work closely with the sales, advertising, and quality assurance teams to develop data-drive insights and strategies that enhance our advertising solutions and drive revenue growth. This position will be supporting the sales strategies for the SCS and MCS team across all regions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement comprehensive sales strategies to achieve client objectives and drive revenue growth.
• Data Analysis: Utilize advanced analytics to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement in sales performance.
• Performance Metrics: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPI's) to track the effectiveness of sales initiatives and campaigns.
• Sales Forecasting: Provide accurate sales forecasts and develop an actionable plan to meet or exceed targets. Stay up to date with industry developments and emerging technologies to continuously improve sales strategies and analytics processes.
• Reporting: Prepare and present regular reports and dashboards to senior management, highlighting the insights and recommendations for strategic decision- making.
• Bonus & Incentives: Create fair and achievable bonus structures while ensuring that client set goals are hit. Create and maintain incentive programs to boost agent performance and achieve set goals.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Analytics, Data Science, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
• Proven experience in sales strategy and analytics in digital marketing/ad sales environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement successful sales strategies.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

Who we are

About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About The Team
The GTM Operations team is responsible for overall productivity and effectiveness of the sales organization, partnering closely with the sales team and teams across Stripe to drive initiatives. Our team provides strategic & operational partnership to Sales Dev leaders, sellers, and cross-functional business partners. The Strategy & Sales Operations role functions across three pillars:

• Strategy and planning
• Sales Operations
• Analytics and Insights

Within the GTM Strategy & Sales Operations (SSO) organization, Sales Dev Strategy & Operations is at the forefront of driving pipeline and revenue growth. Our globally scoped team members are focused on driving high-value updates and outcomes across business operations, insights, process, and tooling for Sales Dev and Vendor Programs at Stripe. We facilitate incremental Stripe productivity improvements to help the GTM organization deliver key business objectives and revenue results. We are a global team with resources in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

What you'll do

As the Sales Strategy & Operations Business Partner for Sales Development, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to regional Sales Development (SD) leadership, driving data-driven decisions that enhance pipeline creation, boost sales productivity, and improve team experiences. Utilize your analytical expertise to identify sales trends, optimize processes, and provide insights that improve performance. Lead and collaborate on key strategic initiatives to scale our infrastructure in support of rapid growth. If you have experience in sales operations or business analytics, thrive in fast-paced environments, and are passionate about turning data into actionable strategies, this is an exciting opportunity for you. # Responsibilities

Be Trusted Advisor to Regional Sales Development Leadership

• Support Regional Sales Development and Vendor Leadership with prep for MBRs/ QBRs and other strategic forums
• Analyze sales trends and patterns to identify opportunities for improvement and make recommendations for sales process optimizations

Conduct analytics, generate insights, and present finding on performance

• Collaborate with Regional Sales Development teams to identify, analyze, and report on key sales performance metrics such as revenue, conversion rates, win rates, pipeline coverage
• Drive rhythm of business (forecasting, pipeline council, monthly / quarterly business reviews) with strong operational rigor with Regional Sales Dev leaders
• Drive local / regional critical projects and initiatives and drive alignment with cross-functional teams across the organization by developing detailed project plans with activity based milestones
• Provide regular reports and presentations to Sales Development leadership and other stakeholders within the broader Marketing org, communicating the analysis of sales data and recommending actions to drive sales growth

Enhance and scale Sales Development Annual Planning and Target Management process

• Define and refine the sales targets setting process, working closely with sales leadership and finance teams to ensure targets are ambitious yet realistic
• Monitor and evaluate sales performance against targets, highlighting areas of concern, and proactively identify strategies to address performance gaps

Drive Sales Development and Vendor infrastructure enhancements for automation, scale, and faster distribution

• Develop, implement, and maintain robust sales dashboards that provide actionable insights to sales leadership and enable data-driven decision making
• Conduct regular data audits to ensure accuracy and completeness of sales data, and identify and rectify any discrepancies or inconsistencies

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred requirements are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum of 6+ years of experience in sales operations, business analytics, or a similar role
• Excellent knowledge of sales metrics, targets setting process, and creation of sales dashboards
• Proven experience in data analysis and statistical modeling, using tools such as Excel, SQL, and CRM systems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into meaningful insights
• Experience in a fast-paced environment, with a "roll-up your sleeves" mentality
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in data management and reporting
• Proficiency in SQL and other data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools

Preferred Requirements

• Prior experience at a growth stage Internet/software company
• Prior experience in the payments industry
• Prior experience in consulting
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in our Bucharest, Romania site have an 80% in-office expectation, and those in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico and Bengaluru, India work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is €93,200 - €139,800. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate's experience, qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant's location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.

Job Description:

As the Sales Strategy & Analytics Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving our sales strategy, leveraging data analytics to optimize performance and achieve our client set business goals. You will work closely with the sales, advertising, and quality assurance teams to develop data-drive insights and strategies that enhance our advertising solutions and drive revenue growth. This position will be supporting the sales strategies for the SCS and MCS team across all regions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement comprehensive sales strategies to achieve client objectives and drive revenue growth.
• Data Analysis: Utilize advanced analytics to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement in sales performance.
• Performance Metrics: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPI's) to track the effectiveness of sales initiatives and campaigns.
• Sales Forecasting: Provide accurate sales forecasts and develop an actionable plan to meet or exceed targets. Stay up to date with industry developments and emerging technologies to continuously improve sales strategies and analytics processes.
• Reporting: Prepare and present regular reports and dashboards to senior management, highlighting the insights and recommendations for strategic decision- making.

• Bonus & Incentives: Create fair and achievable bonus structures while ensuring that client set goals are hit. Create and maintain incentive programs to boost agent performance and achieve set goals.
  Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Analytics, Data Science, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).

• Proven experience in sales strategy and analytics in digital marketing/ad sales environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement successful sales strategies.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

Job Description:

As the Sales Strategy & Analytics Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving our sales strategy, leveraging data analytics to optimize performance and achieve our client set business goals. You will work closely with the sales, advertising, and quality assurance teams to develop data-drive insights and strategies that enhance our advertising solutions and drive revenue growth. This position will be supporting the sales strategies for the SCS and MCS team across all regions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement comprehensive sales strategies to achieve client objectives and drive revenue growth.
• Data Analysis: Utilize advanced analytics to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement in sales performance.
• Performance Metrics: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPI's) to track the effectiveness of sales initiatives and campaigns.
• Sales Forecasting: Provide accurate sales forecasts and develop an actionable plan to meet or exceed targets. Stay up to date with industry developments and emerging technologies to continuously improve sales strategies and analytics processes.
• Reporting: Prepare and present regular reports and dashboards to senior management, highlighting the insights and recommendations for strategic decision- making.

• Bonus & Incentives: Create fair and achievable bonus structures while ensuring that client set goals are hit. Create and maintain incentive programs to boost agent performance and achieve set goals.
  Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Analytics, Data Science, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).

• Proven experience in sales strategy and analytics in the SNAP Environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement successful sales strategies.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

Meta is seeking a highly strategic, quantitative, process and detail-oriented business leader to join the EMEA Sales Strategy Planning & Operations team. This is a key opportunity to be part of an EMEA team that plays an integral role in executing Small & Medium Business Group's (SMBG) business processes and sales plans, driving operational rigour and efficiency, and producing insights to inform decisions. The mission of the Sales Strategy Planning & Operations group is to maximize business performance by being the objective, trusted partner to the sales business through insights, operational rigour and cross-functional collaboration. We identify and drive critical projects and initiatives to support revenue growth, while supporting the operational cadence to surface business insights. In your role as the Sales Strategy Planning & Operations lead, you will be a key partner to the business delivering against three core functions: 1) Core operations (e.g. performance reporting, driving rhythm of business (target-setting and tracking) across sales teams 2) Take a data-driven approach to supporting business growth and driving efficiencies across processes, organization and systems; identify market and product opportunities to global teams 3) Support issues escalation and resolution across revenue, product and sales rigour.

Sales Strategy Planning and Operations Lead - SMBG EMEA Responsibilities:

• Provide analytical support to help drive initiatives critical to growth of our fastest growing ad sales channel, Mid-Market and Small Business Group (collectively SMBG). Uncover trends and insights about product opportunities, providing data-driven feedback of market nuances to central product teams. Provide key insights for business leadership to support strategic decision-making
• Collaborate with Sales leadership and cross-functional stakeholders on strategic projects focused on driving efficiency, uncovering new opportunities, improving resource allocation and operating models. Present findings and recommendations using data to the leadership teams
• Drive rhythm of business with operational rigour, support portfolio management and service model, lead operational reviews and track performance on regional goals and priorities (for example monthly/quarterly business reviews), identify opportunities and key roadblocks to progress, and work efficiently across teams and time-zones to remove them
• Communicate with and influence leadership on a regular basis, highlighting progress towards goals, key risks and dependencies. Translate and execute global initiatives to regional / local level, and drive alignment through partnerships with regional/local and cross functional teams
• As this role supports a Global organization, partner and collaborate with cross functional teams across timezones to deliver shared outcomes

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience leading strategy and operations projects in a consulting environment, corporate strategy/operations team, quantitative field (e.g. investment banking, PE/VC) or similar tech company
• Proficient in SQL and experience extracting and manipulating data from large / complex databases
• Track record of using data to understand business problems, generate actionable insights and recommendations
• Problem solving and analytical skills, proficiency in solving complex and varied business problems (commercial, operational, organizational)
• Experience communicating with and influencing stakeholders at all levels of an organization
• Experience thriving in a complex, ambiguous and fast-changing environment with agility to drive results through effective problem solving, collaboration and communication

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

Meta is seeking a highly strategic, quantitative, process and detail-oriented business leader to join the EMEA Sales Strategy Planning & Operations team. This is a key opportunity to be part of an EMEA team that plays an integral role in executing Small & Medium Business Group's (SMBG) business processes and sales plans, driving operational rigour and efficiency, and producing insights to inform decisions. The mission of the Sales Strategy Planning & Operations group is to maximize business performance by being the objective, trusted partner to the sales business through insights, operational rigour and cross-functional collaboration. We identify and drive critical projects and initiatives to support revenue growth, while supporting the operational cadence to surface business insights. In your role as the Sales Strategy Planning & Operations lead, you will be a key partner to the business delivering against three core functions: 1) Core operations (e.g. performance reporting, driving rhythm of business (target-setting and tracking) across sales teams 2) Take a data-driven approach to supporting business growth and driving efficiencies across processes, organization and systems; identify market and product opportunities to global teams 3) Support issues escalation and resolution across revenue, product and sales rigour.

• Provide analytical support to help drive initiatives critical to growth of our fastest growing ad sales channel, Mid-Market and Small Business Group (collectively SMBG). Uncover trends and insights about product opportunities, providing data-driven feedback of market nuances to central product teams. Provide key insights for business leadership to support strategic decision-making
• Collaborate with Sales leadership and cross-functional stakeholders on strategic projects focused on driving efficiency, uncovering new opportunities, improving resource allocation and operating models. Present findings and recommendations using data to the leadership teams
• Drive rhythm of business with operational rigour, support portfolio management and service model, lead operational reviews and track performance on regional goals and priorities (for example monthly/quarterly business reviews), identify opportunities and key roadblocks to progress, and work efficiently across teams and time-zones to remove them
• Communicate with and influence leadership on a regular basis, highlighting progress towards goals, key risks and dependencies. Translate and execute global initiatives to regional / local level, and drive alignment through partnerships with regional/local and cross functional teams
• As this role supports a Global organization, partner and collaborate with cross functional teams across timezones to deliver shared outcomes

• Proficient in SQL and experience extracting and manipulating data from large / complex databases
• Track record of using data to understand business problems, generate actionable insights and recommendations
• Problem solving and analytical skills, proficiency in solving complex and varied business problems (commercial, operational, organizational)
• Experience communicating with and influencing stakeholders at all levels of an organization
• Experience thriving in a complex, ambiguous and fast-changing environment with agility to drive results through effective problem solving, collaboration and communication

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

The VP Research & Market Analysis is tasked with producing, distributing, and presenting in-depth research covering airlines, aircraft & orders, OEMs and the broader aviation sector. This position plays a critical role in providing actionable market insights and up-to-date data to inform strategy and competitive positioning.

Responsibilities

• Analyse airline and lessor fleets to support business decision-making.
• Liaise with aircraft appraisers to track and interpret trends in aircraft valuations and lease rates.
• Aggregate and maintain comprehensive pricing data—including rentals and values—in collaboration with the pricing team, ensuring market intelligence is current and accurate.
• Ensure the senior management team is kept abreast of all market information and trends especially values and rentals.
• Conduct market and competitor research to support pricing analyses and evaluate leasing opportunities, monitoring industry and economic trends for business adaptation.
• Prepare and present regular market updates on aircraft values, lease rates, trading, and macro trends to senior management and external audiences.
• Deliver regular monthly and quarterly market updates, as well as provide timely responses to ad-hoc research requests
• Support creation of marketing materials for investors and provide news-driven insight for investment analysis and analytical models.
• Assist transaction approval processes and draft presentation materials for internal committees.
• Build relationships with OEMs and appraisers, assessing the impact of production rate and aircraft developments.
• Help establish aircraft rating methodologies, informing acquisition and disposal strategies.
• Support company-wide long-term planning and financial analysis.
• Lead market analysis projects, synthesizing research and pricing data for strategic recommendations
• Build and maintain a comprehensive commercial transaction and market data database.
• Attend industry events to stay updated on aviation trends and deepen market understanding

Required Experience

• 5-7 years' Research and Analysis experience within the Airline/Aircraft Leasing industry with additional experience in banking, financial services or strategy consulting
• Experience with transaction pricing, risk analysis or aircraft valuations
• Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Economics, Accounting or Engineering
• Experience with Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint, Power BI
• Experience with large datasets
• Demonstrated proficiency in oral and written English