VP, Industry Consultant

Responsible for the enterprise solution overview, ensuring solution incorporates clients’ and Acxiom overall business strategy and technical vision. Uncovers prospect/client’s business issues, creating high level business requirements. Determines if Acxiom has the capability/capacity to solve prospect/client’s business problems. Liaisons with sales, account management, technical/delivery executives and industry solution architects to ensure seamless customer service in the sales and delivery process. Required : Ability to work onsite in NY COMPETENCIES Consumer Industry Expertise: Bring current, working knowledge of the retail, QSR, and sports verticals and the forces shaping them. Solution Consulting: Match Acxiom's data, identity, and partner capabilities to real client problems and shape the approach to solve them. Account Strategy: Contribute to the strategic roadmap for named consumer accounts and prioritize where Acxiom can create the most value. Client Relationship Building: Develop trusted, senior level relationships across clients and the agencies that represent them. Cross Functional Collaboration: Partner with product, delivery, and sales teams to shape proposals and delivery models that hold up in execution. Executive Communication: Deliver clear, compelling narratives around value and return on investment. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Lead consumer industry strategy across retail, QSR, and sports for direct and agency relationships. Support named consumer accounts, functioning as a strategic resource to their business goals. Develop tailored solution strategies that connect Acxiom's capabilities to client needs. Build the business case and return on investment narrative behind each opportunity. Partner with product and delivery teams to make sure proposed solutions can be delivered well. Support client engagements such as business reviews and deal pursuits. Provide client driven feedback to inform Acxiom's product and solution roadmap. Deliver high impact presentations that communicate Acxiom's differentiators and value . Basic Qualifications: Ten (10) to twelve (12) years of experience in industry strategy, solution consulting, or client strategy, ideally within retail, QSR, sports, or adjacent consumer industries. Experience working across both direct clients and agency partners. Strong background in data driven marketing, identity, and activation strategy. Demonstrated success translating client needs into revenue generating solutions. Executive communication skills, with a track record of building trusted client relationships. Strong critical thinking, financial acumen, and writing skills. Ability to travel as needed to support client engagements and planning. Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent work experience. Primary Location City/State: New York, New York Additional Locations (if applicable): Acxiom is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status (EOE/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. Attention California Applicants: Please see our CCPA/CPRA Privacy Act notice here . Attention Colorado, California, Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York City , Ohio, Rhode Island, and Washington Applicants: This position is not located in the aforementioned locations but applications for remote work may be considered. For information about this role under state or local equal pay or pay transparency laws, please contact .