About the role

  • Senior Manager driving business strategy and product development for LSEG's academia business. Overseeing lifecycle of product development, engaging with clients, and managing market evolution.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the business strategy for the academia business across Workspace, Mergent and all related products
  • Drive and deliver innovative solutions that meet clients natively in their workflow
  • Drive evolution of client engagement from legacy ‘product-specific’ goals to a solutions paradigm
  • Report to main partners on market evolution, client requirements and strategies
  • Actively participate with Sales & Marketing Leadership to achieve our goals and realize Defined Revenue & Sales Targets
  • Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of product development from ideation to launch including delivery of roadmaps
  • Supervise product owner’s output, including bug fixes, enhancements, and product migrations
  • Build marketing strategy and engage with the academia community for best feedback and activation
  • Create sales strategy and secure effective go-to-market tactics by liaising with frontline sellers to develop tailor-made client pitches highlighting the value of the news coverage and products
  • Regularly connect with end users about products strategy
  • Support the profitable growth of the business through modernization, stronger and more efficient operations, new business development and partnerships

Requirements

  • Experience in managing businesses including integration of legacy assets
  • Knowledge and relations in the Academia community preferred
  • Ability to manage key stakeholder feedback and expectations
  • Excels in fast-paced, data and tech role with short turnaround deadlines
  • Focused on product modernization, including AI strategies
  • Strong commercial understanding and ability to develop and implement new commercial models with effective go-to-market strategies
  • Ability to manage across a matrix organisation across various teams with different structures
  • Aptitude to developing and nurturing partnerships that support product growth and long-term prospects of the business
  • Strong awareness of profit and loss dynamics and drive to improve the growth and profitability of the business

Benefits

  • tailored benefits and support
  • healthcare
  • retirement planning
  • paid volunteering days
  • wellbeing initiatives

Job title

Senior Manager, Academia Strategy

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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