Vice President, Agency Partnerships

The Vice President, Agency Partnerships will lead a team of national advertising sellers on creative strategic plans for Omnicom, a global leader in marketing communications, brand and advertising services. This leader will manage an experienced sales team that drives advertising revenue across the entire NBCU portfolio. Responsibilities: Client Relationships Lead and partner closely with a major advertising agency and its clients to uncover insights and create solutions for multi-million-dollar growth. Operate as a thought leader for the Ad Sales Partnerships team and own the regional annual sales targets for assigned brands. Strengthen and develop integrated packages and programs for a major holding company. Represent the entire NBCU Portfolio in key relationships and deals. Negotiation Negotiate complex deals with executive management that affect advertising sales regional performance; pursue and close challenging and strategic accounts. Develop and execute sales strategy across all platforms to maximize revenue. Manage and execute deal decisions for assigned brands. Leadership Oversee team of Account Directors and partner with Account Services and Planning to provide leadership to sales support staff. Evaluate Ad Sales performance programs to ensure desired outcomes. Partner with internal stakeholders to align on priority initiatives and go to market. Operate as a thought leader for the Ad Sales Strategy team. Actively contribute to strategic discussions and decision making for upfront and scatter marketplace. Promote a highly collaborative, innovative data-driven culture that challenges norms with a bias to action and speed; support diversity of thought, experience and approaches to solve issues. Ensure transparency, collaboration, and communication with senior leadership and stakeholders – advocate and champion strategy, team and process. Be an inspirational leader for best-in-class strategy talent in an innovative, fast-moving environment. Communication Proven executive presence with outstanding verbal and written skills, strategic capabilities, effective collaborator and superior influencing skills. Influential leadership, strong motivator and ability to manage through change. Successful history leading and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Internally, serve as Brand Leader on assigned brand(s) and develop tools and messaging to all internal parties. Represent NBCU Ad Sales business community and manage relationships with various constituents. Partner and collaborate internally with other departments including Planning and Monetization, Marketing, Insights & Measurement, Client Partnerships and Strategy.