[Hiring] Client Sales & Insights Director @Circana Careers

Role Description

You’ll partner with clients to align Circana’s data, analytics, and media solutions to their business goals, delivering actionable insights that drive measurable outcomes. In this role, you’ll lead the end-to-end sales process, serve as a trusted advisor and primary client contact, and build strong, strategic relationships across key stakeholders. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally to deliver integrated solutions, leverage proprietary platforms to enhance client engagement, and use advanced analytics to translate complex data into clear recommendations—while driving revenue growth, ensuring client success, and contributing to ongoing innovation.

Job Responsibilities

• Drive Client Growth: Identify and pursue opportunities to expand client relationships by aligning Circana’s data and software solutions with their strategic goals.
• Deliver Insight-Led Solutions: Translate complex data into actionable insights that help clients make informed decisions and achieve measurable outcomes.
• Manage the Sales Cycle: Lead end-to-end sales processes including prospecting, needs assessment, solution development, negotiation, and closing.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with internal teams (e.g., Client Insights, Product, and Analytics) to deliver integrated solutions and ensure client success.
• Maintain Industry Expertise: Stay current on trends in CPG with a focus on beauty to position Circana as a thought leader and trusted advisor.
• Build Strategic Relationships: Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across client organizations, including decision-makers and influencers.
• Utilize Sales Tools and Platforms: Leverage Circana’s proprietary platforms (e.g., Unify+, Liquid Data, Intelligence Suite) to support client engagements and solution delivery.
• Achieve Revenue Targets: Meet or exceed individual and team sales goals through disciplined pipeline management and strategic account planning.
• Champion Client Success: Ensure client satisfaction by proactively addressing challenges, identifying growth opportunities, and delivering consistent value.
• Support Innovation and Feedback: Provide market feedback to internal teams to help refine offerings and contribute to product development.
• Advanced Analytic Skills: Demonstrated ability to conceive, manage, and deliver fact-based analyses, with a focus on consumer solutions, providing clients with clear, actionable insights to inform strategy.
• Be Face of Circana Media to Clients: Candidate will be the go-to contact for clients. They will ultimately be responsible for managing the media business relationship.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4-5 years in Media (CPG Brand and/or Agency and/or Data/Marketing Technology company) in client-facing focused roles with an understanding of CPG performance marketing.
• Strong sales skills inclusive of disciplined pipeline management; experience or capacity to call, own and deliver against a number; business plan/client penetration development and execution; strong influencing skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously and prioritizing activities based on levels of sales opportunities.
• Experience developing strategies to expand services and penetrate client organizations based on gaining knowledge of client pain points and anticipating potential emerging business issues.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate internally.

Requirements

• Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions.
• Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action.
• Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices.
• Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers.
• Be a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for continuous improvement.
• Champion Inclusivity: Fostering trust in relationships engaging with empathy, respect, and integrity.
• Commit to each other: Contributing to making Circana a great place to work for everyone.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.