Vice President Marketing and Product Strategy | Tejari Dubai
Manage the day to day activities of the Marketing and Product Strategy departments.
Accountable for driving the overall corporate product strategy and new product research and development.
Determine global market strategies to achieve aggressive profitable growth goals.
Oversee eMarketing programs to drive primary growth objectives of lead generation and sales conversion rates.
Develop and apply product enhancements to improve profit margins, service delivery and customer experience/satisfaction.
Build liaisons between Sales, Customer Service, and Partner Development departments to determine changing market and service level requirements.
Work with CEO to implement core strategic programs and initiatives to enhance the Tejari global footprint in existing and new markets.
Assess market changes and growths to identify new VAS to enhance Tejari brand value.
Design core product placement/positioning strategy for global markets.
Execute and manage teams against a clear product strategy.
Provide reports on marketplace intelligence including; industry trends, competitive producers and pricing; win/loss research, satisfaction research.
Execute and manage the long-term product development roadmaps for portfolio of offerings.
Engage in peers across the industry to build brand awareness and assess new venture options for the Tejari Product/Service portfolio.
Maintain pricing and product placement programs for portfolio.Report on forecasted product penetration, revenue share, and usage globally for portfolio.
Provide cost to revenue assessments to determine break even analysis for new features, functionalities, or product offerings.
Report regularly to CEO about status of the product portfolio and success of marketing programs.
Manage the hiring, development, and management of department staff.
Build relationships with external development partners and internal teams to ensure smooth interactions and alignment of goals and objectives.i
Skills
Bachelor degree minimum. MBA or advanced degree preferred.
This position requires a minimum of 8 years of management experience including the management of product development, application development projects and / or global marketing programs.
Experience managing external vendor relationships.
Expert organization, communication, and motivational skills.Exceptional presentation skills, at executive levels.
Knowledge and experience developing large projects, strategic initiatives and managing diverse teams is mandatory. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with senior level executives and ability to successfully interact with and influence business partners in the achievement of the products business results e.g., legal, systems, finance and customer service.
Experience managing projects involving database integration with web technologies and/or web interconnectivity projects.
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