Sales Account Development
Pubblicato il 24-10-2026 - Nielseniq in Italia
- Compensation: EUR 30,700 - EUR 43,750 - yearly
Job Description
Nielsen’s Sales team is focused on growing revenue, finding new business opportunities and market penetration. Sales is NielsenIQ’s growth engine which is instrumental for the company’s success.
You will drive the overall sales, enlarging NielsenIQ’s portfolio penetration on new and existing customers ; you will drive growth securing a sustainable sales pipeline developing new revenue opportunities and unlocking new budget holders.
In your role, you would:
Drive strategic whitespace identification and win-back initiatives to accelerate growth and unlock untapped revenue opportunities.
Define and execute business development strategies to acquire new customers and expand existing accounts, building a sustainable pipeline of long-term revenue opportunities while maintaining forecasting accuracy and strengthening C-level relationships.
Develop a deep understanding of target industries, markets, and business ecosystems to anticipate customer needs and position value-led solutions proactively.
Expand and influence the customer network strategically, engaging new budget holders and key decision-makers to unlock incremental growth opportunities.
Lead, coach, and inspire business development teams, fostering a high-performance culture, enhancing commercial capabilities, and accelerating talent development.
Secure client retention through successful renewals while driving cross-sell and upsell opportunities that deepen client partnerships and expand revenue streams.
Identify emerging market and product opportunities, shaping innovation priorities and guiding the organization to address capability gaps and evolving customer needs.
Throughout your tenure,
you will demonstrate the following competencies:
Influence and Stakeholder Management: Effectively shape decisions and gain commitment by building credibility, aligning stakeholders around a common vision, and driving action toward desired outcomes.
Drive for Results: Demonstrate a strong commitment to ambitious goals, consistently raising performance standards, pursuing excellence, and delivering sustained business impact.
Resilience and Adaptability: Maintain focus, confidence, and effectiveness in challenging situations, recovering quickly from setbacks and navigating pressure, uncertainty, and change with a positive mindset.
Strategic Negotiation: Balance diverse interests, identify mutual value, and achieve outcomes that strengthen partnerships while advancing business objectives.
Relationship Management: Build and nurture long-term, trust-based relationships with customers and stakeholders, creating value through collaboration and a deep understanding of their priorities.
Proactive Leadership: Take ownership, anticipate challenges and opportunities, and initiate actions that drive innovation, continuous improvement, and business growth beyond immediate responsibilities.
Business Curiosity and Insight Generation: Seek a deep understanding of markets, customers,
and emerging trends through rigorous inquiry, analysis, and exploration, transforming information into actionable opportunities.
Active Listening and Customer Focus: Foster meaningful dialogue by fully understanding customer perspectives, demonstrating genuine interest, and translating insights into relevant and impactful solutions.
The values inspiring NIQ culture are the following:
Driven to win: Be passionate about being the best at what we do. Be bold and take great pride in our capabilities. Overcome obstacles with tenacity, resilience, and optimism. Dare to be your best and help others do the same.
Client obsessed: Put clients’ success at the center of strategy and decision-making. Be empathethic - put yourself in your clients’ shoes. Use market expertise to anticipate, innovate, and differentiate solutions. Act with urgency. Exceed client expectations
Accountable for results: Own, solve & deliver as one team. Collaborate earnestly and break down silos. Do what you say you are going to do. Turn ideas into plans and get results
Committed to integrity: Create a culture that makes you proud. Treat all people with dignity. Communicate courageously and honestly and stand up for what is right - say what needs to be said
Fast to adapt: Make change our competitive advantage. Be curious, agile and flexible - challenge assumptions. Embrace change and leverage AI to reimagine, automate and optimize work. Upskill continuously and share what you learn to move fast and stay ahead
About you
You are a high-performing deal maker with a growth mindset of revenue targets. You know how to build solid strategies to unlock new business opportunities and persevere.
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