VP, Sales & Marketing, Greater Chicago Region

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Job Summary

Comcast is seeking an inspirational and high-performing Regional Vice President to lead marketing strategy and sales channel development for its Greater Chicago Region to drive profitable subscriber and revenue growth. The VP will be directly responsible for managing local marketing and sales channel strategy and tactics in alignment and coordination with division and corporate-led product strategy, marketing strategy and complimentary sales channels. Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region is based in Schaumburg, IL and serves millions of residential and business-class customers in Illinois and parts of Indiana and Michigan.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities:

• Partner with region, division and corporate counterparts on the development, coordination and implementation of marketing and sales plans and strategies to achieve subscriber and revenue growth goals.

• Collaborate with divisional counterparts to provide input and feedback on the development of product, marketing, and sales strategies.

• Closely track local competitor product, marketing, and sales strategies. Identify threats and opportunities and develop plans to retain and grow market share.

• Coordinate closely with supporting regional functions, including market development, finance, fulfillment, construction, and engineering, to ensure alignment of focus and resources to achieve regional growth, revenue, and profitability objectives.

• Directly responsible to develop and execute sales strategies for locally controlled sales channels: company-owned stores/service centers, and third-party retail.

• Develop strategies for improving sales channel effectiveness and efficiencies and ensure that sales efforts maximize return on assets while achieving strategic goals.

• Work closely with HR, Talent Acquisition and ULearn to hire, train, develop and retain necessary personnel to achieve business goals.

• Analyze subscriber activity to understand drivers of growth and customer churn, improve forecasting of future growth, and develop strategies to address areas of weakness or opportunity.

• Create and execute business strategies to identify new residential developments and market share expansion opportunities. Coordinate with other functional departments, including finance, engineering, business services, and market development to analyze and forecast return on investment potential.

• Responsible for the annual regional operating budget for Sales and Marketing, consisting of the development of spending and investment plans, evaluation of actual spending against budget and forecast, evaluation of marketing and sales tactic effectiveness, and adjusting regional strategic plans as needed.

• Be a talent magnet! Acquire and cultivate talent in all levels of the sales and marketing organization.

Key Skills for Success:

• Strong leadership and collaboration skills.

• Strong forecasting and data analytic skills (sales, customers, or similar).

• Ability to lead a large organization in a dynamic, competitive environment.

• Passionate with a winning attitude in a highly competitive environment.

• Strong combination of multiple sales channel/marketing focuses with demonstrated success in grassroots marketing, events sponsorship, and community outreach.

• Ability to formulate and communicate broad strategic objectives as well as define and execute on small tactical details necessary for success.

• Self-starter who leads by example and personal involvement.

• Builds strong teams and develops individual talent for future success.

• Skillful networker who can work effectively with all levels of the organization and peer-functional departments.

• Strong people leader with the ability to effect cultural change through coaching, mentoring and motivation.

Professional Experience & Qualifications:

• Marketing and selling experience in a highly competitive environment, and the creative ability to find ways to compete.

• Experience managing multiple functions.

• P&L experience.

• Service industry and operations management experience from telecommunications or cable industries.

• Financial and business acumen with proven track record of delivering business results.

• Must live, or be willing to relocate, to the Greater Chicago Region footprint and be in-office four days per week.

• Occasional travel.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.

• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.

• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users, and advocates of our game-changing technology, products, and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.

• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.

• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.

• Drive results and growth.

• Respect and promote inclusion.

• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors, and our communities.

Education Level:

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred. While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast may also consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Years of Experience:

• 15 Years +

Disclaimer:

• Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBTQ+ employer.

• The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.

Skills

Channels Strategy, Collaboration, Communication, Marketing Strategies, Sales Forecasting, Strategy Development, Team Leadership

Compensation

Primary Location Pay Range: $280,064.40 - $420,096.60

Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work.    Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus.  Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees.  We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most.  That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relevant Work Experience

15 Years +

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.