General Manager

Leading global information provider seeks a General Manager with full P&L responsibility for one of its largest business units, as well as oversight of all product management, talent, and related operations associated with the business unit.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic and tactical planning and execution for the global higher education market, including analyzing feasibility and business options as part of market planning reviews.
• Develop market business strategy, opportunity assessments, and annual financial targets that fully realize the goals and objectives of the strategic plan.
• Recognize and communicate an understanding of market issues, directions, and trends, and assess their impact on business strategy.
• Proactively manage team talent and pipeline at all levels.
• Represent market through direct contact with customers, partners, and affiliates; maintain relationships with key accounts and strategic partners.
• Drive product development as it relates to overall market-by-market strategies and design and implement sales and marketing plans.
• Define business requirements/application development for products/services as well as go-to-market strategies.
• Establish and manage strategy and work with product development organization to execute on practical applications and tools that maintain and extend market position.

Qualifications:

• Proven leadership skills and a creative, entrepreneurial business perspective.
• At least 10 years of successful related experience in senior-level general departmental management or product management activities in a data-intensive organization.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• The ability to travel at least 50 percent.
• Publishing industry experience is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree; MBA or other Master’s level education preferred.

Scott Lubeck

Executive Vice President / President, Executive Consulting Services

slubeck@bertdavis.com