Head of Canada

About the Role

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In this opportunity as Head of Canada, you will be:

Achieving sales, revenue, book of business and customer retention results against plan

Improving customer net promoter score (NPS) and experience

Partnering with segment leaders to set strategic priorities, goals and targets for each sub-segment in Canada

Providing thought leadership in overall product offerings, pricing and customer prospecting in partnership with Commercial Excellence, Marketing and Product Marketing

Ensuring strong talent attraction, retention and engagement across the region

Work closely with global segment leads and partners to set strategic priorities and establish goals and targets for each sub-segment

Achieve annual gross sales, retention, net sales/book of business and revenue targets in the Canada region

Manage expenses to achieve annual EBITDA and OI targets

Identify, prioritize and execute on growth opportunities across all segments in Canada

Prepare and implement business plans for Canada to support profitable growth targets

Develop and deploy global and local propositions for customers across each segment in the region

Directly oversee Sales and Segment teams in the achievement of segment and Canadian goals

Partner with global Marketing leads and teams to plan and execute on segment-specific campaigns in support of sales

Partner with the Customer Success team to drive customer engagement and improved customer experience

Regular engagement with key customers

Work closely with cross-functional Canadian leadership group to: Build and nurture a diverse, collaborative, high performing and engaged talent

Develop and deploy commercial and sales policies that optimize customer acquisition and profitable growth

Propose and or support local/global acquisitions

Drive an innovation, simplification, agile, digital mindset across Canada

Build and maintain highly collaborative and mutually supportive relationships with colleagues across TR and all segments, operations and corporate functions

Delivery of target financial and strategy objectives for the sub-segment and for other sub-segments with overlapping products ( gross sales [PY growth])

Continuous, measurable improvement in end-to-end distinctive customer experience and service across channels ( customer satisfaction [NPS], churn and retention)

Growth through cross-sell/up-sell, net new customer acquisitions, and product innovation ( E/R ratio, client acquisition)

Successful new products / launched / feature enhancements in priority segments

Ensure right roles and talent in place for success. Build a high performing, engaged workforce

Annual improvements in organizational effectiveness (client-centricity, customer approach, rapid decision making)

About You
You're a fit for the role of Head of Canada if your background includes:

The ideal candidate hails from a SaaS, technology or similar company background and has prior experience as a GM running a customer market and leading a significant sales team

They have 15+ years of experience, with 5-10 years’ experience in customer journey (including digital customer journey, B2B digital is preferred) and direct client management

They have had experience with managing revenue of $100 - 200M

Additionally, they will possess the desire and potential to grow into other roles at Thomson Reuters

Able to influence and work cross functionally to achieve deliverables

Skilled at conflict resolution and problem-solving to achieve win-win outcomes; outstanding end-customer relationship skills

Strong collaboration, teamwork and relationship building skills across multiple levels and functions in the organization

Broad cross-functional experience in managing a range of teams with technical, product, and customer market operation expertise with significant customer exposure

Agile; able to deal with high levels of ambiguity; embraces change

What's in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

Hybrid Work Model : We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
Wellbeing : Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
Social Impact : Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
Purpose Driven Work : We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

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Accessibility 

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

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