Business Strategy - Senior Manager

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• Collaborate with core sales leaders to identify, shape, and accelerate large, strategic opportunities, ensuring early-stage deals are matured and qualified 'win-ready' to pursuit leaders.
• Manage an early-stage GIS pipeline of approximately $250m, with accountability for progressing $100m TCV of qualified opportunities annually into formal pursuit.
• Drive proactive sourcing and development of large deals through close partnership with core sales, GIS leadership, marketing, partners, and global advisor networks to expand the large deal pipeline.
• Lead structured opportunity qualification to ensure alignment with GIS strategy, solution capabilities, and client priorities.
• Support and strengthen engagement with global sourcing advisors to drive visibility, influence sourcing outcomes, and create new large-deal opportunities aligned to GIS growth priorities.
• Provide actionable market, client, and competitive insights to inform deal strategy and targeting, enhancing the quality and velocity of large deal origination.
• Maintain accurate pipeline management and provide timely, data-driven reporting to GIS and Sales leadership to inform investment, resourcing, and strategic planning decisions.

• Bachelor's degree or six or more years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in business development and sales of large multi-tower solutions at the level of $25M TCV and above.
• Strong communications skills with some Marketing experience.
• Experience coaching sales teams on best practices and strategic selling.
• Ability to create a position of advantage for Verizon Business through ecosystem relationships.
• Willingness to travel.

• A degree in business or Master's degree or MBA or advanced degree.
• Proven track record of increasing deal flow and new opportunities through customer and ecosystem relationships.
• Experience working in a tier-1 management consulting or sourcing advisory organization.
• Experience coaching senior leadership and experts on external advisor engagement.

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, stock incentive programs, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we've got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.