Buffkin/ Baker Recruits Chief Revenue Officer for Alliant
March 15, 2021 – Top-drawer chief revenue officers are commonly found at start-ups and smaller businesses and tend to the bottom line while the rest of the C-level team expand key partnerships, look for growth opportunities or source funding. That is changing, however, as larger businesses now view the CRO post as an essential, long-term role. Executive recruitment firm Buffkin / Baker has been selected to assist in the search for a new chief revenue officer for independent data cooperative Alliant. The search firm is seeking a dynamic sales leader and innovator in the data as a service (DaaS) arena as the company drives continued growth through multi-channel consumer marketing solutions. Candidate must be experienced executive with a proved track record of leading and developing high-performing sales and sales operations teams, said the search firm. They must also have hands-on experience selling consumer data solutions direct to mid-level to enterprise brands, understanding how data can impact direct and digital marketing initiatives.
The chief revenue officer will play a critical strategic and tactical role serving as a member of the senior leadership team and reporting directly to the CEO, said Buffkin/ Baker. Key responsibilities will be to provide strategic leadership for revenue growth, empowerment of individual team members, ensuring operational excellence and client satisfaction, and participation in business and product development. This position is based in Alliant’s northern Westchester County headquarters in Brewster, NY. The role requires extensive interaction with both internal and external customers, prospects, and strategic partners. The position requires 30 percent travel, both locally and nationally.
Requirements
Buffkin/ Baker said that candidates must have 10-plus years of sales and sales management in a data-driven marketing or technical/analytic environment, ideally within marketing services organizations. They should have expansive experience in successfully selling consumer data to marketers and a strong record of meeting and exceeding revenue goals and client expectations. In addition, candidate must have strong quantitative/analytical skills, a deep understanding of traditional and modern analytics processes and their impact in the marketing community, defining strategies for utilizing analytics and data to drive marketing results. They should also have the ability to generate lucid business analyses of strategic marketing investments and communicate benefits and value propositions to marketing executives. Also critical is depth of understanding of P&L metrics for marketing campaign projects as well as outstanding communication, writing and presentation skills.
Alliant is an independent data cooperative delivering audiences, data enrichment and predictive modeling solutions that optimize marketing profitability across channels. The company’s DataHub is a member-driven collaborative community, transforming billions of consumer purchase transactions into a powerful, second party data asset designed for analytics.
A Specialty Boutique Firm
Buffkin / Baker is a specialty boutique search firm composed of industry leaders in their respective fields and each has over a decade of retained search experience. Their focus as search professionals is to recruit leaders in digital marketing/advertising, technology, healthcare, media/entertainment, finance, higher education and non-profit. The firm serves public, private, venture and private equity-backed companies. Its office locations include Nashville, New York, Washington, D.C. and Winston Salem, NC with affiliate offices in London.
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Buffkin / Baker is a member of Panorama Search, an international federation of retained firms with 18 firms and over 30 offices globally. Buffkin / Baker formed in 2017 with the merger of the Buffkin Group and Baker and Associates LLC.
Mr. Das, based in New York City, focuses on senior-level executive and board talent placements in digital, marketing and technology roles. In his role, He brings over 22 years of experience and relationships advising organizations at corporate, investment banking, and entrepreneurial levels. Previously Mr. Das was founder and CEO at POM Partners, a global digital media incubation and acceleration firm, in addition to other positions.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief; Dale M. Zupsansky, Managing Editor; and Stephen Sawicki, Managing Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
