Our Commercial team in Asia, is strategically placed in Singapore and Shanghai, to sell world leading media brands in business news, and intelligence in shipping, energy and seafood.

Our market leading publications deliver news and analysis to influential decision makers in the their respective industry via digital platforms, tailored news alerts, daily and weekly newsletters alongside Industry renowned conferences and highly regarded print issues. Our values are insight, integrity, and courage. We believe these to be pillars for our quality journalism, how we work internally and how we interact with customers.

Our International and strategically located commercial team is professional, creative and solutions oriented. We have the insight that it takes to understand our customers’ business challenges and the ingenuity to solve them. With a digital first approach and best in class journalism which is at the core of our operation, we are busy creating brands that are futuristic and will continue to dominate and lead. We have a strong reputation in the market that has been built on the brilliant work we create and the proven results that we deliver for our customers.

As part of our strategy to rocket propel Asian markets, we are seeking to hire a commercial leader to support business development for both subscription sales and marketing solutions, whilst working closely with their global counterparts.

This role will report into the Head of International Sales.

Your strategic role:

• Providing the cohesion between the consumer business and marketing solutions teams based in Asia and taking a leading role in local office management.
• Develop the Asia business strategy alongside sales directors and editors.
• Manage, develop and grow a high performing sales team.
• Develop strategies and execute cross-departmental and cross publication sales.
• Develop a culture of knowledge sharing and team play.
• Foster a culture of sales excellence across all aspects of the sales cycle by instituting a constructive sales approach in large enterprise deals.
• Highly visible commercial ambassador for DN Media and all publications
• Collaborate on DN Media Group publications initiatives and projects.
• Help drive regional marketing initiatives across all channels

Your day-to-day:

• Budget and personnel responsibility for all sales teams across DN Media Group’s English language publications in the Asia region.
• Manage own portfolio of sales accounts
• Strengthen the publications’ market positions and grow new sales, renewals and long-term revenues from corporate customers and partners.
• Define and realize regional corporate sales and customer strategies. Secure alignment with the editorial and target group strategies.
• Forecasting, pipeline management and sales performance management
• Develop a product strategy for new revenue earning initiatives for MS to include events, content marketing and advertising.

Your background:

• A bachelors or masters degree in strategic marketing, communication, business and administration, or similar.
• Significant proven experience in B2B sales management, digital transformation, team development.
• Experience of working in a global environment.
• Excellent command of English
• Strong communication and collaborative skills
• Business development - turning market insights and analysis into clear business opportunities, and get internal stakeholders onboard
• People leadership and coaching 
• Strong understanding of editorial products and the journalistic "mission"
• Build trust 
• Change leadership

We will consider applications even if you do not meet every single one of the above requirements, so do not be put off if you don’t match them perfectly!

We are an equal opportunities employer who wants to attract qualified applicants regardless to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity!

DN Media Group, owner of Norwegian financial daily Dagens Naeringsliv and a portfolio of other specialist titles with a global reach. We pride ourselves on high standards of independent journalism and have an ambitious growth strategy. But don't take our word for it, take a look around our career pages and website to find out more about DN Media Group, its publications, and the team.

And for what is on offer for you as a new colleague take a look at the People & Culture department at career pages.

Please note that for the security of our customers and our employees, we always conduct an ID and right to work check as part of the recruitment process.