Industry Marketing Fellow - Retail

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About the Role:

As a retail fellow your responsibilities will be as follows.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop long term 3-5 year Retail strategy in partnership with senior leadership and external strategy partners

• Broaden retail focused partnership network reach and make recommendations on additional partners needed to either create and/or deepen relationships

• Be a strategic advisor to global senior leaders inside and outside the organization by providing thought-provoking content and novel solutions that solve complex issues affecting the professionals in retail.

• Leads special Retail projects with a company-wide footprint that serve internal and external customers and impact the future success of the business.

• Work closely with the product team to further policy initiatives that will accelerate go-to-market strategies for new products

• Actively identify policy development opportunities to promote UKG's products

• Leads formal network of distinguished experts that aim to promote strategic and practical application across the retail vertical.

• Educate internal stakeholders/teams on retail initiatives and strategy

• Serve as a critical thought leader for UKG on developments in the WFM and HCM space within the Retail vertical

• Create a library of original thought leadership content (blogs / white papers) that can be leveraged to communicate UKG's brand value proposition to internal and external stakeholders

• Pioneers new methods and proactively identifies and solves the most complex issues of the employer-employee dynamic.

• Represent UKG at industry association and key influencer events (ex. SHRM)

• Become a media spokesperson working directly with the Corporate Communications team to widen our presence in Retail

• Participate in regular briefings with industry influencers to keep them apprised of UKG strategy

• Represent UKG at industry association and key influencer events

• Provide expertise to associations through work groups, committees and taskforces

• Account Development - Enable sales to grow retail revenue through a variety of strategies and tactics designed to progress through the sales funnel

• Participate in client pitches and support RFP / shortlist content development

• Help incorporate important policy objectives in client presentations

• Offer advice and strategic direction to current retail team member(s)

• Connect with existing customers to learn stories and create advocacy opportunities through various marketing outlets

• Support Retail Industry Marketing on new messaging and speaking engagements

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher plus 15+ years of experience focused on influencing/advising or building a business case with executive stakeholders for HCM technology investments in the Retail industry.

• Capable of thriving in highly collaborative and cross functional settings. Sometimes taking the lead, sometimes following a leader

• Develop long term 3-5-year Retail strategy in partnership with senior leadership and external strategy partners

• Ability to influence others and development meaningful connections with senior leaders in Retail industry

• A creative and visionary mindset to help drive business growth

Preferred Qualifications:

• A passion for Retail industries and the workforce

• Excellent political and business judgment

• Strong reputation for ethical conduct and unquestionable integrity

• Team player capable of performing independently

• Strategic thinker with demonstrated skills to swiftly execute

• Demonstrated success in aligning with business needs with compelling HCM solutions

• The ability to understand how software can generate ROI for our customers

• The ability to understand how product features address industry challenges

• Influences internal/ external business and/or regulatory issues; makes decisions that have significant impact on UKG and/or the UKG's existing customers and prospective customers.

Where we're going

UKG is on the cusp of something truly special. Worldwide, we already hold the #1 market share position for workforce management and the #2 position for human capital management. Tens of millions of frontline workers start and end their days with our software, with billions of shifts managed annually through UKG solutions today. Yet it's our AI-powered product portfolio designed to support customers of all sizes, industries, and geographies that will propel us into an even brighter tomorrow!

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Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process

For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email [email protected].

The pay range for this position is $179,800 to $258,500, however, base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location. This position is also eligible for a short-term incentive and a long-term incentive as part of total compensation. Information about UKG's comprehensive benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at https://https://www.ukg.com/careers