Sales Data Automation & Governance Lead

LexisNexis Legal & Professional; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking an Automation & Data Governance Specialist - Sales to streamline sales operations through automation while safeguarding data quality and governance across all systems.

In this role you will collaborate with Sales, IT, Marketing and Compliance to improve efficiency, reporting accuracy, and pipeline visibility, while enforcing data standards and privacy requirements in a global business environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Sales/Revenue Operations or CRM administration.
• Proficient with CRM platforms (Salesforce, Dynamics, HubSpot).
• Knowledge of data governance and data quality management.
• Understanding of privacy regulations (GDPR/POPIA/CCPA).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automated workflows within CRM and related sales systems
• Automate lead routing, opportunity management, and follow-up processes
• Reduce manual data entry through system integrations
• Optimize sales funnel tracking and forecasting processes
• Partner with Sales Leadership to improve pipeline visibility and reporting accuracy
• Establish and maintain data standards, definitions, and naming conventions
• Develop and enforce data validation rules and required fields
• Monitor and improve data quality (deduplication, cleansing, normalization)
• Manage user roles, permissions, and access controls
• Ensure compliance with applicable data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR, POPIA, CCPA)

Skills

Sales Operations

Data governance

Automation design

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Salesforce

Dynamics

HubSpot

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking an Automation & Data Governance Specialist - Sales to streamline sales operations through automation while safeguarding data quality and governance across all systems.

In this role you will collaborate with Sales, IT, Marketing and Compliance to improve efficiency, reporting accuracy, and pipeline visibility, while enforcing data standards and privacy requirements in a global business environment.