Associate - Government Defence & National Security, Europe

Associate - Government Defence & National Security, Europe

Full-Time 50000 - 70000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
S&P Global Inc.

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Drive new business sales for innovative economic and supply chain products.
  • Company: Join a leading analytics organisation shaping financial insights.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, diverse workplace, and opportunities for growth.
  • Other info: Dynamic role with travel opportunities and a supportive team culture.
  • Why this job: Make an impact in the finance sector while developing your sales skills.
  • Qualifications: Sales experience with a focus on financial institutions and strong relationship-building skills.

The predicted salary is between 50000 - 70000 £ per year.

Global Insight (GI) is a data driven analytics organization that helps financial institutions understand macro economic trends, country risk, and regulatory exposure to support investment conviction and portfolio allocation. This position is a sales role focused on driving new business of GI's Economics and Supply Chain product portfolio to European and UK financial institutions.

Key Products

  • Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
  • World Economic Service (WES)
  • Comparative Industry Service
  • Global Trade Analytics Suite (GTAS)
  • Bill of Lading Data (Panjiva & PIERS)
  • Maritime Data (AIS Vessel Tracking)

Responsibilities

  • Meet and exceed new business sales targets for subscriptions and consultancy sales on a monthly and annual basis.
  • Accurately forecast committed and best case deals monthly and maintain a quarterly pipeline.
  • Generate outbound pipeline through outbound activity targets and cold outreach to existing customers and new logos.
  • Leverage internal and external resources to understand product suite, customer pain points, and personas for superior enterprise and transactional level selling.
  • Demonstrate progress in MEDDPICC qualification checks for enterprise size deals and achieve exit gates in key deals.
  • Achieve synergy or cross sell targets set by the broader organization and provide key stakeholder access to senior leadership when required.
  • Travel throughout the region to meet with customers and prospects as needed.

Qualifications

  • Proven ability to generate outbound pipeline from both existing customer relationships and new logos.
  • Deep understanding of the financial vertical, key personas, and ability to build a sales plan that highlights white space strategy.
  • Experience selling at both transactional and enterprise levels with ticket sizes ranging from $50k to $500k.
  • Strong discovery skills to uncover challenges across multiple user personas and build multiple champions at director and C level.
  • Ability to deliver professional proposals and ROI messaging that capture customer pain points.
  • High energy, curiosity, and persistence in learning and improving sales execution.

Equal Opportunity Employer S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.

S&P Global Inc.

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We think you need these skills to ace Associate - Government Defence & National Security, Europe

Sales Strategy Development
Outbound Sales Generation
Customer Relationship Management
Financial Sector Knowledge
Proposal Development
ROI Messaging
Discovery Skills