VP of Sales - Data Management - Banking & Capital Markets

Job Description

Our client is seeking to hire a New Business Sales professional responsible for driving sales and revenue growth to join our team! This role will help expand our footprint for existing clients in the Banking & Capital Markets (BCM) sector within Data and Technology domain.

Leveraging your industry knowledge and sales expertise, you will identify business opportunities, develop strategic relationships, and deliver tailored solutions to meet the unique needs of BCM industry companies in North America.

This role is responsible for cultivating our client's presence in the market and growing business development opportunities with existing clients with whom the company has not had previous significant contact in the Data and Technology buying centers

The successful candidate must have specific experience as an individual contributor selling Data & Technology services into the North America region focusing on Banking and Cap Market clients.

***This is an individual contributor role with high visibility in the organization***

Responsibilities

• Have Big-deal experience – the ideal candidate will have proven experience in closing deals with ACV > $2M and TCV > $ 10M selling Data/ tech services to Banking and Capital Market clients.
• Be responsible for New Logo hunting and Data/ technology penetration in existing logos. This would involve lead generation/ Deal origination & support in sales cycle driving closure (signed contract) and successful handover to the Account Manager.
• Bring an understanding of the North America BCM Data/ Tech sector marketplace and competitor offerings to drive the company's growth strategy and investments.
• Work closely with Industry Business Unit leads to work on targeted account strategies, agree on target logos, and pursue to deliver high value and growth.
• Build a predictable pipeline of new business to generate repeatable and profitable revenues across the various Business Units
• Execute go-to market plans via targeted campaigns and other sales channels including advisors, influencers, conference attendance, industry events, etc.
• Can effectively identify and translate client needs into the company service offerings. Develop an understanding of customers' business needs, matching them with the company's capabilities, and developing winning proposals for the company.
• Be a key intermediary between the service delivery team and the customer.

Qualifications

The person hired for this role must have solid current experience as an individual contributor selling multi-year / multi - million-dollar Tech Services & Advisory engagements into Large Banking and Cap Market clients.

• 10+ years as an individual contributor selling new business for a Product / Technology Services/ Top 10 Advisory Consulting firm with last few recent years focused on selling into large Banking and Cap Market clients
• Astute at identifying and qualifying leads, be able to develop strong relationships at potential client organizations and have the proven ability to convert these relationships into commercial engagements in situations where little to no previous relationship existed.
• Effectively and proactively managed client's expectations, built deep client partnerships,
• Broad functional knowledge within the North American Tech & Consulting sector and able to connect with a variety of executive level stakeholders in BCM and identify their specific pain-points.
• Strong sales process and operations skills (pipeline management, forecasting, budgeting, etc.)
• Strategically minded and able to create a consultative and solution-minded sales environment.
• High-energy style who is motivated by winning.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural global environment.