Business Development Manager

About us
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The role / Position overview
MandateWire is a market intelligence and data platform acquired by The Financial Times in August 2009, providing asset management firms with intelligence and data on institutional asset owners. Supervising the investment activities of over 28,000 institutional investors globally, MandateWire empowers investment management firms with actionable intelligence, data, and qualified business leads.

As a Business Development Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving revenue growth by selling annual subscriptions to investment management firms and consultants across North America, EMEA, and APAC. Success will be measured against individual and team sales targets, with a mix of face-to-face and online client engagements.

This role offers the opportunity to work within a high-performing sales team, collaborate with key partners across the organization, and contribute to MandateWire’s continued global success.

Key responsibilities
● Revenue Growth: Drive new business sales to exceed agreed personal and team targets.
● Product Demonstrations: Conduct regular sales presentations (online and in-person) to prospective clients at all levels within investment management organizations.
● Account Management: Have ownership of a group of existing clients, managing relationships and ensuring retention and growth of those accounts.
● CRM Management: Maintain up-to-date sales data in the CRM system and deliver accurate sales reports.
● Collaboration: Work closely with the Global Sales Manager and other teams (product, marketing, and editorial), sharing knowledge and feedback to ensure continued growth of the product.
● Industry Presence: Represent MandateWire at industry events, conferences, and trade shows, encouraging new relationships and strengthening brand visibility.

Required skills / experience
● Shown success in B2B sales, including face-to-face and virtual channels.
● Knowledge of the institutional fund management industry.
● Experience in key account management, especially with sophisticated and fast paced clients.
● Outstanding presentation and communication skills, with experience tailoring messaging to diverse audiences.
● Proficiency in using CRM systems and leading sales pipelines effectively.

Desirable:
● Experience conducting research to identify cross-selling opportunities within existing accounts.
● Background in selling to the investment management industry.
● Foreign language proficiency (e.g., French, Spanish, German, or Italian).
● Exposure to collaborative work with marketing, product, and editorial teams.

What’s in it for you? Our benefits
Our benefits vary by location, but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous annual leave, health coverage, 401k and company match, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits are available here.

We’ve embraced a 50% hybrid working model (averaging two to three days onsite) that fosters trust and remote adaptability while encouraging in-person camaraderie and peer learning. Additionally, we are open to accommodating specific flexible working pattern requests for all roles where feasible.

Accessibility
We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email [email protected] and a member of our team will be happy to help.

Further information
A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is $60,000–$65,000 with the potential to make up to $95,000-$100,000 OTE. To ensure pay fairness, the successful candidate will be offered a salary within the estimated salary range based on a number of considerations including but not limited to: skills, experience and training, certifications, and other business and organisational needs. The disclosed range estimate is for our NYC office and has not been adjusted for other locations.

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