Sales Specialist

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Frankfurt, Hessen
Entry level
Digital Media • Fintech • Information Technology
The Role
The Sales Specialist will manage the complete solutions sales cycle for Dow Jones Risk and Compliance products, grow revenue through new client acquisition and existing client upselling, and engage with industry experts and regulators.
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Job Description:Location - Frankfurt/Berlin

Based in Frankfurt/Berlin, with extensive travel across the region and reporting into the Global Head of Sales, Risk & Compliance you will manage the complete solutions sales cycle for Dow Jones Risk and Compliance suite or products and services.

You will build new business revenue through any combination of the following activities:

You Will:

  • Grow revenue for the R&C business across the region through new clients and by cross-selling/upselling existing ones.
  • Participate in the sales process
  • Engage with regulators and other experts across the region
  • Speak at industry events
  • Educate the sales teams about the Risk & Compliance market dynamics, and competition and develop positioning and knowledge for the success
  • Work with the sales teams to create and implement territory business plans to identify growth opportunities and retain business.
  • Contribute to or lead the writing of any proposal, statement of work or technical document relating to the products
  • Participate in and lead the negotiation of terms, conditions, or prices leading to the closure of the contract
  • Work with sales to prospect into organisations that could gain value from the Dow Jones Risk & Compliance solutions

You Have:

  • Fluency in English and German.
  • Experience selling information and compliance tools to senior business decision-makers.
  • Drive new business opportunities within new prospects, and the ability to upsell to existing Dow Jones customers within a team selling environment.
  • Ability to utilise influencing strategies to gain agreement or commitment to proposed solutions to help improve the sales process to the next level.
  • This role requires extensive overseas travel to develop sales opportunities and support existing clients

About us

Dow Jones Risk & Compliance is a specialist team within the wider Dow Jones organisation. We employ over 400 staff around the world that solely focuses on the development and ongoing management of content-based solutions, monitoring technology and research services designed to help our global customers meet exacting customer, payments, sourcing and trade finance screening requirements.

Over 4,500 clients globally – both in the financial, corporate and governmental areas – are relying on our services for their anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing and third-party risk management programmes globally.

As part of our investment plan, we are looking for a business development professional to partner with the Risk & Compliance Sales, Product and Marketing teams globally and the wider Dow Jones Sales team.

Our Benefits

  • Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
  • Paid Time Off
  • Retirement Plans
  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
  • Education Benefits
  • Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Family Care Benefits
  • Commuter Transit Program
  • Subscription Discounts
  • Employee Referral Program

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets .

Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, please reach out to us at [email protected]. Please put 'Reasonable Accommodation' in the subject line.

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Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Business Intelligence

Job Category:

Sales

Union Status:

Non-Union role

The Company
HQ: New York, NY
4,898 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1882

What We Do

When you join Dow Jones, you become part of the most dynamic, creative and savvy news and information companies in the world. As a global leader in news and business intelligence, we're newswires, websites, newspapers, apps, newsletters, databases, magazines, and video --including some of the widest-read and most-respected brands, like The Wall Street Journal, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource.

Our products inform the discussions and decisions that are vital to the world's commerce, while our databases make the business world more transparent. We continually develop technology to transform information into insight and prosperity. We enlighten and inspire audiences around the globe with authoritative, differentiated and trusted content.

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