About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

12

The Role: Associate Director, Client Coverage Redistribution Licensing Team

The Team: The Americas Client Coverage team is responsible for the licensing of index data and intellectual property for S&P Dow Jones Indices. This involves establishing and building strong relationships with clients, prospecting for new index customers, and managing and expanding the commercial footprint of S&P Dow Jones Indices within their prescribed territory. S&P DJI maintains relationships with investment banks, asset managers, ETF issuers, market data consumers and redistributors, insurance companies, proprietary trading firms, exchanges, and other key market participants who rely upon our world-renowned indices, research, and commentary.

The Impact: The Associate Director in Client Coverage serves as a data vendor advocate, offering support and fostering collaboration across all S&P Dow Jones Indices products and services and across global teams. As a key member of the team, the Associate Director is responsible for managing and expanding relationships with some of the world’s most important data redistributors and supporting revenue growth and business retention by aligning SPDJI’s world-class index data with client strategies and evolving market needs.

What’s in it for you:

• Be part of a goals-driven, innovative, and growing firm with a well-established brand and compelling intellectual property and data. Your new business goals and the pace of our business will stretch you and foster your career growth and development.
• Receive training in all of our systems, capabilities, and processes to enable your full success as a sales professional. Work with and learn from colleagues who are experts in sales activities, product management, channel management, and legal teams.
• Build strong and lasting relationships with market data industry leaders while partnering with our product management and sales specialists’ teams to work with creative clients.
• Capture and communicate “voice of the customer” for data redistribution use-cases to balance client needs with the value of S&P Dow Jones’ data. Act as a redistribution licensing subject matter expert for internal stakeholders to foster greater understanding of the unique benefits and needs of redistribution partners.
• Learn new products and be at the cutting edge of product innovation in index-based benchmarking and investments during a golden age of how indexing works.
• Win in Core / Beta, Factors and Thematics, Multi-Asset Indexing, and Sustainability.
• Develop advanced skills in partnership development and intellectual property deal structuring and negotiation.

Responsibilities:

• Create and implement a business plan for clients in your area to gain knowledge of, describe, and distinguish our index data packages.  Understand the requirements of redistribution partners and discover all ways they intend to use our data.
• Develop and increase the S&P DJI commercial footprint with existing data vendor client relationships and prospect/convert for new licensees by extending the reach of S&P DJI data through vendor partners.
• Negotiate the licenses of new data redistribution opportunities.
• Manage complex contract negotiation and execution; develop usage rights and appropriate commercial terms and protections; collaborate with internal stakeholders (legal, product management, research, etc.) to protect our strong brand; have tenacity and willingness to adhere to underlying SPDJI commercial redistribution structure while finding ways to accommodate unique client needs, delivering value to both the company and our clients.
• Identify, evaluate, and prosecute unlicensed data usage.
• Provide focused and excellent service to the global client coverage team by applying the redistribution licensing framework to meet client requirements. Use our CRM system expertly and promptly to maintain opportunity pipelines, the details of meetings and other sales activities, and voice of the customer.
• Work effectively and seek to share goals and success with colleagues who are specialists (fixed income, sustainability, models, and direct indexing) to provide insights to clients and better serve and support their needs.
• Travel as necessary to meet with clients and represent S&P Dow Jones at industry events.
• Periodically brief leadership on licensing activity and competitive landscape in market data redistribution space.
• Develop the sales skills and the client-facing experience of junior members of our team and our Inside Sales team.

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or certification holders considered favorably.
• Proven track record establishing and building relationships. 5-10 years’ experience in commercial roles in financial services demonstrating drive, grit, integrity, teamwork, and a strong will to win.
• Successful in long cycle and abstract/conceptual sales, complex contract negotiation & intellectual property sales. Yet knows when and how to shift to a hands-on, proactive approach to achieving nearer-term revenue results.
• Proven leader in applying product knowledge, product design, and industry input to increase and differentiate our index licensing.
• Demonstrates results-oriented behaviors and actions related to agility, accountability, commitment, grit, and customer focus.
• Team player able to bring together all S&P Dow Jones Indices’ resources in Product Management, Marketing, Channel, and Sales Specialist team to address client problems and opportunities. Specifically able to understand data redistribution use-cases and bring in our legal and sales specialist experience to collaborate and close redistribution licenses.
• Fluency in data vendor platforms and companies in the broader benchmarking/market data ecosystem.
• Student of key investment trends in asset management including indexing, volatility, factor investing, Sustainability and ESG, multi-asset class solutions, direct indexing, and related investment themes where indexing works.
• Strong communication skills, a personable demeanor, and a persuasive approach are essential for achieving objectives efficiently.

Compensation/Benefits Information (US Applicants Only): S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $135,000-$160,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses, and certifications. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan.  This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits that we provide to our employees, please click here.

Right to Work Requirements: This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

What’s In It For You?

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:
 

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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