Sales Manager, Data and Feeds

Are you aspired to lead a diverse team in Tokyo? Come join us!

The role will be responsible for managing a team of 6 sales specialists to achieve and beat the regional sales target. The targets span several channels from Key Strategic Accounts to the long tail of LSEG Customer Connect so the leader will need to manage various collaborators and represent each business channel with a target-hitting plan.

The product suite focuses on Real Time Data, Pricing and reference data, and our Digital Solutions.

The leader will need to be conversant in market data trends and able to articulate and inspire the team as to our roadmap relative to the Cloud. Other selling propositions include Machine Readable News and how this relates to AI and LLMs. Knowlege of the Japan wealth managment industry and how it is digitizing is important to this role.

The major focus of this role is proactively winning new revenue - to both existing and new client accounts. The candidate is expected to be hands-on - personally getting involved in deals, meeting clients, network across the region and actively participate in marketing events.

The individual will be additionally responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the business – creating and performing sales strategies, providing forecasts and business updates to internal partners, as well as collaborating with other client facing, product and marketing leaders.

Role Responsibilities

• Achieve and beat the sales target for the given business line in Japan.
• Manage the sales team across the Japan region, including hiring, onboarding, training, and sales operations.
• Create, communicate, and implement sales strategies.
• Collaborate with other sales, account management and product leaders.
• Actively contribute to client engagements and help open and close deals.
• Be the SME on the business – both the products and the addressable market

Desired skills and experience

• 3-5 years leading a sales team in a SaaS business addressing the financial sector.
• proven experience (>10 years) in a client facing role, with direct sales experience a strong plus.
• Deep Knowledge of SaaS solutions for front office professionals
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience coordinating with various business functions to ‘own’ the growth of a business.
• Experience selling modelling/AI/Low Latency solutions a plus..
• Experience of selling to Wealth portals and digital businesses a plus.
• Cross regional experience in APAC a strong plus

Workstyle and benefits

• Diverse environment
• Collaborative team
• Hybrid working: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

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Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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