Associate Director of Sales, Research Data Products

Location: Hybrid, based in Chicago, New York, or London; approximately 30% travel required. The hybrid model generally requires four days in the office each week.

Base pay: $112,000–$160,000 per year plus 30% commission.

Company

hirify.global provides research data products and datasets for institutional financial clients.

What you will do

• Own and grow a commercial book of business across asset managers, hedge funds, trading firms, banks, and wealth platforms.
• Drive new sales, expansions, repricing opportunities, and revenue target attainment.
• Identify short-term opportunities and develop long-term strategic partnerships.
• Lead consultative discussions on data usage, licensing scope, pricing, and commercial value.
• Partner with Product, Legal, and Customer Success to structure tailored solutions and deliver product demonstrations.
• Maintain CRM pipeline management, forecasting, activity tracking, and relationships with senior decision-makers.

Requirements

• Direct experience selling financial data, analytics, market data, or adjacent data products to institutional clients.
• At least five years of experience in market data, index data, financial analytics, or related data products.
• Demonstrated success closing new business and expansion deals in a quota-carrying role.
• Experience with complex data-driven solutions, non-standard pricing, data licensing, enterprise agreements, or usage-based pricing.
• Bachelor’s degree required, along with strong consultative selling, communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% and work in a hybrid office-based model from Chicago, New York, or London.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular in-person collaboration with colleagues across Index Data Sales, Product, Client Service, Legal, and Customer Success.
• Hybrid work environment designed around regular office collaboration.
• Tools and resources for meaningful collaboration with global colleagues.
• Additional benefits are available to support flexibility as needs change.