Associate Director of Sales, Research Data Products at Morningstar | Chicago, IL, US | Rezi

Associate Director of Sales, Research Data Products at Morningstar

Associate Director of Sales, Research Data Products

Morningstar · Chicago, IL, US

2 weeks ago

Associate Director of Sales, Research Data Products

Morningstar · Chicago, IL, US

19 days ago
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About the Role

This role involves identifying expansion opportunities and delivering tailored RDP solutions by collaborating with Index Data Sales, Product, and Client Service teams. The position requires approximately 30% travel and is based in Chicago, New York, or London.

Responsibilities

  • Own and grow a commercial book of business across asset managers, hedge funds, trading firms, banks, and wealth platforms.
  • Consistently meet and exceed revenue targets, with a focus on new sales, expansions, and repricing opportunities.
  • Identify, qualify, and develop short-term opportunities and long-term strategic partnerships.
  • Lead consultative sales conversations around data usage, licensing scope, and value intensity.
  • Collaborate closely with Product, Legal, and Customer Success teams to structure optimal commercial solutions.
  • Develop a strong understanding of client workflows, including data needs for research, portfolio construction, trading, risk, and analytics.
  • Deliver compelling product demonstrations and clearly articulate the value of Morningstar RDP datasets.
  • Maintain accurate pipeline management, forecasting, and activity tracking in CRM.
  • Build trusted relationships with senior decision-makers, including PMs, quants, risk teams, and heads of research.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • 5+ years’ experience in market data, index data, financial analytics, or adjacent data products.
  • Willingness to travel up to 30%.

Skills

  • Direct experience selling financial data, analytics, or market data to institutional clients (asset managers, hedge funds, banks, or trading firms).
  • Demonstrated success closing new business and expansion deals in a quota-carrying role.
  • Experience selling complex, data-driven solutions with non-standard pricing and licensing structures.
  • Strong consultative selling skills with the ability to understand client use cases and translate them into commercial opportunities.
  • Ability to engage credibly with sophisticated clients across research, investment, trading, and risk functions.
  • Familiarity with data licensing models, enterprise agreements, or usage-based pricing.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical concepts clearly and persuasively.
  • Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple opportunities simultaneously.

Location

  • Chicago
  • New York
  • London

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • 5+ years

Education Level

  • Bachelor's degree

Benefits

  • A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change.
  • Tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.

About the Company

  • Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis.
  • In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week.
  • Morningstar Inc. Legal Entity