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About the Role
The Economist Pro is seeking an ambitious, results-driven sales professional to significantly grow its footprint and client base with a focus on Enterprise accounts. The Sales Executive will take a consultative, solution-oriented approach to selling The Economist Pro digital platform and API to Enterprise clients.
Responsibilities
- Own the full 360-degree sales cycle, from high-level prospecting and interest generation to successfully closing complex, enterprise-wide agreements within Enterprise accounts.
- Proactively hunt and close net new logos within the assigned sales territory.
- Demonstrate strong sales and market acumen to develop and execute effective go-to-market strategies.
- Identify, build & manage a robust pipeline of both self-sourced opportunities and inbound marketing leads.
- Prepare detailed sales forecasts, spearhead new growth initiatives and develop contingency plans to ensure success.
- Consistently meet activity KPIs and exceed demanding sales targets.
- Maintain accuracy and hygiene of all client and opportunity data within the internal CRM system.
Requirements
- Proven experience selling premium subscription, research, SaaS, data, intelligence, media, or knowledge-based solutions into enterprise organizations.
- A understanding of how investment professionals leverage high-quality economic analysis, geopolitical intelligence, and market insight to support investment strategy and decision-making.
- A successful track record managing consultative enterprise sales cycles involving senior stakeholders across research, strategy, investment, and leadership teams.
- Demonstrated history of consistently exceeding sales quotas.
- A growth mindset, taking full ownership for continuous professional development and self-improvement.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, negotiation and active listening skills.
- A dynamic self-starter who is highly creative, solution-focused and can quickly adapt to changing market conditions and priorities.
- Ability to identify complex client challenges and collaboratively develop creative, actionable solutions.
- Skilled in simplifying and presenting complex ideas and products to senior executive audiences.
- Highly organized, setting clear priorities, and remaining flexible in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Experience with Salesforce and SalesLoft is desirable but not required.
Skills
- Sales
- Enterprise Sales
- Consultative Selling
- Solution Selling
- SaaS Sales
- Subscription Sales
- Research Sales
- Data Sales
- Intelligence Sales
- Media Sales
- Knowledge-Based Solutions
- Salesforce
- SalesLoft
- Communication
- Presentation
- Negotiation
- Active Listening
- CRM Management
- Forecasting
- Go-to-Market Strategy
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Enterprise
- Senior
Benefits
- Highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan
- Private health insurance
- 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through Employee Assistance Program
- Work From Anywhere program (up to 25 days per year)
- Generous annual and parental leave
- Dedicated days off for volunteering
- Dedicated days off for moving home
- Free access to all The Economist content, including online subscription, apps, and podcasts
About the Company
- Since 1843, The Economist Group has championed independence, excellence and openness, helping people understand and tackle the critical challenges shaping the world.
- Today, we are building on that legacy as a global media and information-services company powered by digital innovation, analytical rigour and evidence-based insight.
- Across our three businesses -The Economist, Economist Enterprise and Economist Education - we deliver trusted analysis and insights to individuals and organisations in more than 170 countries.
- United by a shared purpose to drive progress, we empower decision-makers to make sense of change and chart a course through an increasingly complex world.
- As a colleague, you will be part of a culture that values ideas, encourages ownership and holds itself to high standards.
- We invest in people who are curious, thoughtful and adaptable, whether they are launching new products, reporting on global events or harnessing emerging technologies such as AI to improve how we work.
- Here, fresh thinking is taken seriously, ambition is matched by integrity, and great work is recognised.
- Working across disciplines, geographies and perspectives, we are united by a commitment to innovation, excellence and creating meaningful impact.
- The Economist Pro is the B2B arm of The Economist, leveraging our award-winning journalism, the bedrock of our global brand, to drive commercial success.
- We empower governments and multinational corporations to confidently connect the dots between geopolitics, economics and business.
- As the gold standard for high-quality, thought-provoking and actionable insight, The Economist weekly newspaper assesses issues that impact organizations across the globe.
- We provide the analysis that enables public and private sector leaders to act with confidence when making strategic decisions.