**About the Role:** **Grade Level (for internal use):** 12 **Desktop and Channels Sales Director – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia** **The role:** We are looking for a Sales Director based in the Riyadh office. This role is responsible for promoting and consultatively selling a portfolio of products to current and target customers. The clients are across multiple segments, such as Commercial Lending, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Investment Management and Corporations. **The Impact:** Your contribution and dedication to your role is critical as you directly impact business generation. You can lead from the front and directly impact the business's future growth in KSA. In doing so, you will learn the client’s business and help identify their needs while providing solutions utilising our products and tools. **What’s in it for you:** You are a key player within the sales team, and you will have the opportunity to work with the major key clients across all sectors. This is a great opportunity to grow professionally and contribute to the business’s growth. **Your Skills:** You have exceptional communication skills and can articulate ideas and complex information in a clear and structured manner. You have in-depth knowledge of the financial market industry and know what’s happening. You have strong personal integrity and negotiation skills. **Responsibilities:** + Revenue Generation - Carry an individual sales target and generate new revenue from white space and existing clients across all segments (i.e., commercial lending, investment management, investment banking, insurance, corporations and government institutions) + Ability to carry out a client sales meeting, including diagnosing, designing and delivering solutions for our clients + Identify and initiate new client relationships and work on end-to-end sales cycle from origination to closing of the deal. Optimize revenue by prioritising opportunities and engaging clients proactively through cold calling campaigns, marketing strategies, and account planning with Relationship Managers + Develop and nurture deep and strong relationships with client organisations, addressing their needs and maintaining high customer satisfaction + Develop an exceptional understanding of, and stay current on, the S&P Global Market Intelligence products and functionality and their application to specific clients/job functions + Produce accurate sales forecasting and keep an up-to-date pipeline, contacts and meeting notes in the SalesForce CRM system + Staying current on competitor offerings to identify the strengths and vulnerabilities of S&P Global Market Intelligence offerings in comparison + Contribute to the business strategy through a deep understanding of industry regulatory requirements, market trends and client requirements **What we’re looking for:** + Saudi Nationals Only + Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience + Fluency in English and Arabic + Experience in enterprise sales within KSA + Strong understanding of Sustainability Solutions + A proven track record in consultative sales + Ambition, passion, drive and a hunger for a sales role + Confidence in cold calling and dealing with C-Level executives over the phone and in person, client-first approach to sales + Entrepreneurial mindset; demonstrates drive, initiative, energy, and a sense of urgency + Resilience, flexibility, and long-term thinking **About S&P Global Ratings** At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions. S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings **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://www.spglobal.com/en/careers/our-culture/ **Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at S&P Global:** At S&P Global, we believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation – Powering Global Markets. Our commitment centers on our global workforce, ensuring that our people are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. It doesn’t stop there, we strive to better reflect and serve the communities in which we live and work, and advocate for greater opportunity for all. S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy. ----------------------------------------------------------- **Equal Opportunity Employer** S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment. If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to:  EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com  and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.  **US Candidates Only:** The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf   describes discrimination protections under federal law. ----------------------------------------------------------- 103 - Middle Management (EEO Job Group) (inactive), 10 - Officials or Managers (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), SLSGRP103.2 - Middle Management Tier II (EEO Job Group) **Job ID:** 295177 **Posted On:** 2024-02-09 **Location:** Riyadh, Saudi Arabia