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We deliver privacy-compliant, real-time intelligence on consumer spending across markets, helping clients make faster, smarter decisions with confidence. Our merchant-level benchmarks and differentiated datasets provide a true edge-and our commercial team is at the center of bringing that value to market.\nAbout the Role\nConsumer Edge is seeking a high-performing Business Development Manager to drive new logo growth across global financial services accounts (investors using alternative data within hedge funds, asset managers, family offices, etc). This is a strategic hunting role for a seller who knows how to build a market, prioritize a book of target accounts, create a robust pipeline through direct outreach, and convert opportunities into profitable, long-term client relationships.\nThis person will be exceptional at strategic account planning, with a keen understanding of the competitive landscape and our products. 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This individual will play a critical role in shaping our growth strategy and establishing Consumer Edge as a trusted partner to the investment community as we further scale in both $1B+ investors and the long tail of investors below $1B and across new investor types in Family Offices, PE/VC, Credit and other firm types.\nResponsibilities\nStrategic Planning & Account Prioritization\nBuild and manage a focused book of target accounts, prioritizing prospects based on market opportunity, fit, urgency, and likelihood to convert.\nDevelop thoughtful account plans for your biggest prospects that map key stakeholders, buying processes, competitive dynamics, whitespace, and next best actions.\nUse data, market intelligence, and disciplined pipeline reviews to allocate time and effort against the highest-potential opportunities.\nMaintain a rigorous operating cadence around territory planning, pipeline inspection, and forecast accuracy.\nOutbound Prospecting & Pipeline Creation\nGenerate qualified meetings through proactive outbound activity including email, phone, LinkedIn, referrals, events, and other creative prospecting channels.\nOwn personal pipeline creation targets and consistently build sufficient early-stage pipelines to support quota attainment.\nCreate relevant outreach strategies and messaging tailored to investor workflows, market conditions, and Consumer Edge’s differentiated value proposition.\nConvert market insight and trigger events into timely, high-quality prospecting plays.\nInternal Partnering with SDR & Marketing\nPartner closely with SDRs to improve target account penetration, campaign follow-up, and meeting conversion.\nWork with Marketing to translate territory priorities into campaigns, events, content activation, and outbound themes that generate meetings.\nBe a part of shaping our GTM and Product\nProvide frontline feedback to help sharpen messaging, improve lead quality, and increase conversion across the funnel.\nCollaborate cross-functionally with management, product, insights, solutions, and customer success to present a unified and high-impact commercial motion.\nEngagement, Storytelling & Sales Execution\nLead compelling discovery conversations that uncover client priorities, workflows, pain points, and evaluation criteria.\nDeliver clear, persuasive storytelling that connects Consumer Edge’s data and insights to measurable client outcomes.\nRun opportunities with strong deal control, including multithreading, objection handling, business case development, and stakeholder alignment.\nLead negotiations in partnership with internal stakeholders and close deals effectively while protecting long-term value.\nMarket Intelligence & Commercial Excellence\nMaintain strong knowledge of the alternative data landscape, buy-side use cases, competitive positioning, and market developments.\nCapture and maintain high-quality CRM data, including account plans, opportunity progression, activity, and forecasts.\nEnsure smooth post-sale transition to Client Success for a strong onboarding experience of new clients.\nQualifications\n4+ years of successful new business sales experience with a consistent track record of winning new logos and exceeding quotas.\n3+ years selling alternative data, data analytics, research, or adjacent solutions into financial services clients, ideally buy-side investors including hedge funds, asset managers, family offices, pension funds, etc.\nProven ability to build, prioritize, and execute against a target account book with strong account planning discipline.\nDemonstrated success in self-sourced outbound prospecting and securing meetings through proactive outreach.\nStrong experience partnering with SDR and Marketing teams to generate pipeline and improve conversion.\nExcellent sales skills across discovery, storytelling, objection handling, negotiation, and closing.\nStrong command of the full sales cycle, from prospecting through contract execution and early account growth.\nExperience working in Salesforce performing CRM hygiene and applying forecast discipline as core parts of the role.\nStrong understanding of the investment landscape and, ideally, an existing network within the institutional investor, financial services ecosystem.\nClear, concise written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex data concepts for senior commercial and investment audiences.\nHigh integrity, strong ownership mentality, and comfort operating in a fast-paced, “build-the-plane” environment.\nWhy Join Consumer Edge\nAt Consumer Edge, you’ll join a high-performance team at the forefront of data-driven decision-making for the world’s leading investors and brands. 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