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Your Team's Impact:
Asia Pacific Analytics team are seeking a Regional Director of Performance Solutions to focus on generating and converting sales pipeline for FactSet Performance Solutions across Buy Side & Wealth clients in the APAC region. The Regional Director is responsible for driving the assessment and qualification of Performance products and services to prospective buyers and will work alongside the existing Product Specialist Teams. This also includes the provision of sales support via demonstrations, pilots, proofs of concept, discussions and coordination of activities with FactSet’s sales staff and leadership.
The Regional Director will help to establish a plan and strategy to maximize ASV Growth; with an emphasis on firm type planning and developing account managers, sales, & senior sales reps. The Regional Director will also place emphasis on developing senior level client relationships and defining long term opportunities, tasked with increasing FactSet’s visibility and branding in their firm type and engaging with C-level contacts at the clients. The Regional Director will partner closely with peers and business units, and serve as the senior escalation point for complex client issues to safeguard key relationships.
What You’ll Do:
Maintain a thorough understanding of the performance market, and how the competitive landscape affects the market.
Understand client types and user workflows with the goal of identifying areas of potential growth, and then execute on those opportunities through client engagement and commercial discussions, e.g. Wealth Management, Institutional Asset Management, etc.
Design tailored product demonstrations to highlight the value add of our performance solution to meet specific investment management needs.
Partner with multiple stakeholders such as generalist sales team, analytics specialists, sales engineering and consultants to run sales engagements including pricing of contracts & coordination with implementation, etc.
Share insights from client interactions to help shape product strategy and future development
Seek out additional ways to make an impact such as mentoring others, involvement in training, running campaigns and proactively engage with product strategy and development for new ideas, bugs as well as product improvements.
Report the current state of opportunities to senior management on a regular basis
Build & expand strong relationships across an international network of individuals at varying levels of the organization, including Product Development, Implementation, etc. as well as outside amongst clients and prospects.
What We're Looking For:
At least 10 years experience in a sales and/or client facing role with a strong record and good understanding of customer needs and building effective relationships.
Some experience of the Middle Office and the Performance workflow, with previous exposure to systems such as B-One, Eagle or StatPro a real plus.
Self-starter with a proven ability to excel in a collaborative team environment.
Interpersonal skills along with verbal and written communication skills required to build relationships and interface with key stakeholders at all levels of the business.
Strong organizational and presentation skills.
Strong time management skills including the ability to manage multiple projects in parallel.
Strong problem solving/analytical skills.
Willingness to learn new trends and aware of industry changes.
Willingness to travel
Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics or a related field; CFA qualifications desirable
Company Overview:
FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.
At FactSet, we celebrate difference of thought, experience, and perspective. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law.
Skills Required
- At least 10 years of experience in sales and/or client-facing roles
- Strong understanding of customer needs and relationship building
- Experience with middle-office and performance workflows
- Experience with B-One, Eagle, or StatPro systems
- Ability to excel in a collaborative team environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational and presentation skills
- Strong time management skills and ability to manage multiple projects in parallel
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Willingness to learn new trends and understand industry changes
- Willingness to travel
- Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field
- CFA qualification
Factset Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Factset and has not been reviewed or approved by Factset.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental/vision in some descriptions, and life and disability insurance. Company-wide wellness days and region-specific add-ons (e.g., Vitality PMI, Bupa dental, Health Shield cashback) further reinforce a strong health-and-wellbeing offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement savings support is consistently included as part of the core package through retirement savings plans. The presence of these programs is framed as a meaningful component of total rewards beyond base salary.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase program is highlighted as a standard part of the total rewards package. This provides a pathway to share ownership alongside cash compensation.
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What We Do
FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for tens of thousands of investment professionals around the world, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions. For 40 years, through market changes and technological progress, our focus has always been to provide exceptional client service. From more than 60 offices in 23 countries, we’re all working together toward the goal of creating value for our clients, and we’re proud that 95% of asset managers who use FactSet continue to use FactSet, year after year. As big as we grow, as far as we reach, and as successful as we become, we stay connected to our clients and to each other.
