Real Assets Client Coverage (Sales) Middle

MSCI’s Real Assets business line provides a comprehensive suite of data, analytics, indexes, and research designed to help institutional investors measure, manage, and optimize their real asset portfolios. Built on more than 40 years of expertise in real estate and infrastructure performance measurement, MSCI delivers globally recognized benchmarks—including the MSCI Global Quarterly Property Index and a broad range of private infrastructure indexes—along with deep market insights that support strategic and tactical investment decisions.

Our solutions enable investors to understand drivers of risk and return across private real estate, infrastructure, and other real assets.

MSCI integrates market-leading data, robust analytical models, and forward-looking research to help clients navigate complex markets, assess asset-level and portfolio-level performance, and allocate capital with confidence.

As allocations to real assets continue to grow globally, MSCI’s Real Assets business plays a critical role in helping investors manage transparency, comparability, and portfolio resilience across diverse market conditions.

The Real Assets Sales Specialist will be an integral member of a dynamic sales team that collaborates closely with investment analysts and marketing professionals.

Based in our Laysan Valley office in Riyadh, this role will involve active engagement with various departments to ensure a cohesive approach to client service, fostering a culture of teamwork and shared success across the organization.

Develop and maintain relationships with potential and existing clients, providing them with insights on real asset opportunities.

Identify new business opportunities and drive the sales process from prospecting to closing deals.

Collaborate with research and product teams to tailor proposals and presentations that align with client objectives.

Conduct market analysis to identify trends and competitive positioning in the real assets investment sector.

Prepare and deliver compelling sales presentations and client education materials.

Monitor industry developments and regulatory changes to proactively address client concerns and inform sales strategies.

Report on sales performance and key metrics, making data-driven recommendations for improvement.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

Proven track record in sales or business development, ideally within real assets, real estate, or infrastructure sectors, with a minimum of 3 years of experience.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret market trends and assess potential investment opportunities.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with clients and internal stakeholders.

Demonstrated ability to develop and implement sales strategies tailored to diverse client needs.

Understanding of Real Asset investment fundamentals and market drivers

Knowledge around institutional investment processes and professional capital allocation more broadly.

Experience with local investors and an understanding of how they deploy capital in their local market.

Experience working in the Middle East or covering clients in the Middle East or Saudi Arabian market specifically would be highly advantageous

A self-motivated and results-oriented approach, with a history of meeting or exceeding sales targets.

Excellence in spoken and written English is required.

Arabic language skills would be advantageous