Sales Specialist, Global Risks Insights
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About the Role
Dow Jones seeks a Sales Specialist for Global Risks Insights in Dubai to own complex sales cycles for security intelligence and advisory services. The role involves building relationships with senior stakeholders, driving revenue growth, and collaborating with internal teams.
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Responsibilities
- Own and drive complex, high value sales cycles for Global Risk Insights solutions across Middle East region
- Create a sales strategy to maximize revenue growth and market expansion within territory
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, positioning Dow Jones GRI as a strategic partner
- Lead advisory discussions with internal and external stakeholders to shape integrated use cases
- Exceed sales targets and role based KPIs, focusing on generating and closing new opportunities
- Drive strategic pursuit planning and pipeline development in collaboration with Sales Generalists
- Contribute to or lead writing of proposals, statements of work, or technical documents
- Analyze market trends, customer needs, and competitive dynamics to identify whitespace opportunities
- Participate in, lead, or coach negotiation of terms, conditions, or prices leading to contract closure
- Contribute to thought leadership and client education through events, briefings, and strategic workshops
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to influence roadmap based on customer feedback
- Maintain accurate sales reporting, pipeline forecasts, and opportunity tracking in CRM system
Requirements
- Experience in complex, high value sales cycles
- Ability to build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders (CSO, Head of Intelligence, etc.)
- Proven track record of exceeding sales targets
- Strong strategic planning and pipeline development skills
- Excellent negotiation and proposal writing skills
- Knowledge of market trends and competitive dynamics
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You Will
- Own and drive complex, high value sales cycles for Global Risk Insights solutions across Middle East Region. This includes but is not limited to our flagship subscription services Security Intelligence and Analysis Service (SIAS), the Oxford Analytica Daily Brief and our advisory services.
- Create a sales strategy to maximise revenue growth and market expansion within your geographical territory and specialization.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders (e.g., CSO, Head of Intelligence, Head of Public Affairs etc), positioning Dow Jones GRI as a long term strategic partner.
- Lead advisory discussions with the internal Advisory teams and external client stakeholders to shape integrated use cases that align to customer priorities.
- Exceed on the position's sales target and role based KPIs the role's primary focus will be on generating and closing new opportunities across your geographical territory.
- Drive strategic pursuit planning and pipeline development in collaboration with Sales Generalists, unlocking net new opportunities and expanding existing relationships.
- Contribute to or lead the writing of any proposal, statement of work or technical document relating to the products.
- Analyze market trends, customer needs, and competitive dynamics to identify whitespace opportunities and differentiate Dow Jones offerings.
- Participate in, lead or coach the negotiation of terms, conditions, or prices leading to the closure of the contract.
- Contribute to thought leadership and client education through events, briefings, and strategic workshops.
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to influence roadmap based on customer feedback and emerging market needs.
- Maintain accurate sales reporting, pipeline forecasts, and opportunity tracking in our global CRM system.
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