Job Description We are partnered with an innovative scale-up Fintech company, offering an advanced data & analytics platform that seamlessly integrates distinctive data, sophisticated analytics, and factor modeling. This platform fully supports allocation for long-only and passive investments, extending to the more intricate liquid alternative space. We are currently in search of a Sales Director who is fluent in French and can be based in either London or Paris. Your Mission: Expanding and managing key accounts throughout Southern Europe. Proactively identifying new business opportunities on the buy-side. Effectively presenting and explaining our complex product to potential clients, successfully closing deals and overseeing full sales cycles. Engaging with essential stakeholders within the organization and influencing multiple teams. Representing the company at industry events and conducting face-to-face meetings with clients, including some travel. What you bring: A proven sales track record, particularly in aligning complex data and analytics with the UK buy-side market. The ability to position the data and analytics solution across various use cases, from systematic and multi-asset investing to fund selection/manager research, investment risk (derivatives), asset allocation, and quant research. Familiarity with a sophisticated solution-based selling approach, encompassing lead generation, opportunity qualification, presentations, demos, proposals, and legal negotiations. Exceptional listening, verbal, and written communication skills, along with proficiency in delivering product demos to senior stakeholders. A solid understanding of financial markets, with prior experience in investment banking or asset management considered a bonus. Fluency in French (native level).