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Selby Jennings

Business Development Manager, Market Data & Analytics Sales

Full Time · In Office · Chicago, Illinois (USA)

$130,000–$150,000 · Posted Aug 26, 2026

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  • We're partnering with a globally recognized financial markets infrastructure and data organization as they continue to expand their North Americananalytics business. This is an opportunity to join a well-established market leader and take ownership of a large territory across the U.S. and Canada, selling highly specialized market data and analytics solutions to some of the most sophisticated participants in global financial markets.
  • This role is ideal for a commercially driven sales professional who understands the market data ecosystem, enjoys building new business, and is comfortable engaging with trading, research, and investment teams across institutional finance.

Responsibilities

  • Drive new business growth across a designated territory in the U.S. and Canada
  • Develop relationships with hedge funds, asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, proprietary trading firms, quantitative trading firms, and other institutional market participants
  • Manage the full sales cycle from prospecting and opportunity development through negotiation and close
  • Identify opportunities to expand adoption of historical market data, analytical datasets, and other data-driven solutions
  • Partner closely with product, data, and commercial teams to deliver tailored solutions to clients
  • Maintain a healthy pipeline and consistently achieve or exceed revenue targets

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of quota-carrying sales or business development experience within capital markets, financial data, market structure, or financial technology
  • Experience selling market data, exchange data, financial data, analytics solutions, index products, data feeds, data licensing solutions, or related offerings
  • Proven track record of generating new business and winning new client relationships
  • Existing relationships across buy-side and/or sell-side institutions
  • Experience selling into institutional clients such as hedge funds, asset managers, proprietary trading firms, or quantitative investment firms
  • Strong understanding of how trading, investment, research, and analytics teams utilize market data
  • Ability to independently manage a territory and complex sales process
  • Strong commercial, presentation, and relationship-building skills

Why Consider This Opportunity?

  • This is a chance to join a globally recognized organization at a time when North America represents one of its largest growth opportunities. The products are highly differentiated and deeply embedded within the investment and trading ecosystem, creating a compelling value proposition for prospective clients.
  • The organization offers a collaborative, flexible culture that values autonomy and entrepreneurialism, backed by the resources, stability, and reputation of an established global business. For someone looking to combine the agility of a growth initiative with the support of a market leader, this is a particularly compelling opportunity.

Apply now to be considered!

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