Sr Sales Associate - Data Sales

Join CME Group's Client Development and Sales team as a Sr Associate, Data Sales. This role involves expanding market data adoption and revenue by generating new business, nurturing client relationships, and executing sales plans to exceed financial goals. You will identify client needs, communicate market intelligence to internal teams, and drive holistic client engagement through cross-selling. The position requires a self-starter with a consultative sales approach, deep product acumen, and the ability to monitor market data issues and regulatory changes.

Must Have

• Generate transformative new business by educating existing and prospective clients on strategic benefits of CME Group data products and services.
• Architect and nurture deep, high-value client relationships with key market data and business contacts.
• Execute on focused sales plans and priorities to meet or decisively exceed financial goals.
• Identify client needs, emerging trends, and usage behaviors, communicating critical market intelligence to internal product teams.
• Drive holistic client engagement through cross-selling and cross-referring the full suite of CME products and services.
• Cultivate deep product and service acumen across CME Group's market data, asset classes, and financial instruments.
• Monitor and report on critical market data issues, regulatory changes, and competitive dynamics.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant sales or product management experience within wholesale financial Market Data sector.
• Advanced knowledge of market data pricing and intricate licensing models.
• Extensive client-facing experience, translating data offerings into actionable strategies.
• Understand the global data consumer landscape.
• Apply keen business acumen and superior negotiating skills.
• Manage and prioritize diverse responsibilities effectively.
• Foster strong teamwork and cross-organizational collaboration.
• Bachelor’s Degree in finance, economics, or business.

Good to Have

• Advanced degree preferred.

Perks & Benefits

• A supportive environment fostering career progression, continuous learning, and an inclusive culture.
• Broad exposure to CME's diverse products, asset classes, and cross-functional teams.
• A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Are you a highly driven, client-focused sales professional ready to deepen your impact in the financial market data space? Join our Client Development and Sales (CD&S) team as a Sr Associate, Data Sales. This role is for a self-starter with a consultative sales approach who thrives on connecting financial institutions, traders, and risk managers with the critical data they need to power their business. You will be instrumental in expanding our data footprint, managing complex relationships, and contributing directly to the financial success of one of the world's leading derivatives marketplaces. Your insights and execution will be vital in driving both individual and team success.

What You’ll Get

• A supportive environment fostering career progression, continuous learning, and an inclusive culture.
• Broad exposure to CME's diverse products, asset classes, and cross-functional teams.
• A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

What You’ll Do

As a Data Sales leader, you will be the driving force behind expanding our market data adoption and revenue streams:

• Generate transformative new business by educating existing and prospective clients on the strategic benefits of CME Group data products and services.
• Architect and nurture deep, high-value client relationships with key market data and business contacts to ensure full understanding and compliance regarding data usage.
• Execute on focused sales plans and priorities to meet or decisively exceed financial goals.
• Identify client needs, emerging trends, and usage behaviors, communicating critical market intelligence back to internal product teams and Business Line Managers.
• Drive holistic client engagement through cross-selling and cross-referring the full suite of CME products and services with relevant CD&S teams.
• Cultivate deep product and service acumen across CME Group's market data, asset classes, and financial instruments.
• Monitor and report on critical market data issues, regulatory changes, and competitive dynamics within the global financial industry.
• Travel, as necessary, nationally and internationally to secure key relationships and execute strategic sales plans.

What You’ll Bring

We are looking for a highly skilled professional with demonstrated success in complex financial sales:

• Secure a minimum of 3 years of relevant sales or product management experience within the wholesale financial Market Data sector.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of market data pricing and intricate licensing models across exchanges, index providers, and calculation agents.
• Possess extensive client-facing experience, translating CME Group's data offerings into actionable trading, investment, and risk management strategies for financial institutions.
• Understand the global data consumer landscape, including major and niche information vendors, investment banks, and proprietary trading firms.
• Apply a keen sense of business acumen and superior negotiating skills to navigate challenging customer engagements and achieve mutually beneficial, relationship-preserving outcomes.
• Manage and prioritize a diverse set of responsibilities effectively to meet or surpass ambitious team objectives.
• Foster strong teamwork and cross-organizational collaboration, actively contributing to a culture of open communication and information sharing.
• A Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field (finance, economics, business) is required, with an advanced degree preferred.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

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