Associate Director, Sales: Mexico

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 11
**The Team**:
The S&P Global Commercial Team LatAm is responsible for optimizing relationships and commercial outcomes with a broad set of clients in the region. We are a close-knit team and collaborate continually to brainstorm solutions that help our clients overcome their complex business challenges. The team is competitive, sales focused, energetic, and intellectually curious.
**Objective**:
Seeking a proven and experienced sales executive to build a book of business and expand existing relationships in Mexico across all industries funding domestically or globally from the capital markets. In addition, the executive will manage and develop relationships with existing issuers, bankers, project sponsors and other intermediaries.

**Responsibilities**:
Create a sales strategy to broaden S&P’s portfolio across Mexico
Identify upsell opportunities through insight-based sales strategies for complex clients
Manage all commercial aspects of S&P relationships with Mexican issuers
Leverage communication and negotiation skills to gain user acceptance and optimize revenue
Deliver insights on both existing product functionality / use cases as well as explore new product opportunities
Track customer & industry developments/trends to identify opportunities and respond accordingly
Promote and insightfully sell S&P sustainability solutions. Coordinate with Sustainable Finance colleagues to uncover opportunities within the Mexican portfolio
Provide high-touch client service to the intermediary (primarily banking) community ensure S&P is well positioned on their transactional flow
Utilize and maintain updated Salesforce data to monitor pipeline and opportunity status for revenue management, as well as contacts
Understand customer problems and identify ways to help clients address them
Develop & maintain relationships with both new and existing Project Sponsors - communicate S&P’s value proposition and market positioning
Provide the pulse of the market to senior management
Collaborate with internal stakeholders to deliver an optimized customer experience
Develop and manage the team’s marketing collateral
Prepare data & key insights for monthly reporting.
**What We’re Looking For**:
Established sales experience in Mexico Financing/Capital Markets industry
Willingness in providing timely and premier service to internal/external stakeholders
Demonstrate sound ability to analyze client information quickly, respond logically, and use data to influence client purchase decisions
Extensive background in the debt capital markets
Positive, proactive attitude and ability to work well in teams
Proven record of maintaining strong relationships with key finance market participants
Strong presentation, communication, and customer service skills
Exceptional skills in listening to clients, articulating ideas and complex information in a clear and structured manner
Desire to continuously personally learn and help others develop as well
Availability to travel
**Basic Qualifications**:
Bachelor’s degree (Finance, Economics, or related field preferred)
Full professional English level
A minimum of 5 to 7 years of Sales experience. Sales experience within the Financial Services Industry is a decisive asset.
**Preferred Qualifications**:
Proven track record of sales success
Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent)
Experience in working with DCM teams or Financial Institutions
Knowledge of Sustainable Finance/Environmental, Social & Governance.
About S&P Global Ratings
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.
**S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE**: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.
What’s In It For You?
**Our Purpose**:
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Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.
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