Business Development Specialist driving revenue growth for a leading European client in data quality and risk solutions. Expanding client base and managing sales cycles across financial services.
Responsibilities
Manage the full sales cycle from prospecting, qualifying, designing solutions, to through to the negotiation, and close.
Build and maintain a strong pipeline across banks, asset managers, corporates, telcos, utilities, and SMEs.
Turn complex data and analytics into clear business value, helping clients cut time-to-data, reduce risk, and improve performance.
Partner with Product and Data Engineering teams to bring market insights into new AI and analytics-driven solutions.
Grow existing accounts through up-sell and cross-sell opportunities, ensuring long-term client success.
Track competitors, market trends, and regulations (EBA, ECB, GDPR) to stay ahead.
Represent the company at key industry events and strengthen our market presence.
Requirements
10+ years of B2B sales experience in Business/Credit Information, Data Management, or Risk Analytics, ideally with financial institutions.
Proven success with financial services and corporate clients (telcos, utilities, SMEs).
Strong knowledge of credit servicing , NPL/UTP management , and related regulations (AnaCredit, IFRS 9, EBA Guidelines).
A consultative, goal-oriented mindset and confidence managing complex, C-level sales cycles.
Entrepreneurial mind-set to put forward ideas to expand on products and/or services.
Exceptional storytelling and analytical skills to create compelling business cases.
Comfortable working across teams in matrix environments.
Skilled in MS 365 , CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce), data visualization , and cloud platforms .
Fluent in Italian and English ; other European languages are an advantage.
Open to frequent travel within Italy and occasional trips abroad.
Benefits
Flexible Work
Full list of benefits to be discussed in person
Job title
Business Development Specialist – Data Quality & Risk Solutions
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