Director - Research

Reporting to the Business Head for Financial Markets, key responsibilities include:

► Manage and grow a portfolio of named Financial Markets accounts across Investment Banking, Asset Management, Private Equity, Pension Funds, and large Corporates
► Own account-level revenue targets, with responsibility for expansion, renewals, cross-sell, and upsell opportunities within specified accounts
► Develop deep client relationships across Research, Strategy, Investment Operations, Data, Analytics, Finance, and CXO-level stakeholders
► Identify new opportunities within existing accounts by understanding client priorities, operating challenges, budget cycles, and transformation agendas
► Generate new leads through disciplined outreach, referrals, client mapping, industry research, thought leadership follow-up, and relationship-led prospecting
► Build account plans for key clients, including stakeholder maps, current engagement footprint, whitespace opportunities, competitor presence, and growth strategy
► Position Sutherland ’s high-end professional services across Investment Research, Portfolio Monitoring, Market Research, ESG Research, Investment Reporting, Automation, & Analytics
► Collaborate with Sales, Delivery, Solutioning, Research Leadership, and offshore subject matter experts to shape relevant client propositions
► Support proposal development, commercial discussions, pricing inputs, solution design, and contract renewal processes
► Deliver high-quality pitches and business reviews to senior stakeholders
► Maintain a disciplined account management cadence, including pipeline tracking, opportunity follow-up, CRM hygiene, revenue forecasting, and client touchpoint planning
► Ensure client satisfaction by proactively identifying service issues, escalation risks, delivery gaps, and opportunities to improve engagement quality
► Partner with delivery teams to ensure Sutherland is viewed as a strategic partner
► Support marketing and dissemination of thought leadership at various industry forums
► Travel as required for client meetings, account reviews, industry events, etc

I. Candidate will possess strong account management and sales capabilities with a minimum of 6 - 10 years of progressive experience in account management, business development, enterprise sales, or client relationship management

II. Graduate degree required; Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related discipline preferred

III. Should possess strong understanding of Financial Markets, including Investment Banking, Asset Management, Private Equity, Sell-side Research, Investment Operations, and Research & Analytics services

IV. Should have experience managing named accounts, developing account plans, identifying whitespace opportunities, and growing revenue within existing client relationships

V. Should be commercially astute, financially literate, and comfortable discussing research, analytics, data, reporting, and managed services with senior client stakeholders

VI. Experience selling or managing professional services, research services, offshoring, outsourcing, analytics, data management, or financial services solutions is highly desirable

VII. Should have a strong client service orientation with the ability to build trusted, long-term relationships across multiple stakeholder levels

VIII. Must possess strong sales discipline, including pipeline creation, opportunity qualification, revenue forecasting, proposal coordination, and follow-through

IX. Strong presentation, communication, and negotiation skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders at Head of Function and CXO levels

X. Previous experience in a front-office, research, investment operations, consulting, or financial services environment will be an added advantage

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