Multi Asset: Technical Pre Sales - Vice President

MSCI Inc
  • New York, NY
  • $150,000–$200,000 Per Year
20 days ago

Job Description

Your Team Responsibilities

The Americas Analytics Technical Sales Specialist (TSS) role within MSCIs Coverage team contributes to the success of new sales, upsales, and associated revenue generation within the MSCI Analytics segment. This role drive sales and upsales during the benefits positioning stage of the sales cycle with successful team members generating and delivering analytical output to prospects and clients. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring MSCIs prospects and clients realize the value of the full suite of analytic offerings focusing on functional positioning, product differentiation and a client driven pitch - a prerequisite to shorten the sales cycle and influence commercial negotiations. The team is focused on showcasing MSCIs strengths and growth areas via multiple channels including internal applications and services, APIs, and 3rd party platforms. If you are relentlessly client-focused, excel at positioning MSCIs solutions, have the ability to quickly understand client use cases and needs, and are ready to seize opportunities, this is your opportunity to make a difference.

Your Key Responsibilities

Engage prospective clients to deeply understand their investment strategies, workflows, and use cases translating that insight into compelling, tailored demos, POCs, and trials

Analyze prospect- and client-supplied single portfolio and multi-asset class portfolio and market data to build targeted, evidence-based engagement narratives that accelerate conviction and shorten the sales cycle

Deliver high-impact application demos and present analytical results directly to senior investment, risk, and operations stakeholders at prospective client firms

Leverage AI-powered tools and workflows to enhance demo preparation, automate data analysis, personalize client pitches, and identify upsell signals across the prospect pipeline

Serve as a connective layer between Sales, Product, and Research ensuring the presales experience is seamless, consistent, and commercially focused

Proactively surface prospect and client insights to internal product and research teams, functioning as a feedback loop that shapes roadmap priorities and solution enhancements

Guide prospects through trial phases with structured onboarding, methodology education, and use-case-driven training ensuring they extract meaningful value from MSCIs tools before a commercial decision is made

Identify, design, and POC creative workaround or custom solutions that bridge gaps between existing product capabilities and specific client requirements

Analyzing portfolio risk and performance, generating reports, crafting presentations, and providing commentaries to help position the benefits of MSCI tools

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

Bachelor Degree in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Finance or similar subjects

Post graduate qualification in Finance (M.Sc./M.B.A./P.G.D.M./Ph.D)

510 years of experience in a client-facing presales, solutions consulting, or technical sales role within asset management, private markets, financial services, or fintech

Experience and understanding of Equity and/or Multi Asset Class factor models

Knowledge of derivatives, credit and rate products

Hands-on experience working with or selling through data APIs, analytics platforms, or SaaS-based financial applications

Additional qualifications in CFA (US) and/or FRM would be a plus

Practical experience using AI tools (e.g., generative AI, LLM-based assistants, AI-powered analytics) in a professional context with the ability to apply them to client engagement, data analysis, presentation development, or workflow automation.

Familiar with different risk measures and quantitative risk models

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Programming experience desired (Excel Macro/VBA, XML familiarity, Python, SQL/Snowflake)

Self-starter with strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects under tight, short-term deadlines while managing client expectations.

About MSCI

What we offer you

Salary range: $150,000 - $200,000 /year plus eligible for annual bonus.

Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, AI Learning Center , LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Womens Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our vision to power better decisions. Youll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data, analytics and indexes, supported by advanced technology, set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers and corporates.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discriminati

What we offer you

Salary range: $150,000 - $200,000 /year plus eligible for annual bonus.

Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, AI Learning Center , LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Womens Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our vision to power better decisions. Youll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data, analytics and indexes, supported by advanced technology, set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers and corporates.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment

Numbers & Facts

LocationNew York, NY
Salary$150,000–$200,000 Per Year

Skills

  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
  • Asset Managementunmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • Bank Managementunmatched
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)unmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Customer/Client Researchunmatched
  • Data Analysisunmatched
  • Derivativesunmatched
  • Ecosystemsunmatched
  • Entrepreneurshipunmatched
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)unmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Finance Softwareunmatched
  • Financial Servicesunmatched
  • Functional Analysisunmatched
  • Hedge Fundsunmatched
  • Investment Strategyunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • LinkedInunmatched
  • Mathematicsunmatched
  • Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)unmatched
  • Multitaskingunmatched
  • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
  • Onboardingunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Performance Analysisunmatched
  • Physicsunmatched
  • Portfolio Analysisunmatched
  • Pre-Salesunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Product Demonstrationunmatched
  • Product Positioningunmatched
  • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
  • Reporting Skillsunmatched
  • Revenue Growthunmatched
  • Riskunmatched
  • Risk Analysisunmatched
  • Risk Modelingunmatched
  • SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
  • Salesunmatched
  • Sales Cycleunmatched
  • Sales Managementunmatched
  • Sales Prospectingunmatched
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)unmatched
  • Statisticsunmatched
  • Target Marketingunmatched
  • Technical Consultingunmatched
  • Technical Salesunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Up-Sellingunmatched
  • Use Casesunmatched
  • Wealth Managementunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched
  • XML (EXtensible Markup Language)unmatched

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