Private Capital Presales Specialist (New York, New York)

This job is with MSCI, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.Your Team Responsibilities:

The PCS Technical Sales Specialist (TSS) role within MSCI's Coverage team, contributes to the success of new sales, upsales, and associated revenue generation within the private markets landscape. This role exists to help drive sales and upsales during the benefits positioning stage of the sales cycle; focusing on functional positioning, product differentiation and a client driven pitch - a prerequisite to shorten the sales cycle and influence commercial negotiations. You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring our prospects and clients realize the full value of MSCI's private markets solutions through multiple channels including internal applications and services, APIs, and 3rd party platforms. If you are relentlessly client-focused, excel at positioning MSCI's 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:

• Liaising with prospective clients to understand their investment strategies and use cases to craft compelling demos, POCs, and trials aligning new product offerings with evolving client needs and business priorities
• Analyzing prospect and client supplied portfolio and market data for use in targeted PCS prospect engagements
• Develop and execute tailored prospect engagement strategies to ensure alignment with MSCI's private markets value proposition
• Conducting application demos and presenting results directly to prospects
• Collaborating closely with Sales, Product and Research teams to ensure a team-based approach leads to a seamless presales experience
• Partner with internal teams to relay prospect and client insights that shape future solution development and enhancements
• Training prospects during the trial phase on the tools & applications, methodologies and reporting - educating prospects o how they can utilize various analytics to meet their business requirements and use cases
• Proactively proposing and POCing custom/workaround solutions to meet client use cases

Your skills and experience that will help you excel:

• 5-7 years of relevant experience in client-facing roles within asset management, financial services, or fintech
• Proven experience managing institutional client relationships and driving commercial outcomes
• Strong knowledge of private markets or a demonstrated interest in alternative investments
• CAIA or CFA designation, or a strong commitment to pursue certification
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build credibility with senior stakeholders
• Strategic thinker with an ability to uncover opportunities and align solutions to client goals
• Bachelor's degree (BA, BS or equivalent) from an accredited four-year college
• Collaborative mindset and experience working cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and Operations teams

About MSCI:

What we offer you

• Salary range: $100,000 - $130,000 / 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 View email address on apply.placed-app.com 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 Women's Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our vision - to power better decisions. You'll 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 on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please email View email address on apply.placed-app.com and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note, this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

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