Senior Workflow Specialist, Company Intelligence

**The Role**: Senior Workflow Specialist, Company Intelligence & Analytics

**The Location**: Shanghai/Beijing

**The Team**: Company Intelligence & Analytics represents the data and analytics ecosystem driving company analysis for our clients. This consists of Company Information Services (CIS) and also Analytics Services (Trading Analytics, Dividend Forecasting, Research Signals/AFL (Alpha Signals) and ClariFI). The CIS product suite comprises of core and alternative datasets, as well as Cross Reference solutions, that are delivered to our clients through datafeed solutions, and increasingly power our clients’ digital transformation efforts directly via feed and cloud.

The APAC team for Company Intelligence & Analytics oversees product and business development in this strategic region, with direct ownership of revenue and business growth, while shaping the roadmap for APAC product investment and partnerships.

**The Impact**: Integral to the APAC team are the Workflow Specialists, who align closely with business development objectives and leverage their data science backgrounds to lead with analytical insights, thought leadership, and engage clients on complex use cases and proof-of-concepts. The Workflow Specialists are also the bridge to building opportunities that combine CIS and Analytics Services, as well as surfacing product synergies with the wider Market Intelligence datasets.

The Senior Workflow Specialist will be an expert in investment management workflows covering data analytics and quantitative/” quantamental” products offered through our S&P Global Market Intelligence suite of solutions. Additional expertise in Capital Markets, where data-driven workflow is needed in the current landscape, will be a plus.

This role drives revenue growth and client retention by working with Sales, Relationship Management, Solutions Architects and other team members in Product and Business Development, to promote Company Intelligence & Analytics solutions to enterprise data managers, data scientists and quantitative experts, etc. who consume large volumes of data to derive insights and analytics for decision-making.

**What’s in it for you**:
Be a key contributor to a close-knit APAC team for Company Intelligence & Analytics, to shape regional business and product strategy and deliver overall business results
Work closely with executives, and front and middle office professionals across a breadth of the worlds’ leading investment managers, banks, private equity firms as well as non-financial corporations
Collaborate with global business leadership, product owners and data scientists to evangelize our latest thought leadership, product delivery and roadmap in the APAC region
Sit at the forefront of mega-trends including big data, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence with our product suite as the core to power digital transformation at our clients

**Responsibilities**:
Aligns with commercial strategy and help execute high level strategic pre-sales effort
Establishes relationships with Sales Executives, Relationship Managers, Product Managers and Solutions Architects and supports them in demonstrating how our products add value to clients
Develops campaigns and initiatives for driving revenue growth for segment-specific sales and assists in client retention work around business line products
Hosts webinars, roundtables and other marketing events to drive new business opportunities
Works with global stakeholders to promote new product launches and drive new business
Provides analysis of the business line’s competitive landscape and identifies strategic opportunities
Promotes S&P Global Market Intelligence thought-leadership
Works closely with customers and prospects in testing and on-boarding new products / services and enhancements to existing product / services

**What We’re Looking For**:
Bachelor's degree or higher education
Native-level Mandarin and business-level English speaker
3+ years relevant industry experience working with data at scale. Prior experience in capital markets a plus
Education or work experience in data science or quantitative finance including proficiency of one or more programming languages such as Python or R and knowledge in common data structures and algorithms
Proficiency in SQL languages such as MySQL or PostgreSQL
Prior experience in product management and/or business development a plus
MBA or advanced industry certification a plus
Possession of exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to interact confidently and build collaborative relationships with prospects and clients as well as cross-functional teams within the organization, i.e., Product Management, Education, Legal and Marketing
Possession of commercial acumen and enjoys being in front of clients and prospects
Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Ability to solve complex problems in the sales process and, where necessary, adopt a new perspe