Senior Sales Executive Global RDS (with SaaS/AI/Cloud platform sales experience)

Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading reinsurance provider is seeking a Senior Sales Executive for Risk Data & Services to expand operations in the APAC region. The role requires a strong background in enterprise-grade SaaS solutions, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and excellent client relationship management skills. Successful candidates will have at least 5 years of relevant experience and a Master's degree. The position involves some travel within APAC, not exceeding 30%.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in enterprise-grade sales.
• Proven track record of landing strategic deals.
• Experience leading deal teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales and revenue in APAC.
• Develop and close new opportunities.
• Coordinate client engagement activities.

Skills

Sales experience in SaaS/AI/cloud

Communication skills

Networking skills

Presentation skills

Education

Master's degree in a related field

Job description

About the role

At Swiss Re we are taking a ground-breaking Risk Data & Services platform for corporates (RDS) to market with an aim to deliver outstanding risk insights and services to our corporate customers using a broad array of risk data and advanced analytics. We are looking for an experienced sales executive to work with corporates across APAC. This role focuses on bringing Risk Data & Services and plays a critical role in building and scaling our business by winning new clients in APAC.

As a Senior Sales Executive Risk Data & Services for Corporates, you will focus on growing our customer base in APAC, identifying, progressing, and winning strategic clients represented by risk management leaders at corporates. While the role is entrepreneurial at heart, we are looking to hire a senior sales professional with strong experience from the SaaS, AI software, and/or cloud platform industries. We expect our new colleague to:

• Drive sales in a defined territory in APAC.
• Implement a territory plan to ensure we exceed sales and revenue targets.
• Identify, develop, and close new opportunities with the right customer stakeholders.
• Handle C-level relationships within the region's risk management ecosystem (clients, service providers, prospects, partners).
• Independently and collaboratively strategize for solving deal-level challenges.

Critically, you will coordinate client engagement activities across APAC, and be accountable (with others) for its success:

• Define sales forecasts, continued improvement of our commercial proposition, professionalize business case creation, identify scalable market opportunities, and drive a clear value proposition to market.
• Ensure voice of the customer is heard and brought back to product management.
• Lead client facing activities, ensuring two-way communication channels and alignment to business strategy/goals and the needs of the business sponsor.

Collaboration will be crucial. You will work with multiple groups with deep expertise to shape our proposition, including our key account managers, underwriters, engineers, market bodies, brokers, and other service providers. The team’s success is your success and vice versa — you can only be successful by becoming a deeply integrated part of the wider team.

About you

We are looking for someone who brings a forward-thinking, intellectually curious approach to everything they do. We are motivated by a fast-changing entrepreneurial work environment with a positive team-to-win attitude. You should be at ease with developing your own go-to-market approach to successfully progress sales pipelines. To be successful you need strong communication and networking skills as well as the ability to present complex topics in a simple, impactful way.

Required

• At least 5 years of experience selling large, complex enterprise-grade SaaS/AI/cloud platform solutions within a vertical space.
• Consistent record of landing business for a new SaaS/Platform/Cloud platform service and evidence of winning strategic first deals in a competitive environment.
• Experience in leading cross-functional deal teams with client management, solution experts, and external partners in support of closing new business.
• Master's degree in a related field.
• Fluent or native business English.

Preferred

• Another language from the APAC region in addition to fluent business English.
• Understanding of the APAC commercial risk market, with insights on climate risk, supply chain risk, or property risk.

The role will require some travel within the APAC region, not expected to exceed 30%.

About Swiss Re Corporate Solutions

Swiss Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. We anticipate and manage risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime.

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is the commercial insurance arm of the Swiss Re Group. We offer innovative insurance solutions to large and midsized multinational corporations from our approximately 50 locations worldwide. We help clients mitigate their risk exposure, while our industry-leading claims service provides them with additional peace of mind.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions embraces a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.

If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.

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