Sales Lead, Axioma – Canada

SimCorp A/S

$80K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in sales, particularly in investment analytics or front-office solutions
  • Deep understanding of institutional asset management workflows, including risk analytics
  • Proven background in selling to institutional investors like asset managers and pension funds
  • Demonstrated ability to engage with senior investment stakeholders like CIOs and risk teams
  • Experience managing complex sales processes with multiple stakeholder involvement
  • Strong communication skills to present technical concepts as business value
  • Self-driven with a collaborative mindset, adaptable to fast-paced environments

Responsibilities

  • Drive the full sales cycle from initial contact to closing deals with clients
  • Build relationships with key stakeholders in the institutional finance sector
  • Collaborate with product specialists for client demonstrations and evaluations
  • Identify and cultivate new business opportunities in the Canadian market
  • Support intricate deal processes and navigate multi-stakeholder buying cycles
  • Manage sales pipeline effectively, maintaining forecasting and tracking against targets
  • Provide market insights and client feedback to inform product development and strategy

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours and a hybrid work model to promote work-life balance
  • Individualized professional development paths to support career growth
  • Attractive bonus structure and pension benefits in addition to competitive salary
Full Job Description

Why this role is important to us 

SimCorp empowers leading asset managers, pension funds, and financial institutions to streamline investment decisions using integrated technology and analytics. Axioma plays a critical role in delivering front-office risk and portfolio construction capabilities to our clients.  
  
In the role of Sales Lead, Canada – Axioma, you will be responsible for driving growth of Axioma solutions across the Canadian market. You will work directly with institutional clients and internal teams to position Axioma as a strategic partner in investment decision-making.  

What you will be responsible for 

  • Drive the full sales cycle from origination through close across new and existing clients  

  • Build relationships with key stakeholders including CIOs, portfolio managers, risk teams, and quants  

  • Position Axioma solutions in collaboration with product specialists and support client demos and evaluations  

  • Identify and develop new business opportunities across the Canadian institutional market  

  • Support complex deal processes and help navigate multi-stakeholder buying cycles  

  • Manage pipeline, maintain accurate forecasting, and track against revenue targets  

  • Provide market intelligence and client feedback to inform product and commercial strategy  

  • Collaborate with SimCorp account teams to drive cross-sell and aligned client engagement  

  • Represent SimCorp and Axioma in the market through client meetings and industry events  

What we value 

  • Experience selling investment analytics, risk, data, or front-office solutions 

  • Strong understanding of institutional asset management workflows, including portfolio construction, risk analytics, and factor models 

  • Experience selling into institutional asset managers, pension funds, or insurance firms 

  • Ability to engage credibly with portfolio managers, risk teams, quants, CIOs, and senior investment stakeholders 

  • Proven experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles 

  • Comfortable working with product specialists to support technical discussions, demos, and evaluations 

  • Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear business value 

  • Commercial mindset with the ability to identify and develop growth opportunities 

  • Familiarity with the Canadian institutional market is preferred 

  • Self-driven, collaborative, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment 

  • CFA or similar finance background is a strong asset 

  • Flexibility to work on-site in the office 2X per week 

  • Flexibility to travel as needed 

Benefits 

Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work and life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid model. And opportunities for professional development: there is never just only one route - we offer an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take. 

 

Next Steps 

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process. 

 

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks. This role is for an active, existing vacancy.  

 

Please note: Only applications sent through our system will be processed. 

 

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