Saatchi & Saatchi

Senior Manager, Business Development

Saatchi & Saatchi$75K — $107K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-8 years experience in business development or strategic partnerships
  • Proven success in generating new business opportunities
  • Strong presence and communication skills with executives
  • Experience presenting to complex decision-making groups
  • Ability to manage multiple opportunities at once
  • Comfort with AI tools for improved productivity
  • Familiarity with CRM and pipeline management processes

Responsibilities

  • Drive revenue by generating and closing new opportunities in tech and financial sectors
  • Develop and maintain a pipeline of qualified prospects
  • Lead the sales cycle from prospecting to contract execution
  • Build relationships with key stakeholders across various organizations
  • Identify and leverage emerging market opportunities for Verilogue
  • Define go-to-market strategies and pricing for new offerings
  • Develop key account growth plans and align solutions with client needs

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability and family leave support
  • 401K retirement plan
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off options
  • Family forming assistance
Full Job Description
Overview

The Senior Manager, Business Development, Tech & Financial Services will be responsible for building and expanding Verilogue's presence within technology companies, AI developers, investment firms, data buyers, and other non-traditional healthcare clients.

This role combines consultative selling, relationship development, market creation, strategic partnership management, and AI-enabled execution. The ideal candidate thrives in a growth environment, enjoys opening new markets, and can use Verilogue's internal AI tools to work faster, identify better opportunities, improve client engagement, and build repeatable workflows that increase commercial impact

The Senior Manager will own a portfolio of opportunities, develop strategic growth plans, generate new business, and serve as a key contributor to Verilogue's long-term expansion strategy.

Responsibilities

Drive Revenue Growth
• Generate and close new business opportunities across technology, AI/ML, data licensing, and financial services sectors.
• Develop and maintain a qualified pipeline of prospective clients, strategic partners, and buyers.
• Lead the full sales cycle from prospecting through contract execution.
• Build relationships with executives, product leaders, data procurement teams, research teams, and investment professionals.
• Consistently achieve and exceed sales and revenue targets.

Build the Tech & Financial Services Vertical
• Identify emerging market opportunities for Verilogue's data, products, and capabilities.
• Help define go-to-market strategies, pricing approaches, and commercial packaging for new offerings.
• Provide market feedback to Product, Research, Legal, and Leadership teams to improve commercialization efforts.
• Establish Verilogue as a trusted partner within technology and financial services communities.
• Represent Verilogue at industry conferences, networking events, and client meetings.

Strategic Account Development
• Develop account growth plans for priority organizations.
• Understand client business objectives and align Verilogue capabilities to their needs.
• Coordinate cross-functional resources to support successful client engagements.
• Create compelling business cases and proposals that demonstrate measurable value.

Internal Collaboration
• Partner closely with Research, Product, Marketing, Legal, Finance, and Operations teams to support opportunity development and execution.
• Assist with contract negotiations and commercialization planning for new offerings.
• Maintain accurate opportunity tracking and forecasting within Salesforce.
• Use Verilogue's internal AI tools to improve prospecting, account research, pipeline development, proposal creation, and client follow-up while identifying repeatable business development workflows that can be improved or automated through AI.
• Contribute to process improvements that increase efficiency and scalability across business development efforts.

Qualifications

Required
• 5 to 8+ years of experience in business development, sales, consulting, strategic partnerships, investment research, data commercialization, or a related field.
• Proven ability to generate and close net-new business opportunities.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills.
• Experience presenting to senior decision-makers and complex buying groups.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously.
• Demonstrated comfort using AI tools to improve productivity, research, communication, and business development outcomes.
• Familiarity with CRM platforms and pipeline management processes.

Preferred
• Experience working with hedge funds, asset managers, venture capital firms, private equity firms, technology companies, or AI organizations
• Exposure to healthcare, life sciences, technology, artificial intelligence, investment research, or financial services industries.
• Experience selling data, analytics, research, AI solutions, or information products.
• Understanding of data licensing, alternative data, or enterprise data sales.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

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Compensation Range: USD $75,050.00 - USD $107,835.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 9/21/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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