S&P Global · London
Sales & Businessposted today
Grade Level (for internal use):
11
With Intelligence (part of S&P Global) is seeking a high-performing sponsorship sales professional to drive revenue growth across our expanding consultant conference and events portfolio.
This role will focus heavily on selling sponsorship opportunities around investment consultant-led events, including our strategic partnership with Wilshire to deliver their flagship annual client conference, alongside a pipeline of new consultant-focused events and bespoke experiences.
The successful candidate will play a central role in identifying and securing sponsorship revenue from active and relevant asset managers.
This is a frontline commercial role with a strong emphasis on new business development, strategic account growth, and helping shape the commercial success of newly launched events. The ideal candidate will bring experience selling high-value sponsorships within financial services events, with a strong understanding of institutional investment markets and consultant relationships.
Key Responsibilities
As part of our commercial team, you will:
" Drive sponsorship revenue across With Intelligence's consultant conference portfolio, with a particular focus on strategic consultant partnerships and flagship client conferences
" Lead sponsorship sales activity for the Wilshire annual client conference, securing and growing relationships with key industry sponsors
" Identify, target, and convert new sponsor clients
" Build and execute a proactive new business strategy focused on growing sponsorship participation across existing and newly launched events
" Own pipeline generation through self-sourced outreach, market mapping, networking, referrals, and strategic prospecting
" Develop tailored sponsorship propositions that align sponsor objectives with consultant and allocator audiences
" Partner with the Commercial Director and event leadership teams to shape commercial strategy, pricing, packaging, and positioning for consultant-led events and new launches
" Gather market intelligence and client feedback to support the development of new event concepts, sponsorship products, and partnership opportunities
" Grow and retain selected strategic accounts, increasing long-term sponsor investment and engagement across the events portfolio
" Maintain a strong understanding of institutional investment trends, consultant dynamics, and the competitive event landscape
" Collaborate closely with production, marketing, delegate acquisition, and leadership teams to ensure successful event delivery and sponsor and event partner satisfaction
Requirements
" Proven track record in sponsorship sales, ideally within financial services, institutional investment, or B2B conference/events businesses
" Experience selling sponsorship around conferences, summits, or client events targeting institutional investors, consultants, or asset managers
" Strong understanding of the institutional investment market, including consultant, allocator, asset manager, and service provider relationships
" Demonstrated success in new business acquisition and pipeline generation
" Experience working on new event launches or developing sponsorship revenue for emerging products is highly desirable
" Confident engaging and negotiating with senior-level stakeholders across sales, marketing, and executive functions
" Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to build commercial momentum in a fast-paced environment
" Excellent communication, relationship-building, and consultative sales skills
" Commercially strategic with the ability to contribute ideas around product development and sponsor engagement
" Highly motivated, resilient, and target-driven
" Collaborative and adaptable, with the ability to work cross-functionally across multiple stakeholders and projects
Success in This Role Looks Like
" Strong sponsorship revenue growth across consultant-led conferences and strategic event partnerships
" Successful commercial delivery of the Wilshire annual client conference and future consultant event launches
" Consistent new logo acquisition and development of a healthy sponsorship pipeline
" Revenue targets exceeded through a combination of new business and strategic account growth
" Positive contribution to the expansion and long-term scalability of With Intelligence's consultant events portfolio
About S&P Global Market Intelligence
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Our Mission:
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