Sales Director

The primary role of the Sales Director at Spherix Global Insights is to lead the sales strategy for identified franchises and accounts and to develop long-term relationships with clients that result in the achievement of target revenues. 

• Successfully meet or exceed assigned quota• Generate market awareness through conferences and events• Curate leads and present capabilities to generate opportunities• Work with Insights leads to close opportunities• Work with Insights team to ensure capabilities decks are tailored to unique client need• Work with marketing and Franchise Heads to generate marketing and sales enablement materials• Forms partnership with data and research organization to ensure products are meeting needs of customer• Regularly engages clients/prospects to understand market demands and provides client feedback on product messaging to stakeholders• Develop and execute a sales strategy for each target client• Seek and drive new business opportunities within new accounts• Secure and participate in client meetings with Franchise Heads• Maintain the sales pipeline in the company’s CRM system, HubSpot for accounts• Represent Spherix at designated meetings (clinical and industry)

• Demonstrated ability to lead account management• 10+ years experience selling into pharma, quant data and primary research experience preferred• Understands syndicated market research landscape• Experience delivering on a book of business of 5-10m or higher• Proven business acumen and track record in business/client development• Experience developing an effective sales strategy at the client level• Proven record of building productive business relationships• Demonstrated ability to work without routine supervision and consistent track record of delivering against objectives/sales targets• Exceptional organization and presentation skills necessary• Highly engaging and collaborative working style

• You are a hardworking, self-starter who is comfortable working independently and without routine management supervision• You enjoy opening the doors to new business• You enjoy making progress towards your goals and possess an instinctively entrepreneurial business acumen• You embrace change and innovation• You value integrity• You seek a working environment populated by dynamic professionals with a team-oriented approach to building a best-in-class insights business

• This position reports to the VP, Sales• Compensation package includes competitive salary and benefits (health, 401K), commensurate with experience, as well as variable compensation/bonus opportunity based on target sales achievements

At Spherix, we are a hyper-focused market intelligence firm that leverages our proprietary network of Health Care Practitioners (HCPs) to provide actionable insights to our clients so that they can make better decisions.  We specialize in select dermatology, gastroenterology, nephrology, neurology, ophthalmology, and rheumatology markets.Our leadership team has extensive client-side experience in biopharmaceutical brand management and strategic marketing, coupled with a passion for the specialty markets that they cover.  Our therapy teams intimately understand each therapeutic market and effectively partner with our clients.  In addition, Spherix Global Insight’s proprietary network allows us to not only rapidly turnaround research, but it also ensures a high-quality respondent base that is engaged in the research process.Spherix Global Insights has a passionate team of professionals that is driven by helping customers turn information into insights.  Our proprietary approach and our passionate team have allowed the company to grow rapidly over the past five years. Recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal as one of the fastest growing businesses in Philadelphia- Award:  Soaring 76 – 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023Recognized by the Entrepreneurs’ Forum as one of the fastest growing privately held business in the region- Award:  Philadelphia 100- 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022