Pre Sales Vice President – Financial Risk and Analytics

Overview

In this VP of Pre-Sales role, you will lead pre-sales across Europe for a quant-focused risk analytics consultancy. You will drive product demonstrations, RFP/RFI responses, and proof-of-concept work with a portfolio of derivatives projects for top clients. The position blends academic rigor with practical client engagement, offering growth in a multi-asset, multi-project environment. You’ll shape product strategy, thought leadership, and proposals while partnering with cross-functional teams to win business and accelerate growth.

Pay / Benefits

• bonus
• real training

Responsibilities

• Lead product demonstrations with financial engineers and support growth of product lines
• Own preparation and delivery of prospect presentations, workshops, and POCs using proprietary data
• Drive product innovation and thought leadership within the team
• Prepare and respond to proposals, RFPs, RFIs, ITTs
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to align solutions with client needs
• Manage and guide pre-sales consultants across Europe
• Support account teams with technical expertise during sales cycles

Key requirements

• BSc or MSc in STEM from a top school
• Experience in a financial software vendor or consultancy
• Strong track record in technical pre-sales, account management, and project management
• Excellent understanding of current risk and pricing trends and related technology
• Some programming or scripting experience (VBA/Excel)
• Experience with Quantifi, Axiom, Broadridge, Charles River, MUREX, Algorithmics, Numerix, Sophis, Fidessa or similar

• Client-facing communication
• Thought leadership
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Quantifi
• Axiom
• Broadridge

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