Senior Business Developer, Asset Management

Job description

About the role

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Business Developer to join our dynamic Asset Management team in Zurich. Your tasks will include:

• Drive business development efforts regarding our investment solutions with a focus on private banks, family offices, external asset managers, institutional and crypto investors;
• Manage existing customer relationships with a focus on internal customers to service them and expand the penetration of our asset management offering;
• Supporting Sygnum's relationship managers with asset management solutions;
• Support the expansion of Sygnum's asset management offering internationally with a strategic focus on new markets worldwide and evaluate opportunities to reach them;
• Lead product-specific sales campaigns and customer events for asset management topics in specific regions in collaboration with marketing (including roadshows, conferences, webinars and educational outreach);
• Work with the asset management team to further develop our asset management offering;
• As a thought leader in direct customer interactions and as a speaker at external seminars and panels to ensure that the company's crypto offerings remain present in the minds of customers;
• Proactively support internal and external prospects and current investors with client reporting, marketing materials and monthly team updates.

Requirements

Our ideal candidate:

• Minimum of 5 years proven experience and track record in a business development/sales role within asset management;
• Existing network within the client segments of private banks, family offices and external asset managers (network within other institutional investors is a plus) in European markets and in the French-speaking part of Switzerland or with crypto-native investors;
• Strong knowledge of asset management markets and products;
• Strong interest in and knowledge of cryptocurrencies and blockchain;
• Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration or a related field;
• High level of customer service skills and negotiation skills;
• Excellent written, verbal communication and stakeholder management skills;
• Strong self-starter, unwaveringly resourceful, enjoys working in an entrepreneurial environment;
• Fluent English. French and/or German desirable, Italian is a plus.

We offer

Sygnum offers a comprehensive package of benefits for all team members. These include:

• Attractive combination of market salaries and entrepreneurial incentive scheme;
• Flexible working and home office guidelines;
• Professional development through mentoring and buddy programs;
• One-month fully paid sabbatical after five years of uninterrupted employment.