Horizon Insights Hiring! Full Time Institutional Sales in - Ricebowl

We're hiring a high-energy institutional sales professional to drive new client acquisition in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Western markets. You'll partner with our Shanghai-based research team to bring China-anchored commodity and macro insights to hedge funds, commodity trading houses, and investment banks. This is a quota-bearing role with clear performance milestones — best suited for someone hungry to build a book of business, comfortable with AI-augmented workflows, and resilient to long sales cycles.

Job Responsibility:

• Own end-to-end new business cycle — from cold prospecting through trial, negotiation, and signed contract.
• Hit new client signings target within first 12 months; deliver consistent renewal performance on inherited book of business.
• Use AI to scale prospecting — build and run automated workflows for LinkedIn outreach, email personalization, lead scoring, and content delivery.
• Translate research into sales narratives — synthesize daily/weekly reports from analysts into client-facing summaries; demonstrate product value through webinars and 1-on-1 roadshows.
• Host 1-2 webinars/month featuring analysts from Shanghai; invite and convert qualified prospects.
• Attend 1-2 industry events/month
• Maintain pipeline hygiene in CRM; provide weekly pipeline updates.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (academic record secondary to demonstrable sales results).
• 1-3 years institutional sales experience with at least 3 closed deals in commodity research, financial research, or related B2B information products.
• Hands-on AI tool experience — must demonstrate live use of: AI prospecting, AI-assisted email outreach, generative AI for content. Will be asked to demo a workflow during interview.
• Excellent business English + fluent Mandarin. Singapore PR / EP eligible.
• Existing network preferred in commodity trading houses, hedge funds, or sell-side research in Singapore/HK.
• Resilient — comfortable with 30+ outreach attempts/week and 3-6 month sales cycles.
• Hands-on attitude toward physical events and client visits.
• Team-oriented and culturally adaptable to mixed Singapore/Shanghai work environment.

3-Month Onboarding Milestones：

Month 1: 30+ qualified prospects identified; product training complete

Month 2: 5+ active trials/conversations

Month 3: 1 closed deal OR 3 deals in advanced negotiation