The Company

IHS Markit is a dynamic team consisting of more than 5,000 analysts, data scientists, industry experts, and software developers serving 80% of the Fortune Global 500, and over 50,000 clients in over 140 countries. In IHS Markit’s Product Design division, we understand deeply that new product development typically overruns deadlines by 120%, while 70% of companies admit to investing in duplicative research. It is our mission to rescue your technical professionals from the rising tide of raw data and opinions. Goldfire by IHS Markit is a scalable cognitive search engine that provides single-point access to information across the enterprise and empowers the technical professional to make the right decision at the right time. Leveraging state-of-the-art AI-powered Natural Language Processing, Goldfire automatically reads, organizes, and summarizes technical knowledge to solve problems, inform decisions, and deliver value to your organization.

The Opportunity

Are you eager to learn? Are you hungry for professional growth? Are you ready for a challenge? As a Goldfire Inside Sales Rep at IHS Markit you will be responsible for managing our software maintenance renewal contracts, supporting our team of outside Account Managers and working tirelessly to increase the opportunity pipeline. You will be the first hire as we build this new team, so we are looking for fresh perspectives, new ideas, unrelenting drive for success and someone looking to grow their professional career. You will be working out of our beautiful Boulder, Colorado office with all the typical benefits that only a Boulderite would understand!

The Team

The Goldfire sales team is a small, elite group of enterprise software professionals within the greater IHS Markit ecosystem. We share ideas and help each other navigate roadblocks standing in the way of our success. We are open and communicative and believe two heads are always better than one. We work hard and play hard and are relentless in successfully achieving our professional and personal goals while remaining grounded through work life balance.

The Skill Set

• 3+ years of Inside Sales / Lead Development experience, preferably in high tech industry
• Good knowledge of sales process / lead development / forecasting
• Record of consistently crushing quota
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Self-starter with minimum ramp-up time needed
• Able to work with a diverse Outside Sales team
• Excellent communicator who is clear, concise and to the point
• Problem solver that meets challenges with suggestions

The Extra Credit

• Experience selling technical software such as Cognitive Search, Enterprise Search, Business Intelligence, Knowledge Management or PLM systems
• Knowledge with Salesforce CRM
• Avid skier/snowboarder