Senior Director, Hedge Funds & Quant Go-to-Market

About this role

FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.  

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Role Summary The Senior Director, Hedge Funds & Quant Go-To-Market owns the multi-year ASV growth strategy and commercial execution for the Hedge Funds & Quant firm type. This leader is accountable for the segment’s ASV growth trajectory without carrying the sales quota or owning the product roadmap. The role also serves as the executive owner of Hedge Funds & Quant commercialization, messaging, and market positioning across the firm. The role is responsible for translating FactSet's product and AI capabilities into a compelling Hedge Funds & Quant value proposition, commercial strategy, market narrative, and GTM playbooks, while ensuring that client and field intelligence is consistently channeled back into product and strategy decisions. As a global role, the leader will adapt strategy, messaging, and execution playbooks to reflect the distinct needs and dynamics of hedge fund and quant clients across regions. Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Go-To-Market, this leader will head the Hedge Funds & Quant GTM Pod, overseeing a team of GTM Directors.  Additionally, they will partner with dedicated Product Marketing and Programs and Sales Enablement leaders, while working closely with centralized Pricing leadership to drive execution against the Hedge Funds & Quant segment strategy. This is an accountable growth leadership role with responsibility for the segment’s ASV performance and long-term growth trajectory. Success is measured by the strength and effectiveness of the go-to-market model the leader designs, aligns, and executes, and by the business outcomes it delivers for the Hedge Funds & Quant segment, rather than by individual revenue attainment.

Key Responsibilities Hedge Funds & Quant Growth Strategy & Value Proposition • Own the multi-year Hedge Funds & Quant ASV growth strategy, driving the cross-functional alignment required to accelerate ASV growth through client value creation.

• Own Hedge Funds & Quant positioning, client targeting, personas, and commercial direction. Identify the primary drivers of growth across expansion, new client acquisition, AI adoption, and cross-sell, and establish the commercial priorities required to achieve measurable ASV outcomes. Direct Product Marketing & Programs and Sales Enablement partners in developing the value proposition and narrative that brings this positioning to market.

• Own the Hedge Funds & Quant client-facing narrative and commercialization framework, ensuring client presentations, thought leadership, sales collateral, campaign messaging, and field enablement materials consistently reinforce FactSet's differentiated value proposition across Hedge Funds & Quant client segments.

• Lead the commercialization of new products and innovations within Hedge Funds & Quant, aligning Product, Pricing, Product Marketing & Programs, and Sales Enablement teams on positioning, target accounts, launch readiness, and adoption strategies, while influencing roadmap and launch sequencing to maximize market impact.

• Develop and execute the GTM strategy for FactSet's AI solutions within Hedge Funds & Quant, aligning Product, the AI Foundry, and GTM leadership to accelerate adoption, unlock new revenue opportunities, drive ASV growth, and strengthen FactSet’s position as a trusted AI partner to Hedge Funds & Quant clients.

• Serve as the voice of the Hedge Funds & Quant client and market, translating commercial insights, client feedback, and competitive intelligence into recommendations that inform product strategy, pricing, packaging, and investment priorities.

• Develop a deep understanding of the distinct buying behaviors and needs across Hedge Funds & Quant's client personas, including hedge fund managers and quantitative managers and analysts, and translate those insights into differentiated go-to-market strategies that deliver measurable results.

• Shape the Hedge Funds & Quant product roadmap by translating market signals, competitive dynamics, and client and field intelligence into clear, prioritized guidance for Product leadership ensuring FactSet's Hedge Funds & Quant capabilities are built and sequenced against the highest-value commercial opportunities.

Market Intelligence & Strategic Insight • Serve as FactSet's leading internal expert on the Hedge Funds & Quant market, staying abreast of industry trends (i.e., tracking multi-strategy platform consolidation, alternative data and systematic strategy adoption, prime financing and margin dynamics, and evolving regulatory reporting requirements), partnering with the Customer & Competitive Insights function to synthesize this intelligence into regular strategic briefings for senior leadership.

• Identify emerging risks to FactSet’s Hedge Funds & Quant business, assessing competitive, regulatory, or structural threats, and partnering with Sales and Product leadership to develop strategies that mitigate impact and protect market position.

Client Engagement & Executive Sponsorship • Serve as FactSet’s senior executive representative to the Hedge Funds & Quant industry, building trusted executive relationships with key clients and industry leaders while acting as a credible domain expert and strategic advisor on market trends, client priorities, and growth opportunities.

• Serve as executive sponsor for Hedge Funds & Quant's strategic accounts, leading executive QBRs

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