The Economist Group

About The Economist Group

Most of The Economist Group's sales openings sell its analysis to institutions rather than single readers, through two business units with separate teams. Economist Pro, the B2B arm of The Economist, sells a digital platform and content API to governments, multinationals and financial firms, and is hiring three new-business sales executives in London, one each for enterprise accounts, financial services and European mid-market companies, the last working its own plan by country, sector and account. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the group's research division, wants a senior business development manager in New York to sell macroeconomic and political intelligence across the Americas to financial services, corporate, government and professional services buyers, plus customer success managers in New York and Beijing; the Beijing seat reports to the Global Head of Customer Success in London, owns renewals on lower-tier China accounts and backs the account managers on strategic ones. A London strategic partnerships manager, working with the EVP of Strategic Partnerships, signs corporate partners that bring The Economist new subscribers, and the eighth listing is a standing talent pool for subscription account management and business development in Hong Kong, London, New York, Shanghai and Singapore, which the posting itself says is not an open job. Of the seven live openings, four are in London, two in New York and one in Beijing, out of 46 postings on its board.