Strategic Data Management Lead
Core
Lead global vendor strategy, negotiations, and performance management for market data providers to support investment teams and core functions.
Role type
Senior strategic vendor management lead (market data)
Builds
Global vendor partnerships, commercial agreements, and operational processes for market data inventory and licensing
Domain
Financial services / Market data operations
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Vendor relationship management, complex commercial negotiation, market data product knowledge, financial acumen, budgeting and forecasting, operational process improvement, stakeholder management
Preferred skills
Team leadership, experience with portfolio managers and trading teams, data governance and entitlement management
Technologies
Market data platforms, exchanges, brokers, financial information services
Responsibilities
Own senior-level relationships with market data vendors; lead negotiations for new agreements and renewals; develop and execute global vendor strategy; oversee vendor performance metrics and governance; partner with Finance to manage budgets and cost allocations; translate investment team needs into coordinated vendor solutions; lead initiatives to improve vendor-management processes and automation
