Market Data Lead
Core
Define and own the market data strategy and roadmap for TradFi products, including sourcing, integration, and governance of exchange and vendor data.
Role type
Senior IC market data lead (TradFi)
Builds
Market data feeds, normalized data, reference data, and distribution to trading surfaces
Domain
Financial services / TradFi market data
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Market data strategy, vendor negotiation, data integration, data governance, compliance, stakeholder management, commercial acumen, team building, market structure knowledge
Preferred skills
Launching new asset classes, APAC/US/EU market knowledge, SQL/Python, trading products familiarity
Technologies
Feed protocols, normalization tools, symbology standards, time-series distribution
Responsibilities
Define market data strategy and roadmap; lead sourcing and commercial negotiations with exchanges and vendors; drive end-to-end data integration with engineering; build governance across the data lifecycle; partner with product, legal, and compliance; maintain a live view of the market data landscape; build and mentor a market data team; act as the in-house expert on TradFi market data
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership
