Director, Market Data | Front Office

A leading global investment bank is hiring a Director-level Market Data leader to sit within a central front-office aligned function, owning vendor strategy, commercial negotiations and stakeholder engagement across the organisation.

This is a senior, highly visible role with broad cross-asset exposure, working directly with trading desks, quant teams and technology to shape how market data is sourced, governed and optimised at scale.

Role

• Own a portfolio of strategic market data vendors across key product categories
• Lead commercial negotiations with major providers (e.g. Bloomberg, LSEG, exchanges)
• Act as the senior point of contact for vendor relationships and contractual matters
• Partner directly with trading, quant and technology teams to understand and challenge data demand
• Translate business requirements into vendor strategy, sourcing decisions and commercial outcomes
• Drive cost optimisation, vendor rationalisation and global spend governance
• Contribute to broader market data strategy, operating model and governance forums

Profile

• Extensive experience in market data, vendor management or data procurement within financial markets
• Strong understanding of:
  • market data licensing and usage rights
  • exchange policies, redistribution and audit risk
  • how data is used across trading, quant and analytics environments
• Comfortable engaging senior front office and technology stakeholders
• Experience managing spend, contracts and vendor portfolios at scale
• Strong commercial judgement with the ability to balance business needs and cost discipline

This is a great role for a hands-on market data leader who has strong commercial experience on the vendor side and good understanding of the technical landscape behind market data for trading, research, and technology teams.

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