At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead market data strategy and vendor negotiations in a dynamic investment banking environment.
- Company: A leading global investment bank with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Join a high-visibility role with significant impact across the organisation.
- Why this job: Shape the future of market data and work closely with trading and tech teams.
- Qualifications: Extensive market data experience and strong vendor management skills required.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
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.
We think you need these skills to ace Director, Market Data | Front Office in London
Vendor Management
Commercial Negotiations
Stakeholder Engagement
Market Data Licensing
Data Procurement
Cost Optimisation
Vendor Rationalisation
