Commercial / Product Director – Investment Research & Data recruitment
As the Product Director for this global financial institution you’ll be tasked with the European commercialization and distribution of their data research offering. This is a strategic senior management and leadership role with for this specialist team where you’ll be responsible for:
- Securing new research content - identifying gaps in data coverage , and develop relationships with banks and research providers to provide such data and research.
- Define and develop the product roadmap for new products and services to take to market.
- Strategising around the commercialisation of the content, and evangelising to clients.
- Line management of the product and research distribution team.
Appropriate candidates will have the following background and experience:
- Strong career focus on investment research / data / financial information and its consumption, asset class focus not so important so could be equity research, credit research etc.
- Team / direct line management experience is essential.
- Commercial skills and strategic outlook - this is not a sales role, more of a wider business development / strategist role for securing and distributing content. So also requires ability to listen to clients and convert client needs into product and service offerings.
- Entrepreneurial in approach and ability to work in a self directed culture.
This is a key leadership role with the opportunity to define and build out research offerings for a very well established but high growth company.