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.