Market Data Commercial Manager (VP) – Investment Bank recruitment

Responsibilities:

• Undertake relationship management and contract negotiations for market data vendors, ensuring that the most cost-effective market data services to meet business requirements are obtained

• Maintain a good relationship with a wide group of external vendors, the business liaison team, procurement and internal stakeholders across the globe

• Coordinating and chairing update meetings as required

• Ensuring that business requirements are clearly communicated

• Facilitating the involvement of the business

• Define implement internal allocation of costs of agreements and gain approval from representatives

• Monitoring and enforcing compliance with terms and conditions

• Assistance with coordination of administration and billing

• Managing a portfolio of market data contracts with market data vendors (in conjunction with Purchasing, the Business and Legal as required)

• Ensuring that global purchasing power is leveraged with the market data vendors through global liaison and coordination

• Managing ad hoc global initiatives and reviews

Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree

• Min. 8 years experience in Market Data in a major financial institution/investment bank with strong commercial/contractual negotiations skills

• Proven experience in maintaining a good relationship with a wide group of external vendors, the business liaison team, procurement and internal stakeholders across designated business areas globally

• Ensuring that global market data best practices are maintained, addressing local anomalies where necessary and improving processes where appropriate

• Strong understanding of market data inventory systems, processes and procedures

• A good understanding of the commercial terms and conditions of the major market data vendors together with data usage terms is essential as is a strong understanding of the various product offerings from the key market data providers

• Fluent Japanese is a MUST

To apply, please send your CV to anson@aptitudeasia.com