Head of Data Strategy & Partnerships

Bybit Limited; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 750,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Study Growth Fund

Internal Events

Global Collaboration

Career Advancement

Internal Mobility

Job summary

Bybit Limited is seeking a seasoned data strategist to lead the Data Strategy Group (DSG). You will source, negotiate, and integrate external data streams powering Index Pricing calculations, while owning vendor relationships and end-to-end data lifecycle.

The role requires a track record in trading or financial data businesses, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to lead a small high-performing team within a fast-moving crypto exchange environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data strategy, data sourcing, or data partnerships within trading, exchanges, or financial services
• Demonstrated ability to identify and acquire unique or alternative data sources with competitive advantage
• Proven track record negotiating commercial data agreements—pricing, licensing terms, redistribution rights, SLAs
• Deep understanding of market data ecosystems (exchanges, vendors, alternative data providers)
• Strong knowledge of index pricing or benchmark methodologies and their data inputs
• Technical literacy—comfortable discussing APIs, data pipelines, connectivity architecture, and data quality frameworks
• Experience building or managing small, high-performing teams
• Excellent stakeholder management across commercial, technical, and senior leadership functions

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the data sourcing strategy aligned with DSG's Index Pricing roadmap
• Identify and evaluate candidate data streams from market data vendors, exchanges, and alternative providers
• Build scoring framework assessing coverage, latency, reliability, cost, and licensing terms
• Lead negotiations for data contracts, licensing, and redistribution rights
• Oversee data ingestion pipelines (APIs, feeds, FTP, WebSocket, FIX)
• Coordinate with vendors on connectivity requirements and security considerations
• Ensure data quality with validation, reconciliation, and monitoring
• Manage renewals, amendments, and terminations; benchmark pricing
• Foster long-term strategic relationships with data partners
• Hire and mentor DSG team members and set delivery cadence
• Collaborate with Legal/Compliance and Finance on licensing and budget
• Maintain documentation and runbooks for operations

Skills

Data strategy

Data sourcing

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

APIs & data pipelines

Python

SQL

Streaming platforms

Education

Bachelor's in a related field

Tools

Python

SQL

Streaming platforms

Job description

Bybit Limited is seeking a seasoned data strategist to lead the Data Strategy Group (DSG). You will source, negotiate, and integrate external data streams powering Index Pricing calculations, while owning vendor relationships and end-to-end data lifecycle.

The role requires a track record in trading or financial data businesses, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to lead a small high-performing team within a fast-moving crypto exchange environment.