Associate Director Content Acquisition

OSTTRA; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global data solutions firm located in Greater London is seeking an Associate Director - CARM to lead contract negotiations with third party content providers and manage vendor relationships. The role involves strategic planning and collaboration with internal stakeholders to optimize data usage and compliance. Candidates should have 7 years of relevant experience in market data management and strong negotiation skills. This hybrid position requires collaboration and effective communication skills, alongside a strong customer focus.

Benefits

Health care coverage

Flexible time off

Access to learning resources

Competitive pay and retirement planning

Family-friendly benefits

Qualifications

• 7 years relevant experience focused on financial information/market data vendor relationship management, contract negotiations, and overall market data management.
• Knowledge of financial information and market data industry, including various vendors and products available in the marketplace.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience with reviewing, revising, and authoring 3rd party data supplier agreements.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial deal and contractual negotiations, selecting vendors and managing rights post-execution.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with third party content and service providers.
• Work with businesses to create strategies around product creation and revenue.

Skills

Negotiation

Contract Management

Leadership Experience

Operations Management

Strategic Planning

Program Assessment

Research Experience

Education

7 years of relevant experience in financial information/market data vendor management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the Role

Grade Level (for internal use): 11

The Role

The Associate Director - CARM (Content Acquisition & Rights Management) will support the centralized function within S&P Global responsible for the licensing distribution and management of 3rd party content and services globally. This role will establish and manage relationships with various 3rd party content and services providers including stock exchanges (primarily in the EMEA & Americas regions) and help implement internal controls to ensure that use of such content and services contracts meet the needs of our businesses and ensure S&P Global’s compliance with all terms and conditions. The successful candidate will be expected to establish and manage relationships with various 3rd party data sources and exchanges, be responsible for negotiating commercial and contractual terms related to the business’s internal use and external redistribution of data across various proprietary products. This position will be based in London, UK.

This hybrid role requires 2 days a week or 9 days a month work from our London office.

The Team

The Content Acquisition and Rights Management (CARM) team is the market data advisory group to the S&P Global organization. The CARM group currently manages this function for S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Ratings Services, S&P Global Commodity Insights, S&P Global Mobility Sustainable, and Kensho and is prepared to support and assume responsibility for additional business groups within S&P Global as it has a collaborative proactive & strategic approach to content acquisition, data sharing, savings/synergies and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial deal and contractual negotiations, selecting vendors, negotiating commercial terms and finalizing into complete and executed agreements, obtaining necessary business stakeholder approvals and managing rights and obligations post-execution. For larger / broader partnerships collaborate with other CARM colleagues including the Head of CARM as necessary.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with the company’s third party content and service providers (including stock exchanges), keeping up to date on the latest offerings and all associated market data policies. Forge solid relationships with all key internal stakeholders and understand their products, content and business needs.
• Work with the businesses to create strategies around product creation, enhancements and increased revenues, and execute on strategies by presenting and procuring approvals and recommendations to either buy / acquire organically, create / build or license content and related services.
• Partner with business stakeholders to review requests for additional content and services, clearly documenting and understanding each request. Create RFIs / RFPs as necessary to send to prospective vendors, managing the process.
• Lead contract renewal process for all assigned vendors and agreements. Partner with business stakeholders to assess potential for re-evaluation and re-negotiation as may best benefit the evolving needs and budgets of the business.
• Ensure compliance with existing license grants, making recommendations to the business on potential risks and suggested actions.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date summaries of all vendor relationships and related contracts and policy terms.
• Meet with business stakeholders and vendors, review news and periodicals, attend training and events to continuously grow and evolve knowledgebase of S&P’s products and services, S&P’s 3rd party vendor partners and the overall financial information and market data industry.
• Implement and promote best practices globally, including identifying opportunities to optimize and leverage data sources across the organization. Abide by CARM standards and protocol, implementing new processes and procedures to evolve with the business and optimize the workflows of CARM and its value provided to the businesses CARM supports.
• Coordinate and facilitate the sharing of data and information assets between and among the S&P Global businesses while following the prescribed guidelines of the S&P Global Data Sharing Framework.

Requirements

• 7 years relevant experience focused on financial information / market data vendor relationship management, contract negotiations and overall market data management.
• Knowledge of financial information and market data industry, including various vendors and products available in the marketplace.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience with reviewing, revising and authoring 3rd party data supplier agreements.
• Complex and creative commercial deal negotiation experience a must.
• Problem‑solving and synergy cost savings analysis experience a must.
• Strong customer focus with demonstrated ability to be highly responsive and provide solutions to requests and issues. CARM is a centralized business support team and function and all business stakeholders within the firm are our customers.
• Comfortable liaising with internal stakeholders and external vendors at a variety of levels.
• Attention to detail, follow-through on projects and multi-tasking skills.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent presentation and writing skills with ability to influence.
• Excellent organizational and team building skills. Must be highly organized and self‑directed with the ability to work autonomously and adapt to change.
• FISD Market Data certification (FIA) a plus.

Whats In It For You

Our Mission

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People

We’re more than 35,000 strong worldwide and able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us, finding new ways to measure sustainability, analyzing energy transition across the supply chain, and building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values

Integrity

Discovery

Partnership

Throughout our history the world’s leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits

We take care of you so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you and your career need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company‑matched student loan contribution and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones too with some best-in-class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards, small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race / ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

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Key Skills

• Program assessment
• FDA Regulations
• Manufacturing & Controls
• Program Evaluation
• Budget forecast
• Research Experience
• Operations Management
• Research & Development
• Strategic Planning
• Contract Management
• Leadership Experience
• Negotiation

Employment Type

Full‑Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1