Content Relationship Manager - Commodities Data

Bloomberg L.P.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent global financial services company seeks a Content Relationship Manager focused on commodities data. The role involves managing content partnerships, enhancing data quality, and developing strategic relationships to support business objectives. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in sales and relationship management within financial services.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in sales and relationship management in financial services.
• Experience in commodities and energy products.
• Ability to influence C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategy and relationships with content partners for commodities pricing data.
• Collaborate with various functions to improve data quality.
• Negotiate terms for contributed data.

Skills

Relationship Management

Sales

Communication

Negotiation

Job description

Content Relationship Manager - Commodities Data

Location: London

Business Area: Data

Ref #: 10042172

Description & Requirements:

Bloomberg runs on data. Our products are fueled by powerful information. We combine data and context to provide a comprehensive picture for our clients, around the clock from around the world. In Data, we are responsible for delivering this data, news, and analytics through innovative technology—quickly and accurately. We apply problem-solving skills to identify workflow efficiencies and implement technology solutions to enhance our systems, products, and processes.

The Team:

The Content Acquisition team (CA) is an integral part of the Data department. We partner with critical content providers across the market data industry to acquire content that enables our customers to make fast and thoughtful investment decisions. Within CA, our Content Relationship Managers lead the hunting, negotiation, and acquisition of Pricing, Reference, and Alternative data. We collaborate with the wider company to develop data acquisition strategies, ensuring alignment with our key partners' agendas.

The Role:

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Pricing Content Relationship Management team based in London. You will manage strategy and relationships with data content partners across Europe to acquire and manage commodities & energy pricing data, expand coverage, and improve data quality by building strong partnerships with stakeholders across functions including Trading, Sales, Business Management, E-commerce, Desk Support, and In-house Market Data Specialists. You will also work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure pricing is fast, reliable, and accessible, and collaborate on go-to-market strategies to find new opportunities for data enrichment.

We trust you to:

• Build strong collaborative relationships with content partners in your coverage area.
• Proactively prospect and maintain existing relationships to identify and onboard strategic datasets, uncover growth opportunities, and enhance market transparency.
• Become a subject matter expert in commodities pricing, demonstrating understanding of datasets and market conditions, and acting as a trusted adviser internally and externally.
• Protect product quality by reviewing the depth, timeliness, and accuracy of datasets from content partners.
• Collaborate to identify gaps and opportunities within coverage and develop robust data acquisition strategies.
• Negotiate favorable terms and new commercial models for contributed data, ensuring content meets purpose, needs, and technical standards.
• Manage and streamline commercial partnership models, including renegotiations.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of recent sales and relationship management experience in financial services, including exchanges, market data providers, or financial institutions.
• Experience in commodities and energy products such as Power, Oil & Gas, Metals, Agriculture, Carbon, & Renewables.
• Experience managing business development activities with market makers and associations.
• Ability to build trust and influence C-level executives, developing long-term relationships and improving data quality.
• High degree of autonomy, proactive strategy execution, and handling multiple priorities.
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Willingness to travel within Europe.

Preferred:

• Established network within European content partners, regulators, and market makers.
• Knowledge of market drivers and regulations in commodities/energy globally.
• Experience with alternative assets is a plus.