ETF Data Specialist

VettaFi; Greater London; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

VettaFi is seeking an ETF Data Specialist to own ETF data on our B2C platforms including ETFdb.com, AdvisorPerspectives.com, and ETFStream.com. Reporting to the Head of Digital Product, you will audit, refine, and optimize AI-generated content, classifications, and data extractions to ensure accuracy and timeliness.

The role requires 3+ years in asset management or fintech with strong SQL and LLM prompting skills, plus a degree in finance, economics, CS, or data analytics.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in the asset management or financial technology industry, with a focus on product management, data product ownership, or data operations.
• Technical skills include strong proficiency in SQL and hands-on experience with LLM prompting and evaluation techniques.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or a related quantitative field.
• Bonus points for existing relationships with major financial market data vendors and direct taxonomy/ontology experience.

Responsibilities

• Audits, fine-tunes, and optimizes LLM-generated classifications, descriptions, and data extractions to ensure AI accuracy.
• Architects the ETF ontology, maintaining a unified taxonomy for asset class categorization.
• Ensures end-to-end data quality across all VettaFi web properties with timely updates.
• Collaborates with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to deliver relevant market data to investors at the right moment.
• Manages vendor relationships as the primary liaison for market data integration and alignment.
• Defines and monitors data KPIs to improve system performance and platform precision.

Skills

SQL

LLM prompting

Data analytics

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Economics/CS/Data Analytics

Job description

Venture outside the ordinary - TMX Careers

The TMX group of companies includes leading global exchanges such as the Toronto Stock Exchange, Montreal Exchange, and numerous innovative organizations enhancing capital markets. United as a global team, we’re connecting cross-functionally, traversing industries and geographies, moving opportunity into action, advancing global economic growth, and propelling progress. Through a rich exchange of ideas, meaningful collaboration, and a nimble operating model, we're powering some of the nation's most critical systems, fuelling capital formation and innovation, bringing increased opportunity to business visionaries, product ingenuity to consumers, and career exploration to our team.

We are a small, nimble, and collaborative team. We are looking for a thinker / doer to fill our ETF Data Specialist role. Reporting into the Head of Digital Product, this role will be directly responsible for the ETF related data that appears on VettaFi’s B2C platform, which includes ETFdb.com, AdvisorPerspectives.com, and ETFStream.com.

Please note that our company is not currently sponsoring work permit applications and the applicant must be authorized to work in the country where this position is located.

What You’ll Do

• Drive Data Intelligence & AI Accuracy: Serve as the crucial "human in the loop," auditing, fine‑tuning, and optimizing LLM‑generated classifications, descriptions, and data extractions.
• Architect the ETF Ontology: Build, refine, and maintain a single source of truth—our unified ETF taxonomy and ontology—to set the standard for asset class categorization.
• Ensure Uncompromising Quality: Own the end‑to‑end accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of market data across all VettaFi web properties.
• Build Strategic Partnerships: Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to ensure the right market data reaches the right investor at the exact right moment.
• Manage Vendor Relationships: Serve as the primary liaison to key market data vendors, ensuring seamless integration, high data quality, and strong technical alignment.
• Define Success: Establish and monitor clear data KPIs, continuously raising the bar for system performance, efficiency, and platform precision.

What We’re Looking For

• The "Utility Player" Mindset: A proactive, highly organized problem solver who seamlessly pivots between high-level strategy and granular technical execution.
• Market Data Savvy: Deep familiarity with the asset management landscape, ETF structures, and financial market data vendors.
• Technical & Analytical Chops: Comfortable analyzing complex datasets using SQL and leveraging modern AI workflows (e.g., prompt engineering for LLMs).
• Collaborative Communicator: Proven ability to translate technical data nuances into actionable insights for product managers, engineers, and executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience: 3+ years in the asset management or financial technology industry, with a focus on product management, data product ownership, or data operations.
• Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in SQL and hands‑on competence with LLM prompting and evaluation techniques.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or a related quantitative field.
• Bonus Points: Existing relationships with major financial market data vendors and direct experience building taxonomy/ontology frameworks.

Salary Range: $80,000K/year - $90,000K/year USD

Please note that the Salary Range included is a guideline only. The salary offered may vary based on factors, including, but not limited to, the successful candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.

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Wellness

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Growth

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TMX is committed to creating and sustaining a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect and one which reflects the diversity of the community in which we operate. We provide accommodations for applicants and employees who require it