Market Data Vendor Relationship Manager

Jane Street; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm in London seeks an experienced Vendor Relationship Manager / Market Data Analyst to manage vendor relationships, negotiate contracts, and collaborate with various internal teams. Candidates should possess strong negotiation and relationship management skills, strategic thinking abilities, and fluency in English. This role is crucial for ensuring that the firm's data needs are met efficiently. Competitive compensation and benefits provided.

Qualifications

• Experience with vendor negotiation and relationship management.
• Motivated self-starter who can handle competing, time-sensitive priorities.
• Strategic thinker who can apply critical analysis to make decisions and solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate new contracts and ongoing contract renewals.
• Maintain the inventory management platform for our contracts.
• Assist with usage reporting and audits to meet firm's needs.
• Collaborate with multiple teams, including Legal, HR, and Finance.

Skills

Vendor negotiation

Relationship management

Critical analysis

Problem-solving

Writing skills

People skills

Time management

Fluency in English

Tools

FITS

MDSL

INFOmatch

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Vendor Relationship Manager / Market Data Analyst to join our Data Vendor Management team. This team forms and manages our relationships with various financial market data vendors and exchanges while partnering directly with traders, researchers, and internal stakeholders to identify and assess the data requirements that drive our trading strategies.

You will be responsible for negotiating new contracts and ongoing contract renewals and maintaining the inventory management platform for our contracts, including the cost structure for each. You will also help with usage reporting and audits to ensure that our team continues to best meet the firm's needs.

Managing this correctly requires working with several teams across Jane Street, including Legal, HR, Engineering, Accounting/Finance, and other business areas, to ensure that new contracts are fully understood and vetted, invoices are processed on time, and colleague requests for new data vendors and services are heard and considered.

About You

• Experience with vendor negotiation and relationship management
• Motivated self-starter who can handle competing, time-sensitive priorities
• Strategic thinker who can apply critical analysis to make decisions and solve problems
• Excellent writing and people skills; shares information and explains ideas clearly
• Working knowledge of FITS, MDSL, or INFOmatch inventory system preferred
• Fluency in English required

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