Senior Market Data Analyst

Royal London; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Employer pension plan (up to 14% match

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London Asset Management is seeking a Senior Market Data Analyst to join its Market Data Services team in London. The role focuses on managing market data from acquisition through to usage and archiving, working with the Head of Market Data and key vendors.

Hybrid working style with 50% home/office based will support collaboration with Data Management, Governance, Change and Technology. Closing date: 13 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Proven knowledge of Market Data with experience across major providers (Bloomberg, FTSE, MSCI).
• Experience with ESG market data providers.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day relationships with market data vendors, including service reviews, SLAs and costs.
• Act as the primary contact for market data matters across vendors, products and licensing.
• Develop understanding of business operating models and market data requirements across RLAM teams.
• Coordinate onboarding of new market data licences with Legal, Procurement, Technology and business teams.
• Provide market data expertise to change initiatives, assessing licensing impacts and governance.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve market data processes, controls and ways of working.
• Support risk management across Market Data Services aligning with regulatory requirements.

Skills

Market data knowledge

ESG market data

All market data formats

Market data inventory software

Vendor contracts understanding

Integrated asset management data

Organisational skills

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Market Data Analyst to join our Market Data Services team and play a key role in managing market data throughout its lifecycle, from acquisition and delivery through to usage and archiving.

Working closely with the Head of Market Data, you’ll help shape the team’s day-to-day priorities while acting as a trusted partner to stakeholders across the business. You’ll provide market data expertise and insight, manage relationships with key data vendors, and support business, strategic and regulatory change.

You’ll also work collaboratively across Data Management, Data Governance, Change and Technology to ensure market data solutions align with our wider data strategy and business needs. Alongside this, you’ll oversee market data licensing, contracts and expenditure, identifying opportunities to manage costs effectively while ensuring accurate reporting, strong governance and compliance with licensing requirements.

About the role

Job description

Contract type: Permanent

Location: London

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 13th November 2026

We are looking for a Senior Market Data Analyst to join our Market Data Services team and play a key role in managing market data throughout its lifecycle, from acquisition and delivery through to usage and archiving.

Working closely with the Head of Market Data, you’ll help shape the team’s day-to‑day priorities while acting as a trusted partner to stakeholders across the business. You’ll provide market data expertise and insight, manage relationships with key data vendors, and support business, strategic and regulatory change.

You’ll also work collaboratively across Data Management, Data Governance, Change and Technology to ensure market data solutions align with our wider data strategy and business needs. Alongside this, you’ll oversee market data licensing, contracts and expenditure, identifying opportunities to manage costs effectively while ensuring accurate reporting, strong governance and compliance with licensing requirements.

About the role

• Manage day-to-day relationships with market data vendors, overseeing service reviews, contractual arrangements, SLAs, performance metrics and associated costs.
• Act as the primary point of contact for market data matters, providing subject matter expertise across vendors, products and licensing while delivering a high-quality service to business stakeholders.
• Develop a strong understanding of business operating models and market data requirements, ensuring services and solutions effectively support the needs of teams across RLAM.
• Coordinate the onboarding of new market data licences, working collaboratively with Legal, Procurement, Technology and business teams to ensure agreements and services are implemented efficiently.
• Provide market data expertise into change initiatives, assessing the impact on existing licences and services while ensuring data requirements meet relevant legal, regulatory and governance requirements.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve market data processes, controls and ways of working, contributing ideas and expertise to wider projects and change activity.
• Support effective risk management across Market Data Services, ensuring key risks and controls are understood, monitored and appropriately managed in line with regulatory requirements and internal frameworks.

About you

• Proven knowledge of Market Data – having experience with Bloomberg, FTSE, MSCI etc.
• Experience of ESG market data providers.
• Comfort and familiarity with all types of market data, in its various formats.
• Experience in market data inventory software – such as MDSL, FITS.
• Experience of reading and understanding market data vendor contracts.
• Proven, in-depth knowledge and experience of integrated asset management business applications and data.
• Excellent organisational skills, ability to prioritise and balance multiple activities simultaneously.

About Royal London Asset Management

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), part of the Royal London Group, is one of the UK's leading fund management companies working with a wide range of clients across the globe to achieve their investment goals. Our long‑term, client‑driven focus means that we have a long‑standing commitment to responsible investment. We act as responsible stewards of our clients’ capital, exercising their rights and influencing positive change.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance.

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.