Vendor Relationship Manager

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

Job summary

A financial services firm is seeking an experienced Vendor Relationship Manager / Market Data Analyst to manage relationships with financial market data vendors. Responsibilities include negotiating contracts, maintaining an inventory platform, and collaborating with various teams to fulfill data requirements. Strong vendor negotiation skills and fluency in English are required. Competitive environment with multiple stakeholders involved.

Qualifications

• Experience with vendor negotiation and relationship management.
• Motivated self-starter capable of handling competing priorities.
• Strategic thinker applying critical analysis to decisions.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate new contracts and ongoing renewals.
• Maintain inventory management platform for contracts.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure contracts are vetted.

Skills

Vendor negotiation

Relationship management

Critical analysis

Excellent writing skills

Fluency in English

Tools

FITS

MDSL

INFOmatch

Job description

Overview

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