Market Data Lead

Binance; Malaysia; Remote; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first, work-from-home

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

Binance is seeking a senior market data leader to define and own the TradFi market data strategy, drive vendor negotiations, and oversee end-to-end data integration with engineering. The ideal candidate will build governance, manage licensing terms, and partner across product, legal, and compliance to expand data capabilities globally.

Experience in traditional finance market data, strong negotiation skills, and hands-on data engineering familiarity are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills; experience owning vendor relationships and a data budget.
• Hands-on experience sourcing and integrating market data across TradFi asset classes.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the market data strategy and roadmap for the TradFi program.
• Lead sourcing and commercial negotiations with exchanges and data vendors; manage licensing agreements and renewals.
• Drive end-to-end data integration with engineering and ensure governance across the data lifecycle.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

SQL

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree (Finance/ Economics/ CS/ Engineering)

Tools

Market data systems

Job description

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, and more. Our mission is to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the market data strategy and roadmap for the TradFi program: identify, evaluate, and prioritize the exchange and vendor data required for the next phase of TradFi products.
• Lead sourcing and commercial negotiations with exchanges, consolidators, and market data vendors; own licensing agreements (display / non-display, per-user, enterprise), renewals, and the overall data spend.
• Drive end-to-end data integration with engineering: feed onboarding, normalization, symbology and reference data, corporate actions, and distribution to trading and client-facing surfaces.
• Build governance across the data lifecycle: entitlements management, data-quality monitoring, lineage, and compliance with exchange usage policies and audit requirements.
• Partner with product, legal, and compliance on data licensing and redistribution terms as the TradFi roadmap expands into new products, markets, and regions.
• Maintain a live view of the market data landscape — new sources, vendors, partnership models, and pricing — to keep the stack best-in-class and cost-efficient.
• Build and mentor a small, growing market data team; establish the operating cadence with product and engineering.
• Act as the in-house expert on TradFi market data and market structure, translating exchange and vendor conventions for crypto-native teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Minimum 6–10 years of market data or trading-technology experience at a global online brokerage, exchange, fintech, or market data vendor, with a track record of standing up or scaling market data for trading platforms.
• Deep knowledge of the market data ecosystem: exchange feeds and vendor products, licensing and redistribution models, entitlements, and exchange audit / compliance processes.
• Hands-on experience sourcing and integrating market data across one or more TradFi asset classes (equities, derivatives, commodities, fixed income, FX, indices) and regions.
• Solid understanding of market data technology and reference data: feed protocols, normalization, symbology standards, corporate actions, and time-series distribution. Strong commercial and negotiation skills; experience owning vendor relationships and a data budget.
• Excellent stakeholder management across product, engineering, legal, and finance; able to move fluently between technical and commercial conversations. Comfortable building from zero to one in a fast-paced, high-velocity environment.

Preferred Skills

• Experience standing up a market data function at a brokerage launching new asset classes or entering new markets.
• Broad knowledge of the APAC, US, and European market data landscapes and exchange policies.
• Technical fluency (SQL / Python; familiarity with common feed protocols and data architectures).
• Familiarity with market data and trading products.

Why Binance

• Shape the future of finance
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
• Tackle challenging projects in a fast-paced and innovative enviornment with autonomy
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team)

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