Market Data Governance & Vendor Manager

Employment; Muscat; On-site; OMR 15,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Employment in Muscat seeks a highly motivated market data specialist to join our IT team. This role manages market data services across business units, ensuring accurate sourcing, cost-efficient management, and compliance with vendor licenses.

You will work with Bloomberg, Refinitiv, and other providers, handle platform and feed management, governance, cost optimisation, and documentation for CTB/RTB projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher in finance, economics, banking, mathematics, statistics, CS, IS, data analytics.
• Postgraduate finance/engineering/data analytics qualification is a plus.
• Minimum 4 years in market data, financial markets, or banking IT.
• Strong familiarity with Bloomberg/Refinitiv platforms and services.
• Understanding of financial markets, indices, and exchange operations.
• Experience in large IT projects and system implementations is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage market data vendors, contracts, renewals and licensing.
• Govern data quality, compliance, usage, and cost controls.
• Administer market data platforms (Bloomberg/Refinitiv) and onboarding of feeds.
• Produce usage and compliance reports and support audits.
• Drive governance improvements and cost optimisation initiatives.

Skills

Market data management

Vendor governance

Contract management

Data quality oversight

Platform administration

Cost optimisation

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, banking, mathematics, statistics, computer science, information systems, data analytics

Tools

Bloomberg B-Pipe

Bloomberg BDL

Bloomberg Terminal

Refinitiv EMS

Refinitiv DSS

Refinitiv Eikon

Job description

Employment in Muscat seeks a highly motivated market data specialist to join our IT team. This role manages market data services across business units, ensuring accurate sourcing, cost-efficient management, and compliance with vendor licenses.

You will work with Bloomberg, Refinitiv, and other providers, handle platform and feed management, governance, cost optimisation, and documentation for CTB/RTB projects.