Data Sourcing & Strategy Operations Analyst

Point72 Asset Management; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully-paid health care benefits

Generous parental and family leave

Volunteer opportunities

Employee affinity groups support

Mental and physical wellness programs

Tuition assistance

401(k) employer match

Job summary

Point72 Asset Management seeks a Data Sourcing and Strategy Operations analyst within Market Intelligence to support data sourcing and research used by investment teams. You will collaborate with internal teams and external vendors, manage onboarding, contracts, and content requirements, and help maintain the knowledgebase while upholding ethics and compliance standards.

The role emphasizes relationship management with data providers and coordination with Legal, Compliance, and Finance across

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience.
• Curiosity about AI and emerging technologies and their application to data and investment research.
• Excellent attention to detail, as well as organizational and project management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Superb business intuition and a solution-oriented, methodical approach to problem-solving.
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships across multiple business units within the firm.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Data Sourcing and Strategy team in managing relationships with data and research providers, including facilitating requested service changes, ensuring internal use of services follows the firm’s contracts and obligations, and staying current on the evolving data market
• Help manage the team’s operations workflow by working closely with Legal, Compliance, Finance, and other internal stakeholders
• Maintain and manage the Data Sourcing and Strategy knowledgebase by developing an understanding of system architecture
• Develop strong internal relationships by assisting with questions and requests from investment teams, working closely with Data Compliance, and supporting new hire on-boarding
• Coordinate new content provider on-boarding and contract/subscription renewal processes, working with investment teams to assess content requirements, negotiating business terms, and coordinating approvals

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Ethical standards

Curiosity about AI

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

A Career with Point72's Market Intelligence Team

On our proprietary research team—Market Intelligence—you’ll partner with our investment professionals and Compliance team to work with alternative data to uncover insights about companies, industries, and the broader economy through deep fundamental research and applying data science and engineering techniques. You’ll work alongside a talented team with diverse skills, backgrounds, and perspectives. Our sector data analysts, data scientists, data managers, and engineers work together to build compliant research products that are incorporated into the research process of our investment professionals. We look for other bright, motivated, and collaborative people to join our team and grow with us—a majority of the leaders in our group were promoted from within. The Data Strategy team within Market Intelligence takes a research-oriented and strategic approach to discovering new avenues of insight, manages the inflow of compliant data into our team’s process, and is responsible for managing effective and efficient data and research partnerships on behalf of the firm.

What You’ll Do

As a Data Sourcing and Strategy Operations analyst, you will collaborate with our team, colleagues across the firm, and external vendors to provide essential support required to source data and conduct research that may ultimately be used by our investment teams. Specifically, you will:

• Assist the Data Sourcing and Strategy team in managing relationships with data and research providers, including facilitating requested service changes, ensuring internal use of services follows the firm’s contracts and obligations, and staying current on the evolving data market
• Help manage the team’s operations workflow by working closely with Legal, Compliance, Finance, and other internal stakeholders
• Maintain and manage the Data Sourcing and Strategy knowledgebase by developing an understanding of system architecture
• Develop strong internal relationships by assisting with questions and requests from investment teams, working closely with Data Compliance, and supporting new hire on-boarding
• Coordinate new content provider on-boarding and contract/subscription renewal processes, working with investment teams to assess content requirements, negotiating business terms, and coordinating approvals

What’s required

• 2+ years of professional experience

Curiosity about AI and emerging technologies and their application to data and investment research

• Excellent attention to detail, as well as organizational and project management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Superb business intuition and a solution-oriented, methodical approach to problem-solving
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships across multiple business units within the firm
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards

What Success Looks Like

• Integrity – You demonstrate 100% commitment to the highest ethical standards
• Ownership – You take charge of your work, uphold your commitments, and always do your best
• Humility – You welcome and are receptive to feedback and learn from past mistakes
• Adaptability – You can triage business needs and context switch quickly and efficiently
• Commerciality – You focus on what matters most, ask questions when needed, and are cognizant about not wasting your time or that of others
• Leadership Potential – You elevate the room through your work ethic, domain knowledge, work product, and solution orientated attitude

We Take Care of our People

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:

• Fully-paid health care benefits
• Generous parental and family leave policies
• Volunteer opportunities
• Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBTQ+ community
• Mental and physical wellness programs
• Tuition assistance
• A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more

About Point72

Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry’s brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people’s long-term growth. For more information, visit www.Point72.com.

The annual base salary range for this role is $90,000-$110,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.