Senior Market Data Analyst security master

Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Life & Disability Insurance

401K Retirement Savings Plan

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Certification and training

Job summary

Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company in Boston seeks a senior leader to govern the security master and shape the market data strategy. You will set reference data standards, oversee data quality, and partner with Technology and Data Management to modernize platforms and controls.

You'll own end-to-end governance for equities, fixed income, derivatives, and FX data, lead vendor relationships, manage the data budget, and drive data transformation initiatives, including AI enablement, to support

Qualifications

• 7–10 years in market data or reference data within financial services.
• 3+ years management experience.
• Expertise across security master and market data domains.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and licensing.
• Proven ability to build cross-functional relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Experience contributing to data transformation initiatives (quality and governance).
• Deep understanding of instrument data across asset classes (identifiers, classifications, pricing).
• Excellent communication with business, technologists, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end governance of the security master and data quality controls across asset classes.
• Define and maintain golden-source standards and instrument lifecycles.
• Oversee data quality, reconciliation, and exception management across data flow.
• Lead sourcing, integration and QA of real-time, intraday and end-of-day market data feeds.
• Manage entitlements and licensing considerations for data use.
• Translate evolving data requirements into scalable, controlled solutions.
• Monitor industry trends and regulatory changes to align capabilities.
• Partner with Technology and Data Management on platform modernization and metadata control frameworks.

Skills

Leadership

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Communication

Strategic thinking

Vendor management

Budget management

Project planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, computer science or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Collibra

Alation

Job description

Boston-based, onsite role with Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company focused on strengthening market and security data foundations that support trading, portfolio management, performance, valuation, and reporting.

As a hands-on leader within the Central Data function, you will drive end-to-end governance of the firm’s security master and shape the future-state market data strategy. You will set standards for reference data integrity, oversee data quality and reconciliation across the front-to-back flow, and partner with Technology and Data Management leaders to modernize platforms, lineage, metadata, and control frameworks.

What you’ll do

• Own end-to-end governance of the security master, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness across equities, fixed income, derivatives, and FX.
• Define and maintain golden-source standards, including data models, identifier hierarchies (CUSIP, ISIN, SEDOL, FIGI, LEI, and internal IDs), and instrument lifecycle workflows from onboarding through retirement.
• Establish data quality controls, exception management, and reconciliation processes across the data flow, resolving breaks that impact trading, operations, accounting, and risk.
• Oversee corporate actions, pricing, ratings, classifications, and issuer/entity reference data, including legal entity hierarchies and counterparty data.
• Lead sourcing, integration, and quality assurance of real-time, intraday, and end-of-day market data feeds across asset classes.
• Manage entitlements and permissioning to ensure adherence to licensing terms and redistribution policies.
• Translate evolving investment, trading, and operational data requirements into scalable solutions with strong controls, working with the teams that consume the data.
• Monitor industry trends across new content sets, regulatory changes, and vendor product evolution to keep the firm’s capabilities aligned with business needs.
• Contribute to the broader data transformation agenda, including data quality, data governance, and AI enablement initiatives, ensuring reference and market data are fit for advanced analytics and AI use cases.
• Partner with Technology and Data Management leaders on platform modernization, lineage, metadata, and control frameworks.
• Build relationships across Research, CIO, Operations, Reporting, Risk, Finance, Compliance, and Technology.
• Create a prioritization framework and delivery roadmap to balance trade-offs and align work with business outcomes.
• Own commercial relationships with market and reference data providers, leading contract negotiation, renewals, rationalization, and cost savings opportunities.
• Own the market and reference data budget end-to-end, including forecasting, tracking actuals, and ROI tracking for new spend.

Requirements

• 7–10 years of experience in market data and/or reference data within an investment manager, hedge fund, asset owner, or comparable financial services environment.
• 3+ years management experience.
• Expertise across security master and market data domains, including strong knowledge of major market and reference data providers and their content sets across asset classes.
• Experience managing vendor relationships, with familiarity in market data licensing and usage restrictions.
• Proven ability to build cross-functional relationships with senior business stakeholders and translate needs into delivery plans.
• Experience contributing to or leading data transformation initiatives, including data quality and data governance programs.
• Deep understanding of instrument data across asset classes, including identifiers, classifications, corporate actions, and pricing.
• Excellent communication skills across business stakeholders, technologists, and vendors.
• Bachelor’s degree required (finance, economics, computer science, or related field preferred).

Tools and technologies

• Snowflake
• Databricks
• Collibra
• Alation

Benefits

• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• MetLife Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

Preferred qualifications

• Exposure to private markets and alternatives reference data
• Experience contributing to AI/ML enablement from a data foundations perspective
• Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks) and data governance tooling (Collibra, Alation)
• CFA, CIPM, or DAMA-CDMP certifications viewed favorably

Compensation: USD $105,000 to $150,000 per year (estimated).