Market Data Specialist (f/m/d)

Your area of work

As Market Data Specialist for Deutsche Börse Group, you support the strategic partner management for external market data, working with the eight businesses units (SimCorp, ISS STOXX, EUREX, EEX, Deutsche Börse, 360T, Clearstream Securities Services and Fund Services) across strategic sourcing, vendor management, vendor negotiation, commercial oversight, and usage governance.

As part of section Group Data, Unit Market Data Management you work directly with the Head of Market Data Management in implementing the external market data strategy, including sourcing, governance, and partner management. Group Data is led by the Group’s Chief Data Officer who drives the further buildout of the group-wide data mesh and data governance to improve access to high-quality, governed data for decision making, AI & automation, and commercialization. Data plays a key role in Deutsche Börse Group’s digital transformation as foundation for AI and digital business models.

Your responsibilities

• You implement global market data sourcing across real-time, delayed, historical, reference, index, ratings, alternative, and derived data. Ownership of market data licensing encompasses especially display, non-display, redistribution, derived data, index, benchmark, enterprise, application, and AI/model-related usage
• You manage relationships with exchanges, data vendors, index providers, rating agencies, brokers, platforms, and other data suppliers, managing internal and external stakeholders up to management level
• You support vendor negotiations, renewals, commercial reviews, contract optimisation, audits, remediation and dispute resolution, and lead the translation of business data requirements into appropriate sourcing, licensing and delivery solutions
• You aid the establishment of a global licensing and usage control framework across entities, locations, systems and business lines, which ensures compliance with vendor contracts, exchange policies, audit requirements, regulatory expectations, and internal governance standards
• You collaborate with procurement, compliance, finance, technology, and business stakeholders to manage licensing, commercial, and contractual risk – developing an understanding of vendor policy changes, exchange fee changes, regulatory developments, technology trends and emerging data usage models
• You track and control external market data spend, including budgeting, forecasting, vendor cost analysis, renewal planning, and contract rationalisation
• You assist with central and decentral market data administration, inventory, entitlement, reporting, and data consuming teams, including where these teams have dotted-line reporting

Your profile

• You have completed your university degree in business, economics, law or social science with excellent results
• You have at least 2 years of market data management experience within a bank, asset manager, hedge fund, trading firm, exchange, data vendor or financial services institution
• You possess good understanding of market data licensing, vendor contracts, exchange policies, commercial models and consumption types, and solid understanding of legal and contractual components, including licensing rights, audit provisions, liability, redistribution rights and termination provisions
• You have a basic understanding of market data governance, controls, usage monitoring, entitlement management, inventory management and reporting
• You are a strong and committed team player, and enjoy collaborating across multiple business lines, legal entities, countries, and jurisdictions, displaying a service-oriented mindset
• You have excellent communication and presentation skills, a structured approach to problem solving, attention to detail, and the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Financial market data licensing certification is a plus (e.g., FISD Data Licensing Specialist, Financial Information Associate, or equivalent)