Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Director, Content Licensing Market Data Management
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Lakewood, New Jersey, us, 08701
Director, Content Licensing Market Data Management in PRINCETON, New Jersey
Job Description:
Before applying for this role, please read the following information about this opportunity found below.Title:
Director, Content Licensing Market Data ManagementReports To:
Global Content Licensing DirectorDepartment:
Partners & LicensingThis individual plays a key role in the success of the Content Licensing – Market Data team's objectives to provide high quality cost-effective market data strategic planning, vendor selection, vendor management, service provisioning, financial reporting, and inventory/cost review and control. In this role, the Director, Content Licensing Market Data Management will facilitate vendor and business strategy management guiding efforts with internal business units and market data vendors.Specifically, the Director, Content Licensing Market Data Management will work in partnership with the Market Data Operations, Market Data Engineering, Dow Jones Business Units, Procurement and critical market data vendors to foster alignment between Dow Jones's business unit needs and vendor products, services, and activities. This responsibility extends to developing vendor and business unit market data objectives and strategies.Primary Responsibilities
Cultivate strong relationships with Market Data Operations, Market Data Engineering and Dow Jones Business Units to understand and provide thought leadership for evolving market data vendor needs.Work closely with teams to advise on business unit market data consumption patterns and spend to align with market data vendors and product selections.Exemplary relationship management skills, helping to retain and increase current group of vendors, business units and market data personnel to improve partnerships.Promote, leverage and ensure effective utilization of market data services by establishing vendor communications with business units.Lead efforts to benchmark and improve vendor performance.Manage vendor strategy meetings to effectively communicate vendor updates and drive value-added business solutions.Establish a vendor management capability that improves alignment between vendor activities and Dow Jones cross-departmental business needs.Collaborate with peer market data practitioners to create detailed project plans for vendor evaluations, trials and implementations.Work with the market data administration team and procurement to establish workflow processes to ensure appropriate reconciliation for vendor payments and contract negotiations.Manage the Market Data budget.Education and Experience 10+ years market data experience and vendor management, including compliance and policy enforcement; with familiarity in real-time, end-of-day and derived data use cases.Prior experience and strong knowledge of market data vendors, industry products and best practices in market data vendor management.Skills and Knowledge
Ability to work creatively and collaboratively with a diverse group of vendors, business units and market data personnel.Ability to analyze complex policy data to identify adjustments to current systems and processes.Passion, curiosity and a desire to understand customer and vendor businesses.Detailed knowledge of market data content including all asset types and content types.Exemplary communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.Proven experience in business negotiations and internal/external relationship management.Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively with all levels of staff and management.Superior skill and ability in multi-tasking and appropriate prioritization.Strong organizational skills.Budget Management.Reasonable accommodation:
Dow Jones is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Business Area:
Dow Jones - Business IntelligenceJob Category:
Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business IntelligenceUnion Status:
Non-Union rolePay Range:
$157,000 - $175,000We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates.If you are a current employee at Dow Jones, do not apply here. Please go to the Career section on your Workday homepage and view "Find Jobs - Dow Jones." Thank you.
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Job Description:
Before applying for this role, please read the following information about this opportunity found below.Title:
Director, Content Licensing Market Data ManagementReports To:
Global Content Licensing DirectorDepartment:
Partners & LicensingThis individual plays a key role in the success of the Content Licensing – Market Data team's objectives to provide high quality cost-effective market data strategic planning, vendor selection, vendor management, service provisioning, financial reporting, and inventory/cost review and control. In this role, the Director, Content Licensing Market Data Management will facilitate vendor and business strategy management guiding efforts with internal business units and market data vendors.Specifically, the Director, Content Licensing Market Data Management will work in partnership with the Market Data Operations, Market Data Engineering, Dow Jones Business Units, Procurement and critical market data vendors to foster alignment between Dow Jones's business unit needs and vendor products, services, and activities. This responsibility extends to developing vendor and business unit market data objectives and strategies.Primary Responsibilities
Cultivate strong relationships with Market Data Operations, Market Data Engineering and Dow Jones Business Units to understand and provide thought leadership for evolving market data vendor needs.Work closely with teams to advise on business unit market data consumption patterns and spend to align with market data vendors and product selections.Exemplary relationship management skills, helping to retain and increase current group of vendors, business units and market data personnel to improve partnerships.Promote, leverage and ensure effective utilization of market data services by establishing vendor communications with business units.Lead efforts to benchmark and improve vendor performance.Manage vendor strategy meetings to effectively communicate vendor updates and drive value-added business solutions.Establish a vendor management capability that improves alignment between vendor activities and Dow Jones cross-departmental business needs.Collaborate with peer market data practitioners to create detailed project plans for vendor evaluations, trials and implementations.Work with the market data administration team and procurement to establish workflow processes to ensure appropriate reconciliation for vendor payments and contract negotiations.Manage the Market Data budget.Education and Experience 10+ years market data experience and vendor management, including compliance and policy enforcement; with familiarity in real-time, end-of-day and derived data use cases.Prior experience and strong knowledge of market data vendors, industry products and best practices in market data vendor management.Skills and Knowledge
Ability to work creatively and collaboratively with a diverse group of vendors, business units and market data personnel.Ability to analyze complex policy data to identify adjustments to current systems and processes.Passion, curiosity and a desire to understand customer and vendor businesses.Detailed knowledge of market data content including all asset types and content types.Exemplary communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.Proven experience in business negotiations and internal/external relationship management.Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively with all levels of staff and management.Superior skill and ability in multi-tasking and appropriate prioritization.Strong organizational skills.Budget Management.Reasonable accommodation:
Dow Jones is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Business Area:
Dow Jones - Business IntelligenceJob Category:
Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business IntelligenceUnion Status:
Non-Union rolePay Range:
$157,000 - $175,000We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates.If you are a current employee at Dow Jones, do not apply here. Please go to the Career section on your Workday homepage and view "Find Jobs - Dow Jones." Thank you.
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