Market Data Lead in India at Jobgether

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Market Data Lead based in India.

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity to build and own the market data function supporting the next phase of a global financial technology platform’s Traditional Finance expansion. You will define the market data strategy, source and negotiate critical exchange and vendor relationships, and oversee the integration of real-time, reference, and historical data. Working across product, engineering, legal, compliance, and finance, you will establish the data foundation required to launch and scale new financial products and markets. The role combines strategic ownership with hands-on technical and commercial leadership. You will also build and mentor a growing team while establishing strong governance, data-quality, licensing, and operational standards. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced market data professional who thrives in fast-moving, global, build-from-zero environments.

• Market Data Strategy: Define and own the market data strategy and roadmap, identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing exchange and vendor data required for expanding financial products and markets.
• Sourcing & Commercial Management: Lead sourcing and negotiations with exchanges, consolidators, and market data vendors, managing licensing agreements, renewals, vendor relationships, and overall data expenditure.
• Data Integration: Partner closely with engineering to manage end-to-end feed onboarding, normalization, symbology, reference data, corporate actions, and distribution across trading and client-facing platforms.
• Data Governance: Establish robust governance across the market data lifecycle, including entitlements, data quality, lineage, usage controls, and compliance with exchange policies and audit requirements.
• Licensing & Compliance: Collaborate with product, legal, and compliance teams to assess licensing and redistribution requirements as products, regions, and asset classes expand.
• Market Intelligence: Maintain a current view of market data providers, sources, pricing models, partnership opportunities, and industry developments to ensure a competitive and cost-efficient data ecosystem.
• Team Leadership: Build, develop, and mentor a small market data team while establishing effective operating rhythms with product and engineering stakeholders.
• Technical Leadership: Serve as the internal subject-matter expert on market data and market structure, translating exchange and vendor conventions into practical guidance for technology and product teams.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Professional Experience: 6–10 years of experience in market data or trading technology within a global brokerage, exchange, fintech, or market data provider, with demonstrated experience building or scaling market data capabilities.
• Market Data Expertise: Deep understanding of exchange feeds, vendor products, licensing and redistribution models, entitlements, exchange audits, and compliance processes.
• TradFi Experience: Hands-on experience sourcing and integrating market data across one or more traditional asset classes, such as equities, derivatives, commodities, fixed income, FX, or indices, and across multiple regions.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of feed protocols, data normalization, symbology standards, corporate actions, reference data, and time-series distribution.
• Commercial Skills: Strong negotiation and vendor-management capabilities, including experience managing market data budgets and commercial relationships.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across product, engineering, legal, compliance, and finance.
• Leadership: Experience building teams, mentoring talent, and establishing operational processes in a fast-paced environment.
• Execution: Comfortable working in a high-velocity, build-from-zero environment with significant autonomy and ownership.
• Preferred Technical Skills: SQL or Python proficiency and familiarity with common market data feed protocols and data architectures.
• Preferred Experience: Experience establishing a market data function for a brokerage entering new asset classes or markets; broad knowledge of APAC, U.S., and European market data landscapes; and familiarity with market data and trading products.

• Competitive salary and comprehensive company benefits.
• Fully remote work-from-home arrangement, subject to business and team requirements.
• Opportunity to shape the market data infrastructure supporting the expansion of a global financial technology ecosystem.
• Collaboration with highly experienced, international teams across technology, product, finance, legal, and compliance.
• High-autonomy environment with fast-paced, technically challenging projects.
• Flat, results-driven organizational culture with opportunities to take ownership and make a visible impact.
• Career growth and continuous learning opportunities.
• Exposure to global financial markets, market data ecosystems, and emerging financial technology.