Hiring: Data Operations - Enterprise Market Data Strategy Lead Company: KKR Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:51:36 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : Capital Markets, Portfolio Management, Product Management, Vendor Management About the job Experience: •12 years of experience in market data strategy, market data operations, data product management, vendor management, or related roles within financial services, market data providers, or information services firms. Required Skills: •Own KKR’s enterprise market data strategy, including spend optimization, demand management, vendor rationalization, and alignment of market data investments with business priorities. •Develop and maintain a comprehensive view of KKR’s market data landscape, including vendors, products, contracts, entitlements, usage, and spend. •Lead evaluation and governance of market data demand, ensuring new requests, existing subscriptions, and vendor relationships deliver measurable business value and ROI. •Serve as the business owner of the Calero platform, defining its vision, requirements, and operating model to provide enterprise-wide visibility into market data inventory, licensing, usage, and contracts. •Partner with business leaders, COOs, FP&A, Sourcing, Legal, Technology, and Data Operations to understand needs, manage tradeoffs, and support strategic market data decisions across the firm. •Drive transparency and accountability through reporting, budgeting, forecasting, renewal planning, and executive-level communications, including Market Data Steering Committee updates. •Lead commercial optimization initiatives, including vendor consolidation, contract negotiations, license right-sizing, entitlement management, and other opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce costs. •Ensure effective operational management of the market data ecosystem, including contract compliance, license governance, technology enablement, and support for scalable processes and controls. Qualifications: •8–12 years of experience in market data strategy, market data operations, data product management, vendor management, or related roles within financial services, market data providers, or information services firms. •Deep knowledge of the market data ecosystem, including major providers such as Bloomberg, LSEG, FactSet, S&P Global, MSCI, ICE, and Moody’s, as well as their products, licensing models, commercial structures, and competitive positioning. •In-depth knowledge of how market data is consumed across investment research, portfolio management, trading, risk, compliance, operations, and finance workflows. •Strong commercial and analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate vendor proposals, negotiate complex agreements, analyze usage and spend data, identify optimization opportunities, and build business cases that deliver measurable value. •Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive enterprise initiatives in a highly matrixed environment, partnering effectively across business, technology, finance, sourcing, and legal teams. •Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to develop executive-level materials and present recommendations to senior leadership. •Bachelor’s degree required. •Collaborative, intellectually curious, commercially minded, and execution-oriented, with a commitment to excellence and continuous improvement. •Operational familiarity with alternative asset management workflows, including private equity, credit, real assets, and insurance investment operations. •Hands-on experience implementing or administering market data management tools (Calero, TRG Screen, MDSL, or equivalent) including data model design, inventory configuration, and reporting. Compensation: •$185,000 - $230,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!