- Develop Data-Driven Strategies: Formulate and implement data-driven strategies that balance technical and product knowledge, collaborating with multiple teams to create best-in-class private markets solutions.
- Lead Data Quality Projects: Oversee and implement data quality projects that align with evolving business priorities, ensuring high standards of data integrity.
- Identify and Develop New Datasets: Identify opportunities for new datasets within the market landscape and support the development of strategies to incorporate them into existing frameworks.
- Foster a People-First Mindset: Demonstrate empathy and support team members, especially during challenging times, promoting a culture of well-being and collaboration.
- Motivate and Mentor Team: Encourage team motivation, facilitate career progression discussions, and execute succession planning to nurture talent within the team.
- Develop Technical Acumen: Enhance the technical skills of the team, preparing them for future growth and evolving industry demands.
- Set SMART Objectives: Establish SMART objectives for team members, actively manage performance, and communicate the Pay for Performance culture and its linkage to rewards.
- Monitor Team Performance: Track and communicate team performance metrics, including time utilization and quality statistics, while setting challenging benchmarks for resource efficiency.
- Mentorship: Mentor the team on industry trends and large-scale data projects, providing guidance on business initiatives.
- Project Execution: Manage short-term and long-term projects from resource planning to execution, collaborating closely with the Data Management team to ensure alignment and effectiveness.
- Stakeholder Management: Drive constructive conversations with the leadership team and stakeholders across various locations, ensuring alignment on goals and expectations.
- Promote Innovation through Lean Automation: Advocate for a culture of innovation by understanding processes and workflows, generating ideas to eliminate content gaps and establish best practices. Foster a lean mindset to improve operational efficiency.
- Timely Execution: Ensure all critical timelines and requirements for business-as-usual workflows, KPIs, and projects are met, demonstrating problem-solving capabilities at all levels.
- Ambassador of Organizational Values: As a people leader, embody and promote the organization s values, culture, and strategic objectives, setting an example for the team.
What we are looking for:
- Leadership Experience: Prior leadership experience in financial data services/alternative assets, with a strong focus on people management. Knowledge or experience in the alternative assets industry or financial services is preferred.
- Understanding of Market Dynamics: In-depth understanding of the mechanics of the private markets domain, with the ability to quantify trends impacting the industry and provide insightful analysis that can shape commercial decisions.
- Operational Management Skills: Proven operational management skills with a keen attention to detail, gained within a respected data company, ensuring effective oversight of data quality and performance.
- Performance Metrics Expertise: Experience in introducing and monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and performance metrics, facilitating continuous improvement and accountability within the team.
- Feedback and Coaching Ability: Capacity to give and receive constructive feedback, providing coaching to team members to foster their professional growth and development.
- Exceptional Communication Skills: Exceptional oral and written communication skills, enabling clear articulation of complex data insights and fostering effective stakeholder engagement.
- Flexibility: Willingness to work across various shifts, including night shifts on a rotational or as-needed basis, demonstrating adaptability to meet business needs.
- Ethical Standards: Maintains high ethical standards both personally and professionally, ensuring transparency and integrity within the team.
- Team Collaboration: Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams and build relationships with various stakeholders.
- Change Management Experience: Comfort with change management processes, adapting to evolving business needs and driving innovation within the team.
- Analytical Tools Proficiency: Familiarity with additional analytical tools or programming languages that enhance data analysis capabilities.
- Project Management Experience: Experience in managing projects from inception to completion, including the ability to prioritize tasks and manage resources effectively.
- Cultural Awareness: Understanding of cultural differences and the ability to navigate them effectively in a global work environment.
- Passion for Continuous Learning: Commitment to continuous learning and professional development in data analysis and emerging technologies.
- Results-Oriented Mindset: A results-oriented approach, focusing on achieving goals and delivering measurable outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Extensive Experience: A minimum of 5 years of experience working closely with senior leaders and decision-makers, demonstrating the ability to influence and drive strategic initiatives.
- Relationship Building: Proven experience in establishing and nurturing trust with business heads, fostering long-lasting business relationships that benefit both the organization and stakeholders.
- Autonomy and Prioritization: Comfort with a high degree of autonomy, effectively managing priorities from multiple internal and external stakeholders to achieve organizational goals.
- Networking Skills: A demonstrated willingness and track record of building strong networks both internally and externally, enhancing collaboration and resource sharing.
- Technical Knowledge: Basic knowledge of SQL and Generative AI is desirable, providing a foundation for data analysis and innovative solutions.
- Data Visualization Proficiency: Familiarity with data visualization tools, enabling effective communication of insights through visual storytelling.
- Lean Methodology Certification: Possession of a Green Belt Certification and exposure to Lean concepts, indicating a commitment to process improvement and operational efficiency.
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
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