Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- Data, Project
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will manage the end-to-end relationships with market data providers, lead contract negotiations, and ensure proper licensing for data redistribution to clients across various use cases.
Your role in the team
- Own the end-to-end relationship with Upvest's market data and static asset data providers.
- Lead commercial negotiations independently and end-to-end, from initial terms through to signature and renewal.
- Ensure that Upvest's redistribution of market data to B2B clients is properly licensed across all use cases and client types.
- Fulfill entitlement and usage reporting obligations to direct reporting exchanges and data sources.
- Maintain accurate records of Upvest's data consumption and distribution to support audit readiness at all times.
- Act as the expert voice on market data licensing for internal teams advising on what data products clients can access, at what cost, and under what licensing conditions.
- Leiten Sie die Bewertung, Auswahl und Einarbeitung neuer Marktdatenanbieter und Börsen, während Upvest in neue Assetklassen und Märkte expandiert.
- Establish and maintain best-practice governance processes for market data management.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities through licence renegotiation, consolidation, or usage optimisation.
- Monitor policy and commercial changes from exchanges and vendors, assess their impact on Upvest, and proactively communicate material developments to relevant stakeholders.
- Provide support in the management of other Network partners where needed, working closely with the Head of Network to ensure consistent partner oversight across the team.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- A law degree or equivalent legal training is strongly preferred.
Qualifications
- Starkes praktisches Wissen über Austausch-Lizenzierungsrahmen, Weiterverteilungsrechte, Regeln für abgeleitete Daten und direkte Meldepflichten.
- You understand what it means to be on both sides of a licensing agreement.
- You can run a commercial negotiation from term sheet to signature, hold your ground with vendor counterparts, and know when to push and when to compromise.
- You understand how market data is distributed - entitlement systems, data feeds, APIs - and can engage credibly with Product and Engineering teams when evaluating new provider integrations or data delivery architectures.
- You are detail-driven, documentation-oriented, and capable of bringing order to a complex, multi-provider licensing landscape.
- Fluency in English. German is a plus but not required.
- Location: Based in Berlin (mandatory).
Experience
- Candidates without a formal legal background but with 5+ years of deep, hands-on market data licensing experience will equally be considered.
- 3-6 years of experience working in the market data space - ideally from within a data vendor (e.g. SIX, FactSet, ICE, Bloomberg, Refinitiv/LSEG), exchange, or the market data function of a financial institution or fintech.
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What we offer
- Every Upvenger has €20,000 per year to spend on the best AI tools available.
- Recharge with 30 days of annual leave and maintain a healthy lifestyle with sports benefits.
- Access confidential professional coaching and enjoy the flexibility to work remotely abroad for up to 183 days a year.
- Recharge with UpRest, a one-month fully paid sabbatical after every 4 years of working at Upvest.
- Each Upvenger has access to a personal development budget and the freedom to decide how to use it.
- Work from any of our hubs in Berlin, London or Tallinn, hybrid or remotely across Europe, depending on the role.
- We give you the choice and budget to work where you're most comfortable and productive, either at home or in the office.
- We believe that all Upvengers contribute to our success and deserve a competitive, above-market salary and a participation in our employee equity program.
- Participate in company-wide events, such as UpFest, dinners, offsites, and our Holiday party, to connect with colleagues and celebrate our achievements.
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Upvest
Upvest, a fintech startup founded in 2017 in Berlin, offers a modular digital infrastructure and an investment API that enables companies to create customized investment products.
Description
- Company Type
- Startup
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Banking, Finance, Insurance
Senior Data Governance Manager
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
