Category Lead – Senior Sourcing Manager, MDS

Softcard (acquired by Google)

. Own the global Index, Exchange, and Ratings Data portfolio, including strategy, delivery, and commercial oversight.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeAtlanta • New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $170,000 - $195,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the global Index, Exchange, and Ratings Data portfolio, including strategy, delivery, and commercial oversight.
Define and execute portfolio roadmaps aligned to investment, risk, operations, and regulatory needs.
Lead senior vendor relationships with index providers, exchanges, and ratings agencies.
Source and negotiate enterprise contracts, pricing, licensing terms, and usage rights.
Manage global market data budgets, forecasting, and financial reporting for assigned data domains.
Drive cost optimization, vendor rationalization, and value realization initiatives across regions.
Serve as senior advisor to business stakeholders on data selection, benchmarks, and licensing considerations.
Ensure compliance with market data governance standards, contractual obligations, and regulatory requirements.
Oversee market data inventory accuracy, entitlement tracking, and contract lifecycle management.
Resolve complex vendor billing, audit, and usage disputes.
Partner with technology teams to onboard, integrate, and distribute index exchange, and ratings data.
Lead service reviews with investment, trading, passive, and risk teams to ensure data solutions remain fit-for-purpose.
Manage, coach, and develop a team of Market Data Services professionals.
Promote standardized processes, documentation, and continuous improvement across the MDS function.
Contribute to enterprise-wide Market Data Services strategy and act as a senior escalation point or delegate for MDS leadership.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant experience in Market Data Services within asset management, investment management, banking, or financial services.
Deep practical knowledge of index data, benchmark administration, exchange data, and ratings data, including commercial licensing models.
Strong understanding of how index and exchange data are used across active, passive, ETF, multi-asset, risk, and operations teams.
Proven experience managing large-scale market data budgets and complex global vendor relationships.
Demonstrated leadership experience managing and developing high-performing teams.
Experience working with market data inventory, entitlement, and contract management systems.
Strong understanding of market data governance, compliance, and regulatory considerations.
Experience with other category areas related to Investment Services to include the outsourcing of third-party administrative services.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible paid time off
Hybrid work schedule
401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution
Health & wellbeing benefits
Parental Leave benefits
Employee stock purchase plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

market data managementbudget managementvendor relationship managementcontract negotiationdata governancebenchmark administrationcompliance standardsfinancial reportingdata inventory managementlicensing models

Soft Skills

leadershipteam developmentstrategic planningcommunicationproblem-solvingstakeholder managementcoachingnegotiationcontinuous improvementcollaboration