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This role sits within Preqin, a part of BlackRock. Preqin plays a key role in how we are revolutionizing private markets data and technology for clients globally, complementing our existing Aladdin technology platform to deliver investment solutions for the whole portfolio. You will be joining the world’s leading data and insights provider for the alternatives assets industry. We empower the finance community with comprehensive data and expert insights so they can make faster and smarter investment decisions with precision and confidence. We are a forward-thinking company and strive to make an impact by enabling our customers to envision future possibilities, invest in ideas and infrastructure that build strong communities. The Team: Data is core to Preqin’s industry offerings, and the Shared Data team drives in delivering accurate, timely and complete data to our various Business Units. Besides collecting content, the Shared Data team collaborates extensively with our internal and external clients to improvise our offerings by bringing to bear technology and domain expertise. The team understands the life cycle of data and establishes business intelligence reports seeking operational excellence. Role Overview: This is a leadership role in our Shared Data - Entities team. This role will be responsible for aiding in the future growth and development of the team’s internal and external services as well as assisting with the ongoing development of the team members. This is achieved through operational excellence and clear day-to-day maintenance of the dataset & content, including core business-as-usual (BAU) tasks and going above and beyond to collaborate, innovate and execute on relevant ad-hoc projects to improve the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of data. The individual is also responsible for people management to create a high-performing team. Collaboration with the Product and Technology teams will be key to achieving the above.
Job Responsibility:
Ensure Preqin’s data collected by the team is of high quality, meets client expectations and is world class in terms of its breadth and depth
Managing day to day data operations with an aim to create and further operational excellence
Creating business optimization opportunities through understanding data workflows
Lead the day-to-day development of the team, ensuring that training is well-executed, protocols are followed, and the team remains engaged and motivated
Drive data quality (DQ) remediation initiatives by conducting root cause analysis, and impact assessment of changes when there are data quality problems
Troubleshoot advanced data quality incidents, collaborating with regional collaborators and/or global BUs as needed and represent and own data to our clients.
Support communication of benchmark reporting needs for the team to interested parties. This ensures reporting methods, including automated systems, remain accurate and are updated in a timely way when development is necessary.
Create and Implement data driven innovation (adhoc projects) of products and processes to ensure the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the dataset remain best in class
Collaborate across department levels to identify further opportunities to improve the core tenet of data services
Demonstrate authority for the dataset, supporting internal (including sales teams) and external (including clients) collaborators in gaining an understanding of internal processes concerning data management
Hiring and Performance Management of the department
Uphold and encourage adoption of Preqin’s company values and company policies
Requirements:
At least 5-8 years of relevant experience in data/financial data services/alternative assets
Demonstrated ability to acquire domain knowledge relevant to data and financial markets
Minimum 1 years’ experience in leading leaders and managing large operations
Understanding the data lifecycle management from acquisition to data publishing is a must
Proven track record in performance management and creating a high performing team even via remote team management
Clear track record of excellent operational management abilities – ensuring productivity and quality standards are delivered by the team
Project manage data initiatives to meet delivery objectives defined by business strategy
Highlight and implement the process changes required to optimize productivity and quality.
Demonstrated communications skills highlighting risk and dependencies to the global data operations team that could impact objectives.
Business fluency in English is required.
Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent experience is a minimum.
Knowledge of business intelligence systems such Power BI/Metabase, etc as a consumer to direct teams on valuable reports is a must.
Nice to have:
Experience in leading leaders and mid/large sized teams is preferred
Experience of working with engineering teams to improve workflows is preferred
Project Management Certification or Technical knowledge (SQL/Python) is a plus
Prior experience working in or knowledge of the alternative assets industry or prior expertise within Data Management in financial services preferred
Experience with various workflow tools such as Salesforce, Outreach, Jira, Office 365, etc.