Job Description:

Director, Market Data Strategy

Location: Princeton, NJ

About Our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Team:

Dow Jones Risk & Compliance is a global provider of best-in-class risk data, technology solutions, due diligence and managed services for managing regulatory and reputational risk. For 20 years, its market-leading data has helped financial institutions and businesses have greater control managing Financial Crime Compliance, Third Party Risk Management, Sanctions Compliance and Trade Compliance. With a global team of expert researchers covering more than 60 languages, Dow Jones applies the same rigor to its data that it has always brought to its journalism, offering the most accurate and complete risk datasets on the market.

About the Role:

Dow Jones is looking for Director, Market Data Strategy to join our Market Data team responsible for powering market data across WSJ, Barron's Group, Investor's Business Daily, Dow Jones Newswires and Factiva. As Director, Market Data Strategy, you will work with data, business and technology stakeholders across the organization to ensure optimal inbound and outbound delivery of market data.

You Will:

• Design and execute plans to onboard content
• Prepare and analyze data requirements for engineering and content teams
• Make final decisions on data content requirements
• Ensure clear communication to internal partners around content decisions
• Own key processes around data and external market intelligence
• Monitor industry trends and evaluate new data sources and capabilities
• Drive cross-functional collaboration to execute on programs as well as business-as-usual tasks
• Shape the strategic and operational direction of the team by optimizing workflows to improve internal operations and enhance data quality

You Have:

• Minimum 7 years experience in the market data industry preferably focused on exchange-traded content and reference data
• Consistent track record of using technology to innovate processes
• Proven experience working on cross functional teams responsible for large projects
• Deep understanding of how global financial markets function
• An openness to different views and opinions as well as an appreciation for team diversity
• Preferred Qualification: FISD Financial Information Associate (FIA) certification, which is not required but provides an advantage

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Data & AI

Job Category:

Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business Intelligence

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $130,000 - $160,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..