Executive Director - Credit Data Product Lead
Location: New York, NY
Division: Systematic Trading - Data Products
Compensation: $400K-$600K Total Compensation
- Own the Credit Data Product Strategy: Define and execute a roadmap for Credit data products that align with the needs of systematic and fundamental trading teams.
- Trader-Facing Partnership: Serve as the primary data liaison to Credit trading desks, translating business needs into scalable data solutions.
- Product Development & Delivery: Lead the design, prioritization, and rollout of data products supporting signal generation, portfolio construction, and risk analytics.
- Data Quality & Governance: Champion data integrity, lineage, and governance across Credit datasets, ensuring reliability and transparency.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, quant research, and other asset class leads to ensure consistency and interoperability of data platforms.
- Innovation & Thought Leadership: Identify and evaluate new data sources (including alternative data), and drive adoption of advanced analytics and scientific workflows.
- Influence & Communication: Represent Credit data strategy in senior forums and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including PMs, CIOs, and governance committees.
- 8+ years of experience in Credit markets, ideally in a data strategy, quant research, or engineering and analytics rols
- Deep expertise in Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, and Data Analytics/Engineering.
- Strong domain knowledge of Linear Credit instruments including Bonds, Loans, and CDSs.
- Proven experience building or managing data products in a trading or investment management context.
- Technical fluency with data platforms, scientific computing, and modern data architecture.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage both technical teams and senior investment professionals.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias for action and comfort operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
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