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Sandoz Group AG

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Force, PA · On-site

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What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a head of market data?

To excel as a Head Of Market Data, you need deep expertise in financial markets, data management, and analytics, typically backed by a degree in finance, economics, or a related field. Proficiency with market data platforms like Bloomberg and Reuters, knowledge of data distribution systems, and relevant certifications such as CFA or FRM are highly valued. Leadership, strategic thinking, and strong communication skills are essential soft skills for guiding teams and influencing stakeholders. These capabilities ensure effective management of complex data environments, support business decision-making, and drive continuous improvement in market data delivery.

What are some common challenges faced by a head of market data?

A Head Of Market Data often navigates challenges such as staying updated with ever-evolving market data technologies, ensuring data compliance, and managing vendor relationships. Balancing the needs of different internal teams—like trading, risk, and compliance—while controlling costs and optimizing data quality can also be demanding. Additionally, adapting to regulatory changes and integrating new data sources quickly are common hurdles. Successful Heads Of Market Data thrive by proactively managing these complexities, leveraging strong negotiation skills, and fostering collaborative relationships across the organization.

What does a head of market data do?

A Head of Market Data is responsible for overseeing the acquisition, management, and distribution of market data within a financial organization. They ensure that the firm has access to accurate and timely data to support trading, analytics, and risk management. This role involves negotiating with data vendors, managing costs, ensuring compliance with regulations, and optimizing data usage across the business. Additionally, they collaborate with technology and business teams to enhance data infrastructure and analytics capabilities.

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Head of High-Frequency Market Data Engineering

Two Sigma Investments, LP

New York, NY • On-site

$250K - $325K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 21 days ago

Job description

Head of High-Frequency Market Data Engineering
Location
NY New York
United States
Business
Investment Management
Function
Engineering
Experience Level
Experienced
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Position Summary
Two Sigma is a leading quantitative investment management and trading firm. The company applies a scientific approach to investing, combining cutting-edge technology, artificial intelligence, data science, and quantitative research with rigorous human inquiry to capitalize on market opportunities and deliver alpha for investors.
Our team of engineers, quantitative researchers and data scientists looks beyond the traditional to test hypotheses and develop creative solutions to some of the world's most complex economic problems.
We're seeking someone to lead the High-Frequency Market Data Engineering function supporting our hedge fund and market-making businesses. This is a senior technical leadership role accountable for the strategy, architecture, and execution of the firm's market data platform-from the wire to the strategy, and from live order book construction through long-term historical storage. The successful candidate will own the full lifecycle of ultra-low-latency data consumption, normalization, distribution, and storage across asset classes, and will partner closely with portfolio managers, quantitative researchers, and trading desks whose requirements are demanding, diverse, and constantly evolving.
You will take on the following responsibilities:
  • Vision and Strategy: Define and own the multi-year roadmap for market data engineering, balancing latency, coverage, cost, and resilience
  • Execution and Delivery: Convert strategy into delivered systems with clear milestones and measurable latency and reliability targets and own the end-to-end architecture for tick data capture, book building, normalization, and internal distribution
  • Exchange Connectivity: Oversee direct exchange and venue connectivity across global markets
  • Tick Data and Book Construction: Provide deep technical leadership on low-level tick data constructs: full order book building, level 1/2/3 reconstruction, sequencing and recovery semantics, timestamping accuracy, and the nuances that differ across asset classes
  • Hardware and Capture Methodology: Be closely involved with the strategy for hardware-accelerated solutions and precision packet capture - FPGA-based feed handling, NICs and kernel-bypass stacks, hardware timestamping, PTP/clock synchronization, and capture device selection
  • Storage and Data Management: Own the strategy and architecture for market data storage end to end
  • Engineering Leadership: Build, mentor, and retain a high-caliber engineering organization. Set technical standards, raise the bar on C++ and systems engineering quality, and develop the next layer of leadership

You should possess the following qualifications:
  • Extensive experience leading market data or low-latency engineering functions in a hedge fund, proprietary trading, market-making, or exchange/HFT environment, with proven ability to both create and execute technical vision and strategy
  • Expertise in C++ for performance-critical, low-latency systems and others like Python for the research-facing surface
  • Experience with exchange connectivity: feed handlers, market data protocols, recovery and arbitration, and colocation operations and proven vendor management experience
  • Deep knowledge of low-level tick data constructs: order book building, sequencing, packet capture devices and methodologies, and asset-class-specific data semantics
  • Experience designing and scaling storage and time-series data solutions for high-volume market data
  • Demonstrated success building and leading senior engineering teams along with working through complex and varying user requirements
  • Demonstrated experience with hardware-accelerated solutions-FPGA-based feed handling, kernel-bypass networking, hardware timestamping, and clock synchronization (PTP)

You will enjoy the following benefits:
  • Core Benefits: Fully paid medical and dental insurance premiums for employees and dependents, competitive 401k match, employer-paid life & disability insurance
  • Perks: Onsite gyms with laundry service, wellness activities, casual dress, snacks, game rooms
  • Learning: Tuition reimbursement, conference and training sponsorship
  • Time Off: Generous vacation and unlimited sick days, competitive paid caregiver leaves
  • Hybrid Work Policy: Flexible in-office days with budget for home office setup

The base pay for this role will be between $250,000 and $325,000. This role may also be eligible for other forms of compensation and benefits, such as a discretionary bonus, health, dental and other wellness plans and 401(k) contributions. Discretionary bonus can be a significant portion of total compensation. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Two Sigma is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
If you believe you need an accommodation, please visit our website for additional information.

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