Senior Data Governance Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end‑to‑end relationship with Upvest’s market data and static asset data providers.
• Lead commercial negotiations independently and end‑to‑end, from initial terms through to signature and renewal.
• Ensure that Upvest’s redistribution of market data to B2B clients is properly licensed across all use cases and client types.
• Fulfill entitlement and usage reporting obligations to direct reporting exchanges and data sources, maintaining accurate records of Upvest’s data consumption and distribution to support audit readiness at all times.
• Act as the expert voice on market data licensing for internal teams, advising on what data products clients can access, at what cost, and under what licensing conditions.
• Lead the assessment, selection, and onboarding of new market data providers and exchanges as Upvest expands into new asset classes and markets.
• Establish and maintain best‑practice governance processes for market data management.
• Identify cost‑saving opportunities through licence renegotiation, consolidation, or usage optimisation.
• Monitor policy and commercial changes from exchanges and vendors, assess their impact on Upvest, and proactively communicate material developments to relevant stakeholders.
• Provide support in the management of other Network partners where needed, working closely with the Head of Network to ensure consistent partner oversight across the team.

Requirements

• Legal foundation: A law degree or equivalent legal training is strongly preferred. Candidates without a formal legal background but with 5+ years of deep, hands‑on market data licensing experience will equally be considered.
• Market data expertise: 3–6 years of experience working in the market data space – ideally from within a data vendor (e.g., SIX, FactSet, ICE, Bloomberg, Refinitiv/LSEG), exchange, or the market data function of a financial institution or fintech.
• Licensing depth: Strong working knowledge of exchange licensing frameworks, redistribution rights, derived data rules, and direct reporting obligations. You understand what it means to be on both sides of a licensing agreement.
• Commercial sharpness: You can run a commercial negotiation from term sheet to signature, hold your ground with vendor counterparts, and know when to push and when to compromise.
• Technical fluency: You understand how market data is distributed – entitlement systems, data feeds, APIs – and can engage credibly with Product and Engineering teams when evaluating new provider integrations or data delivery architectures.
• Structured thinker: You are detail‑driven, documentation‑oriented, and capable of bringing order to a complex, multi‑provider licensing landscape.
• Communication: Fluent in English. German is a plus but not required.
• Location: Based in Berlin (mandatory).