KKR · 17 hours ago
Market Data Professional
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$110K/yr - $140K/yr
10+ years expKKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. They are seeking a Market Data Professional to join their Strategic Sourcing team, responsible for shaping the Market Data category strategy and managing vendor relationships.
AdviceAsset ManagementFinancial ServicesReal EstateVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Oversee market data category strategy (in conjunction with Tech Market Data team):
Help define and execute firm’s market data strategy
Apply right Governance & role-based methodology to category
Manage license inventory
Track savings and other expenses (i.e. Exchanges)
Work with Accounts Payable to reconcile all invoices to contracts
Maintain central contract database, proactively manage expirations to alert Category Manager
Onboarding and offboarding vendors, align with appropriate stakeholders
Manage News and Subscriptions sub-category
Create reporting and metrics, especially Usage, for end users to help drive savings or consolidation opportunities
Communicate with internal and external audiences as licenses are added/re moved/cancelled
Conduct end-user entitlement re-certification
Enhance user experience through helping to run training classes, define super users, and ensure KKR leveraging the full suite of products/data procured
Qualification
Required
Experience with spend analytics, sourcing and contract management processes and systems
Experience with category management, strategy sourcing processes and relationship management
Strong contract negotiation, commercial negotiation and vendor relationship management skills
Demonstrated ability to effectively interact in a cross-functional environment with various teams and types of vendors
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including synthesizing research and conceptual work into actionable and presentable deliverables
Accountable, with a strong sense of professionalism and integrity
Highly organized, efficient and able to work to tight deadlines in a high-pressure environment
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong professional relationships at all levels
Undergraduate degree with strong academic credentials and ~10 years of relevant work experience
Preferred
10+ years of experience with a demonstrated track of sourcing and negotiation skills at a comparable financial service organization
Benefits
Discretionary bonus
Company
KKR
KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.28B2025-08-04Post Ipo Debt· $900M
2025-05-20Post Ipo Debt· $550M
2025-03-04Post Ipo Equity· $2.25B
Leadership Team
Hirofumi Hirano (平野 博文)
Member & Chief Executive Officer of KKR Japan
Scott Nuttall
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
Morningstar.com
2026-01-10
alleywatch.com
2025-12-16
2025-12-12
Company data provided by crunchbase