Job Description
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">As a Data Strategist within our Data Strategy Group, you will be part of a team that is responsible for finding, validating and increasing the overall awareness and effectiveness of external datasets as it relates to trading at Jump. The ideal candidate will thrive in connecting business objectives with data-driven solutions, ensuring data is leveraged effectively to deliver insights, drive alpha, and sustain a competitive advantage. For this role, we are looking for someone to own and evolve our broker data relationships as well as support our macro-sourcing efforts.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">What You’ll Do:</p>
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<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Own and evolve Jump’s broker data landscape. Serve as the primary point of contact for a network of brokers and research providers, managing and growing those relationships to maximize value from each partnership.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lead end</span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math'; font-size: 11.0pt;">‑</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math'; font-size: 11.0pt;">‑</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">end discovery, evaluation, commercial negotiation, and onboarding of new broker datasets, coordinating closely with Legal, Compliance, Technology, and investment teams.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Contribute to a broader understanding of the sell</span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math'; font-size: 11.0pt;">‑</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">side landscape, including emerging content offerings, product updates, and market developments.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Support the macro sourcing efforts by working directly with researchers and other members of the Data Strategy team to translate their needs into concrete data requirements and communicate dataset availability, scope, and limitations.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Leverage your data domain expertise and technical skills to perform in-depth assessments of data sets with a focus on data integrity, coverage and differentiation.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Create and cultivate relationships with vendors to proactively identify and capitalize on emerging data opportunities that drive strategic advantages.</span></li>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Skills You'll Need:</p>
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<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">8–10+ years of experience in a data</span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math'; font-size: 11.0pt;">‑</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">driven role within a hedge fund, asset manager, bank, or data/analytics provider.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Strong understanding of global financial markets, with a particular interest in macro and multi</span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math'; font-size: 11.0pt;">‑</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">asset trading.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Direct exposure to broker data and research products (e.g., estimates, flow data, research content, macroeconomic or policy data).</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Proven ability to manage external relationships and navigate commercial, licensing, and usage rights discussions.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hands</span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math'; font-size: 11.0pt;">‑</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">on experience working with complex datasets and technical delivery mechanisms (APIs, SFTP, data platforms, entitlements).</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills to work effectively across multiple business units within the firm.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Excellent communication skills and a track record of partnering effectively with both investment and technology teams.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Highly organized, entrepreneurial mindset, with comfort owning initiatives end</span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math'; font-size: 11.0pt;">‑</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math'; font-size: 11.0pt;">‑</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">end in a fast</span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria Math'; font-size: 11.0pt;">‑</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">paced environment.</span></li>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">If you’re excited about shaping how a leading quantitative trading firm discovers and uses broker and macro data — and you enjoy working with both data and people — we’d be excited to meet you.</p>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"> <span style="font-size: 12px;"> - Discretionary bonus eligibility</span><br><span style="font-size: 12px;"> - Medical, dental, and vision insurance</span><br><span style="font-size: 12px;"> - HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options</span><br><span style="font-size: 12px;"> - Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance</span><br><span style="font-size: 12px;"> - Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance</span><br><span style="font-size: 12px;"> - Paid vacation plus paid holidays</span><br><span style="font-size: 12px;"> - Retirement plan with employer match</span><br><span style="font-size: 12px;"> - Paid parental leave</span><br><span style="font-size: 12px;"> - Wellness Programs<br><br></span></span></div><div class="title">Annual Base Salary Range </div><div class="pay-range"><span>$225,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$250,000 USD</span></div></div></div>
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