Bloomberg

Description & Requirements

We are Bloomberg Enterprise Data - fast paced, innovative and growing! We partner closely with our clients, taking time to understand their unique businesses, individual data, and financial technology (FinTech) needs. Our endless selection of datasets, covering all asset types, with multiple delivery technologies and flexible scheduling, enables our clients to get the exact data they need, when they need it, in the format they prefer. Our award-winning data helps power the world’s financial applications and systems in the capital markets, covering buyside asset managers

Our private markets data solutions will complement our award-winning public markets data spanning across reference, pricing, regulatory, risk and sustainable data products in bringing together a complete product suite that creates a compelling value proposition to customers across buyside asset managers, asset owners and hedge funds, sell side banks as well as service providers. This business is core to our growth strategy across Enterprise Data, and our ambition is to continue servicing the most complex demands and evolving challenges of our clients so that they can keep innovating and delivering value to their clients.

The team is responsible for identifying, crafting, and designing data solutions that leverage Bloomberg's proprietary analytics and industry-leading private markets data. This requires an in-depth understanding of private markets data across the various asset classes including Private Equity, Private Debt, Infrastructure and Real Estate. It requires a good understanding of the intricacies of the data sourcing in private markets as well as a deep understanding of data feeds/API’S and the corresponding target client segments within private markets.

Key to this is understanding the multi-dimensional challenges our clients are trying to tackle and making sure that we remain their trusted partner as they work with us to build solutions driven by outstanding data.

We are seeking a senior individual to join the Private Markets Data team as a Product Manager. This position will report to the Global Head of Enterprise Data License Content.

What is the role?

They will be responsible for building a strategic product roadmap and measurement of progress towards the long-term vision for Private Markets Data. They will be an integral part of our collaborative leadership team of seasoned product managers, working with key stakeholders across Enterprise Data entire range of products and solutions. In this role we expect they have an interest in good judgment, execution, coordination, collaboration, communication, and implementation. They must work closely with Engineering, Product, Data, Sales and all relevant support teams. Above all they’ll be encouraged to ensure a relentless drive to drive Data business growth.

We will trust you too:

• Product Strategy: Build and execute a strategic product roadmap for Private Markets Data, ensuring alignment with Bloomberg’s overall growth strategy. Lead a collaborative effort across teams to innovate and expand our product offerings, leveraging your extensive experience in Private Markets.
• Client-Centric Solution Design: Utilize your deep knowledge of private markets and alternative assets to identify client needs and build data solutions that provide a competitive edge. Engage directly with clients to understand their challenges and collaborate on developing scalable data solutions.
• Agile Product Management: Ensure we have incremental deliveries and a phased product roadmap with clearly outlined business outcomes. Your leadership in product strategy, combined with your experience in large-scale project management and agile development, will be crucial in driving continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.
• Ability to develop a deep understanding of our enterprise data offering when it comes to our content as well as the accessibility, usability, quality, tools, and services available to clients that allow them to deepen their interaction and usage of our content.
• Data Analytics and Technical Proficiency: With a solid background in data analysis, forecasting, and a basic proficiency in programming languages such as Python, you will lead the development of data-driven strategies to meet business goals and enhance product offerings.

You will need to have:

• Proven experience in product management or equivalent, particularly in private markets data or alternative assets.

Solid understanding of the various private market asset classes (Private Equity, Private Credit, Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Hedge funds) and expertise in at least 2 of them.

• Deep knowledge of client cohorts including GPs, LPs and service providers and target audience for private markets data products.
• Demonstrated expertise in private markets and a comprehensive understanding of the investing process and data needs across each deal stage.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen with a consistent track record in growing a data business with a focus on data feeds and APIs
• Strong leadership skills with experience in leading high-performing teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.