Data Scout

Skills

About the Role

You will map the alternative-data market, identify vendors and datasets, assess their quality and potential use cases, and maintain current vendor summaries, catalogues, and pipelines. You will serve as an initial contact for vendors, attend industry conferences, and share market trends and coverage gaps with the team.

Requirements

• Have 2–5 years of experience in the alternative-data ecosystem, at a trading firm, hedge fund, data vendor, aggregator, or marketplace
• Know alternative-data categories and vendors and maintain an established vendor-contact network
• Assess dataset quality and coverage using samples or documentation
• Be proficient in Excel
• Understand alternative-data compliance issues, including privacy, consent, web scraping, and MNPI
• Write clearly and concisely
• Demonstrate organization, follow-through, and independent working ability

Responsibilities

• Map the alternative-data market and track new entrants and consolidation
• Source datasets through networks, events, marketplaces, and research
• Assess dataset viability and potential use cases
• Write vendor summaries and maintain the data catalogue and pipeline
• Serve as the first point of contact for new vendors and attend industry conferences
• Share market trends, emerging categories, and coverage gaps

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
• Employer-paid group term life and AD&D insurance
• Voluntary life and AD&D insurance
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness programs