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Summary - Public Markets Office of COO:The Public Markets Office of COO is seeking a highly motivated individual to join the Mumbai team and work closely with the Investment Management (IM) lead for Market Data Strategy & Oversight. This role will serve as a central coordination point for onboarding market-data vendors used across MSIM, managing requests from intake through setup and completion, coordinating hand-offs across business, risk, contracts and technology partners, maintaining accurate records and management reporting, and providing clear stakeholder communication. Additionally, this role will support general market data functions, such as questions about coverage, preparation for quarterly business reviews with key vendors, etc.
Key Responsibilities:- Serve as a central coordination point for onboarding market-data vendors used by multiple MSIM teams, helping move requests from intake through setup and completion.
- Maintain a single intake and request-tracking process, gather required information, and provide clear status updates to requestors and stakeholders.
- Shepherd hand-offs across Vendor Risk, Corporate Services/contracts, technology and other downstream partners; follow up on open actions and escalate blockers as needed.
- Coordinate vendor set-up and access administration while ensuring final business, data and risk approvals remain with the appropriate owners.
- Provide day-to-day support on vendor requests.
- Maintain complete and accurate onboarding records, process documentation and management reporting; track volumes, status, issues and recurring bottlenecks to support continuous improvement.
- Develop working knowledge of MSIM market-data vendors, services and internal users to support consistent onboarding, issue resolution and stakeholder communication.
- Support targeted operational cleanup, including improving IShield ownership and record quality and addressing fragmented vendor or entitlement processes.
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in business preferred.
- 3-5 years of relevant investment management experience.
- Knowledge of market data (such as pricing, financials, estimates, indices, ESG).
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
- Strong analytical skills and above average attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Self-starter with the ability to take a proactive approach to assigned projects and new team initiatives.
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