Data Governance Manager

As Upvest's first Data Governance Manager, you will be the single owner of Upvest's entire market data governance function. You will manage relationships with market data providers, negotiate and maintain licensing agreements, ensure redistribution arrangements are compliant and commercially sound, and advise the business on what's possible as new products and asset classes are brought to market.

What you'll do

• Own the end-to-end relationship with Upvest's market data and static asset data providers.
• Lead commercial negotiations independently and end-to-end, from initial terms through to signature and renewal.
• Ensure that Upvest's redistribution of market data to B2B clients is properly licensed across all use cases and client types.
• Fulfill entitlement and usage reporting obligations to direct reporting exchanges and data sources. Maintain accurate records of Upvest's data consumption and distribution to support audit readiness at all times.
• Act as the expert voice on market data licensing for internal teams advising on what data products clients can access, at what cost, and under what licensing conditions.
• Lead the assessment, selection, and onboarding of new market data providers and exchanges as Upvest expands into new asset classes and markets.
• Establish and maintain best-practice governance processes for market data management.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through licence renegotiation, consolidation, or usage optimisation.

What you'll need

• A law degree or equivalent legal training is strongly preferred. Candidates without a formal legal background but with 5+ years of deep, hands-on market data licensing experience will equally be considered.
• 3–6 years of experience working in the market data space - ideally from within a data vendor, exchange, or the market data function of a financial institution or fintech.
• Strong working knowledge of exchange licensing frameworks, redistribution rights, derived data rules, and direct reporting obligations.
• You can run a commercial negotiation from term sheet to signature, hold your ground with vendor counterparts, and know when to push and when to compromise.
• You understand how market data is distributed and can engage credibly with Product and Engineering teams when evaluating new provider integrations or data delivery architectures.
• You are detail-driven, documentation-oriented, and capable of bringing order to a complex, multi-provider licensing landscape.
• Fluency in English. German is a plus but not required.

What they offer

• Best-in-class AI tools: €20,000 per year to spend on the best AI tools available.
• 30 days of annual leave and sports benefits.
• Professional coaching and flexibility to work remotely abroad for up to 183 days a year.
• UpRest: one-month fully paid sabbatical after every 4 years.
• Personal development budget and competitive, above-market salary with employee equity program.
• Hybrid work from Berlin, London, or Tallinn hubs across Europe.