Market Data Product Manager

CRU wishes to appoint a Product Manager for our Market Data. This senior role will drive further growth in our very successful market data services by applying agile product development methodologies to identify and solve client problems.

The Product Manager will speak to our clients and analyse data on their usage to identify and characterise the underlying problems in the form of user stories.

The Product Manager will prioritise the key problems we want to solve for each set of sprints based on evidence gathered from clients, alignment with our technical and strategic priorities, and an explicit sustainable business model. They will gather feedback at the end of each sprint. The day-to-day management of the project work will be done by a Product Owner who works within the same team.

CRU is the leader in analysing commodity markets – a creative process and capability that extends across narrative content, expert advice, consultancy into business problems, events and workshops, and of course data. Although the Product Manager of Commodity Market Data Services will focus on data, they will coordinate and communicate with the wider business so that all understand the purpose of each phase of development, what we will gain, and what evidence we should expect to see of success. Naturally, the Product Manager will also work closely with Marketing, Sales and Technology on the Go to Market plan.

Necessary skills and behaviours

1. This is a senior commercial role within product development. The candidate must therefore either have experience or be keen on applying agile product development with a commercial focus.
2. We will favour applicants who have a few years of solid experience in how our clients use commodity market data (or third-party data in general). They could be someone who is a Chief Data Officer or thinking of growing into that role.
3. We would like someone who has the drive and experience to translate inevitable complexity into simple messages. Building a common language, championing and influencing to get internal alignment while also being open to diverse thought and challenge are also important behaviours in this role.