VP Content & Research (eo249)
Job Title: VP Content & Research
Report To: CEO
Location: Shanghai
Our client is a young entrepreneurial company that is on track to redefine the financial information market in China. With the expansion of China’s business and marketing, they are searching some excellent candidates.
Responsibilities:
1. Ensure that the company platform is the most comprehensive source of value added information and intelligence in the Chinese financial markets.
2. Be responsible for all the proprietary and third party content available on the platform.
3. Based on market feedback and intelligence should either: identify and secure rights to the best third party data and information; or establish in house capabilities to create and produce the data and information.
4. Be an innovator; quickly able to spot the “information gaps” faced by the developing financial markets in China and to devise unique solutions to the plug those gaps.
5. Deep understanding of the financial markets, globally and domestically, the understanding of the financial markets workflow and the passion for creating actionable intelligence from disparate and complex data sources will see as a driving force within the company.
6. Manage both information vendor relationships as well as our own teams responsible for creating news, commentary and analysis.
Requirement:
1. Management experience will include management of all aspects of information supplier and publisher relationships, including identification, negotiation and ongoing relationship management; as well as experience in managing the content creation process.
2. Have a strong background in the application of leading edge technologies to enable the distribution, analysis and comprehension of information; be a passionate advocate for creating “actionable intelligence” from raw data and information.
3. Be a well respected figure in the Chinese Financial community. Demonstrable track record of creating “new” content solutions.
4. Experienced in negotiating commercial terms with suppliers and of maintaining productive long term relationships.
5. At least five years experience of managing a content creation process. Experience of bring content solutions to market and of using the potential of new technologies to improve efficiencies in the consumption and use of information.
6. Sound commercial experience in the financial markets with specific understanding of workflow and its challenges.
7. Highly inquisitive about the development of information management and analysis tools in the consumer and enterprise environment.
8. Champion of the value of data and content; Skilled at “selling” the vision to third parties and at managing supplier relationships; High level of financial markets literacy;
9. Strong team leadership / management; Highly analytical to determine ongoing value of data;
10. Empathy with the “news and content creation” process
11. Fluent written and spoken Mandarin and English.
* Please send us your complete resume (in Chinese and in English) to: ‘topjob_eo249@dacare.com'(Please replace “#” with “@”)
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