Team Leader Macro Economics Data

Team Leader - Macro Economics Data

Location

London

Business Area

Data

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Description & Requirements

Bloomberg runs on data. Our products are fueled by powerful information. We combine data and context to paint the whole picture for our clients around the clock from around the Data we are responsible for delivering this data news and analytics through innovative technology - quickly and accurately. We apply problem-solving skills to identify innovative workflow efficiencies and we implement technology solutions to enhance our systems products and processes.

Within Data the Economics Data Team is responsible for onboarding analyzing and supplying high-quality economic content that supports client decision-making. We provide trusted sought-after economic data that is normalized across countries and regions. Business leaders rely on the real-time financial information available on the Bloomberg Professional Service and the intelligence and insight produced by the Economics team power many of these products.

Our analysts influence decisions and markets every dayand we continue to grow.

The Economics Data team manages both traditional and alternative economic time series forecasts and surveys. We deliver relevant timely and accurate data that enables clients to analyze global economies with confidence. Our focus is on making economic content more discoverable and timely generating data-driven insights and delivering outstanding customer service.

Whats the role

The Economics Data team is seeking a dedicated Team Leader to lead and develop a hard-working group of economic analysts responsible for data onboarding and analysis across the EMEA this role you will partner closely with clients and key collaborators to understand evolving needs and set proactive strategies for our economic coverage particularly across core economic concepts high-frequency indicators and emerging markets.

From a technical perspective you will lead efforts to research and onboard new datasets that expand and strengthen our product coverage with a focus on data acquisition and semantic data modelling. Your team will transform complex datasets and workflows into high-quality financial and economic data products that are indispensable to our users.

This role requires extensive collaboration with global colleagues and partners across the organisation including Business Managers News Bloomberg Intelligence and Economists Sales & Analytics Data Governance and Engineering.

The Economics Data team is also undergoing a significant transformation toward an automation-first operating model with the goal of achieving Straight-Through Processing across how we acquire curate semantically model and deliver data to an era defined by AI and rapidly growing data demands the ability to scale data coverage through automation is critical to our success. As Team Leader you will play a pivotal role in advocating and driving this change embedding automation into workflows enabling scale and guiding your team through this evolution.

Well trust you to:

• Apply strong economic domain expertise to source evaluate and analyse complex datasets ensuring timely high-quality economic insights for clients while staying current on relevant market trends and developments.
• Recruit mentor and develop a high-performing team of analysts who operate as subject-matter experts capable of delivering time-sensitive data through scalable automation-enabled workflows strong analytical judgement and effective project execution.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams including Economists Product Sales News Data Governance and Engineering to continuously improve economic data products databases and terminal functionality.
• Set and implement the teams strategy for data onboarding at scale embedding automation-first principles by developing data modelling ETL and software-adjacent skills within the team in close collaboration with Data Engineering.
• Own risk management across the full data life-cycle from data sourcing and onboarding through modelling publication change management and deprecation proactively identifying and mitigating data quality operational regulatory and client-impact risks.
• Design and enforce robust processes standards and controls that ensure high data quality operational resilience and an exceptional level of client service while progressively reducing manual intervention life-cycle risk and preventable issues.

Youll need to have:

Please note we use years of experience as a guide but we certainly will consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary for the role.

• 3 years of formal people leadership experience or strong informal leadership
• Bachelors degree preferably in Economics or Finance or related business / STEM field
• Experience working with Economic time series or other large datasets be able to quantify the trends impacting the industry and provide information that can aid commercial decisions
• Experience working with Python including using…