Chief Operating Officer (coo) Ãâ¢ã‚â€ã‚â“ Data Intelligence & Capital Markets At Independent Project Monitoring Company Limited (ipmc)

• IPMC Limited is seeking an experienced Chief Operating Officer (COO) - Data Intelligence & Capital Markets to provide operational and market leadership for its Data Intelligence Platform.
• The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the platform from the perspective of its target users, including asset managers, pension funds, banks, investment firms, institutional investors and regulators. The COO will also serve as a senior external representative and one of the principal faces of the Data Intelligence business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the operational development and commercialization of the Data Intelligence Platform.
• Simulate and evaluate how capital market operators, institutions and regulators will use the platform for real investment, risk and regulatory decisions.
• Review platform products, dashboards, analytics and reports from an institutional-user perspective.
• Identify gaps in data, analytics, benchmarking and decision-support capabilities.
• Work closely with Data, Technology, Regulatory and Business Development teams to improve product relevance and usability.
• Support the development of financial, fixed-income, ESG, regulatory and market intelligence products. Lead selected platform demonstrations, client engagements, institutional pilots and strategic partnerships. Engage senior decision-makers across financial institutions, regulators and capital market organisations. Provide capital-markets insight into product strategy, pricing, positioning and commercial opportunities. Represent the business at relevant industry meetings, conferences, webinars and professional forums.

Requirements

• CFA Charterholder strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business or a related discipline.
• Strong experience in capital markets, investment management, asset management, banking, securities, research or related financial services.
• Strong understanding of investment analysis, financial markets, fixed income and institutional decision-making.
• Experience working with financial-data, research or investment-intelligence platforms will be an advantage. Strong commercial, analytical and strategic thinking.
• Excellent presentation, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to engage confidently with senior executives, investors, institutions and regulators.
• Previous leadership or management experience is highly desirable.

Ideal Candidate

• We are looking for a commercially minded financial-markets professional who can combine investment expertise, product thinking, operational leadership and executive presence.
• The candidate should be able to look at data and analytics not only from a technical perspective, but from the standpoint of a professional user asking: