Data Specialist

Data Strategy & Commercialisation Lead

500 per day | 6-month contract (extensions likely)

Remote across UK or Europe | Inside IR35

At the heart of this role is data discovery understanding what information trading firms truly value, structuring it into insight, and turning it into a scalable commercial offering.

Youll start by diving deep into commodity trading data pricing, logistics, flows, and contracts working with internal teams and market experts to validate whats valuable, whats missing, and what can be built.

Then youll move from insight to execution: defining pricing models, developing go-to-market strategies, and ultimately leading commercial deals with some of the worlds most influential trading participants.

In the early phase, your focus will be:

• Validating the opportunity identifying what data products the market needs.
• Collaborating with technical and product teams to refine and package datasets.
• Benchmarking competitors and defining market positioning.
• Engaging with data contributors to strengthen content and coverage.

As the data strategy evolves, youll shift toward:

• Designing monetisation and pricing models for data products.
• Building commercial relationships across the global trading ecosystem.
• Negotiating licensing and partnership deals.
• Presenting and promoting data propositions to clients and industry bodies.

What youll bring:

• Deep experience in data monetisation, product validation, and business development in commodities.
• Knowledge of agri, energy, or freight data and how trading firms use it for pricing and logistics.
• Strategic mindset with hands-on delivery skills able to bridge data, technology, and sales.
• Strong communication and negotiation experience with senior external stakeholders.

Youll be the connector translating raw data into a valuable commercial product that reshapes how the industry trades, analyses, and collaborates.

If you want to combine your data strategy experience with commercial execution in a high-impact, global environment this role will let you own that journey.

To apply click the link or email barry.ansell@harringtonstarr.com for a faster response.