Head of Market Data

Who We Are:
Galaxy is a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure, delivering solutions that accelerate progress in finance and artificial intelligence. We believe that blockchain and digital asset innovation will transform how value moves through the world – and we’re building the products and services to make that future a reality.
 
Our institutional digital assets platform spans trading, investment banking, asset management, staking, self-custody, and tokenization technology. We also invest in and operate cutting-edge data center infrastructure to power AI and high-performance computing, addressing the growing demand for scalable energy and compute in the U.S.
 
We work at the intersection of finance and technology, helping institutions, startups, and developers navigate a digitally native economy. Led by CEO and Founder Michael Novogratz, our team blends deep crypto expertise with institutional experience and a shared commitment to shaping the future of Web3 and AI.
 
Galaxy is headquartered in New York City, with offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
 
To learn more about our businesses and products, visit www.galaxy.com.

What We Value:

We are a diverse team of free thinkers, and fast movers united to help investors and creators energize the global economy. We are looking for individuals who thrive in a culture of builders and overachievers and embrace high performance, transparent feedback, and a mission-first approach. Our culture shapes our way of working and gets us where we want to be.

• Seek Excellence.
• Be Selective To Be Effective.
• Be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled.
• Disagree Transparently.
• Encourage Independent Decision-Making.
• Build Dream Teams.

Who You Are:

We are seeking an experienced Head of Market Data to lead the acquisition, management, governance, and optimization of market data for both digital and traditional assets across the firm.

This role sits at the intersection of trading, technology, and vendor management, ensuring high-quality, cost-effective, and compliant data services that power trading, research, and risk systems.

You’ll work closely with trading teams, stakeholders, and external partners to deliver critical initiatives that drive our business forward. If you’re a natural problem-solver with a passion for hands-on technical development in a global, fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you.

What You’ll Do:

• Market Data Strategy & Architecture
  • Define and execute a unified market data strategy across centralized crypto exchanges (CEX), decentralized venues (DEX), and traditional markets
  • Design scalable, low-latency data architecture supporting tick-level, order book, and on-chain data
  • Evaluate build vs. buy decisions for internal data platforms vs. external providers
    
    
• Crypto Market Data & Vendor Management
  • Build relationships with crypto exchanges (e.g., Binance, Coinbase, Deribit, OKX), data aggregators, and node providers
  • Assist our vendor management team with commercial negotiations, licensing, and exchange agreements across both crypto and traditional markets

• Data Quality, Normalization & Coverage
  • Ensure high-quality, normalized datasets across fragmented crypto venues (symbol mapping, schema standardization, latency benchmarking)
  • Oversee ingestion of real-time order book data, trades, reference data, funding rates, and on-chain metrics
  • Establish monitoring and alerting frameworks for data integrity and completeness

• Cost Management & Optimization
  • Manage and optimize the global market data budget across crypto and traditional vendors
  • Identify cost-saving opportunities through vendor consolidation, direct exchange connectivity, and internal data solutions
  • Implement usage tracking and chargeback models where appropriate

• Infrastructure & Engineering Partnership
  • Partner with engineering teams to build and maintain high-performance data pipelines, feed handlers, and distribution systems
  • Support hybrid environments (on-prem + cloud) and ensure resilience, redundancy, and scalability
  • Enable data access for research, backtesting, and production trading systems 

• Regulatory & Compliance Oversight
  • Ensure compliance with exchange licensing, redistribution rules, and evolving crypto regulatory frameworks<