Private Markets Data Associate

You will be joining Preqin, a part of BlackRock, as a Private Markets Data Associate. This role is responsible for acquiring, maintaining, and enhancing exclusive proprietary private market data across the EMEA region.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop high-quality relationships with fund managers, investors, and industry participants to secure proprietary private markets data and strengthen market engagement.
• Take direct ownership of data quality, coverage growth, and proprietary data contribution, ensuring outputs are accurate, complete, and commercially valuable.
• Drive disciplined execution across the end-to-end data lifecycle, from market outreach and acquisition through to validation, maintenance, and ongoing enhancement.
• Use strong judgement and domain understanding to identify high-value data opportunities, coverage gaps, and areas for market expansion.
• Apply AI-enabled tools and more efficient ways of working to improve outreach, research, data validation, workflow quality, and scale.
• Serve as a credible point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders, bringing market knowledge, analytical thinking, and confidence in private markets data.
• Contribute to revenue-generating and strategic initiatives by delivering high-quality analysis, proprietary insights, and reliable execution.
• Proactively raise risks, blockers, and opportunities, demonstrating strong ownership and accountability for outcomes.

You are a good fit if:

• 3-5+ years of relevant experience in data, financial data services, private markets, research, investor relations, client services, or a related field.
• Proven ability to take ownership of complex workstreams and deliver high-quality outcomes with limited supervision.
• Strong relationship-building skills, with confidence engaging fund managers, investors, clients, and senior market stakeholders.
• Commercially curious and analytically sharp, with the ability to understand what data matters, why it matters, and how it supports client and business priorities.
• Highly organised and execution-focused, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain momentum, and deliver consistently at pace.
• Strong judgement when working with incomplete, fragmented, or difficult-to-source information.
• Comfortable using AI, automation, or workflow improvements to increase efficiency, improve quality, and support scale.
• Proactive and accountable, with a track record of identifying opportunities, solving problems, and pushing work forward without waiting for direction.
• Collaborative and adaptable, with the ability to work effectively across regions, functions, and stakeholder groups.
• Committed to high standards of data quality, operational excellence, and client impact.
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

Our benefits include:

• Retirement investment and tools designed to help you build a sound financial future.
• Access to education reimbursement.
• Comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being.
• Family support programs.
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge, and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model enables a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week.