Full-Time
Vessel Data Manager
Kpler
501-1,000 employees
Provides real-time commodity market data analytics
No salary listed
London, UK
Hybrid
Hybrid role in London; on-site days expected as part of weekly schedule.
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- 8+ years of experience in data management, analytics, or related roles, including 2+ years of direct people management experience
- Subject Matter Expert (SME)-level knowledge of the maritime industry, including vessel data, shipping operations, or related maritime domains
- Proven People Manager experience managing, building, and developing technical data teams
- Advanced, hands-on proficiency in SQL and Python
- Proven experience designing, optimizing, and maintaining ETL processes, working with APIs for data ingestion, and utilizing web-scraping frameworks
- Practical familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker)
- A strong understanding of statistical methodologies to build automated data validation logic
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Maritime Studies or a related field
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of data analysts, fostering growth, ownership, and continuous improvement
- Act as the subject matter expert on Vessel Particulars & Companies business logic, rules, and datasets
- Identify and integrate new datasets into our databases
- Develop and test business logic, create dashboards, and curate datasets
- Allocate resources, support team members, and identify training needs
- Implement automation solutions, integrate new data sources, and maintain related platforms
- Collaborate with tech stakeholders for infrastructure needs and support commercial teams with data insights
- Enhance proprietary data quality and keep the team aligned with company objectives
- Manage KPIs and OKRs, provide insights for improvement, and support product development
- Project management experience
- Experience with Dataiku or similar data science and workflow automation platforms
Kpler delivers real-time intelligence and analytics for commodity markets across more than 25 sectors, including oil, gas, LNG, and maritime freight. It provides detailed data and insights through a web terminal, API, SDK, and an Excel add-in, allowing clients to integrate Kpler’s data into their own workflows. Subscriptions grant access to data on flows, storage levels, and market trends, with ongoing updates and enhancements, such as acquisitions like JBC Energy, to deepen coverage. Compared with peers, Kpler stands out by offering broad, transparent coverage and multiple access points that support seamless integration. The company’s goal is to be the go-to source of unbiased, precise market intelligence that helps clients navigate volatility and geopolitical uncertainties.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Private
Total Funding
$220M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2014
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Sixth Street minority stake at $3.7B valuation validates Kpler's data assets for AI training.
- CITAC acquisition expands African downstream energy intelligence with 25 years of regional expertise.
- SK Telecom MOU advances AI-based market intelligence for telecom and industrial raw materials markets.
What critics are saying
- Vortexa's lower-cost SaaS pricing with AI cargo tracking erodes Kpler's LNG and tanker moat.
- Bloomberg and S&P Global bundling maritime data into free terminals eliminates Kpler's subscription premium.
- Bridgeton's proprietary CTA models risk reverse-engineering by HFT firms using agentic AI within 18 months.
What makes Kpler unique
- Kpler unites physical commodity fundamentals with systematic trading insights from Bridgeton acquisition.
- Kpler MCP enables natural language queries for maritime intelligence without coding or data engineering.
- Kpler covers over 40 markets including liquids, dry bulk, freight, and power via subscription.
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Kpler's Brian Kesecker accepts 2026 Wash100 Award. Brian Kesecker, executive director of U.S. government business and strategy at Kpler, has received the 2026 Wash100 Award, recognizing his leadership in expanding the company's role delivering commercial data and maritime intelligence capabilities to defense, intelligence and federal civilian missions. Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award, presented the honor to Kesecker during a recent 4x24 Leadership dinner. Why did Brian Kesecker win the 2026 Wash100 Award? Kesecker earned his first Wash100 Award for helping position Kpler's data platforms as operational tools for national security decision-makers and accelerating the company's growth across government markets. Garrettson highlighted Kesecker's role in advancing Kpler's capabilities and expanding its reach across government missions. "I am thrilled to honor Brian with his first Wash100 Award. He's played a foundational role in growing Kpler into a reliable provider of intelligence tools for trade. Brian has also proven himself at Kpler, and throughout his GovCon career, as an expert in forging complex deals and driving growth across defense, intelligence and civilian agencies," Garrettson said. "Brian has focused Kpler on leveraging its strengths in global maritime data, natural language access to structured data and integration-first architecture. He's displayed vision by treating data as a combat enabler and not simply a back-office function," the Executive Mosaic CEO noted. Garrettson added that Kesecker's recent leadership advancements reflect the company's confidence in his capabilities and highlight his standing as a respected GovCon executive with strong momentum heading into 2026. Who is Brian Kesecker? Kesecker is a GovCon executive with more than a decade of experience supporting national security missions through data, analytics and business development. Kesecker previously held leadership roles at SAIC, Sayari Labs and Chainalysis, where he worked with government customers on missions spanning intelligence analysis, supply chain risk, counter-threat finance and cyber operations. He also served as a systems engineer at the Defense Information Systems Agency earlier in his career. What is the Wash100 Award? Founded in 2014, the Wash100 Award recognizes the most influential leaders shaping the government contracting landscape. Honorees are selected for their leadership, strategic direction, impact on the federal market and potential to drive industry trends in the year ahead. Executive Mosaic congratulates Brian Kesecker on this Wash100 achievement. Share the Post:
Kpler unveils model context protocol for maritime intelligence, analytics. Kpler has introduced a new model context protocol capability designed to give government and defense users faster access to maritime intelligence and analytics. According to a video the company shared with ExecutiveBiz, the technology, known as Kpler MCP, allows analysts to generate structured insights, dashboards and trend analyses through natural language queries - eliminating the need for coding, data engineering or manual data extraction. How does Kpler MCP work? Kpler MCP functions as an integration layer that connects large language models with Kpler's proprietary intelligence datasets. It integrates directly into existing large language model environments such as ChatGPT or Claude, and generates outputs in seconds. In the video, Kpler demonstrates how a simple prompt can be converted into actionable intelligence spanning supply chains, industrial capacity and geopolitical risk. In one example, the platform identifies lithium trades delivered to China during the first week of January and distinguishes them by shipment volume and vessel activity. In another, MCP generates a dashboard showing lithium shipments arriving in December 2025, including risk and compliance status for the vessels involved. The system can also surface longer-term patterns. A three-year analysis highlighted in the video shows nearly 8 million metric tons of lithium flowing into China across more than 2,300 trades, with year-over-year growth exceeding 10 percent. Unlike traditional data platforms that require technical expertise, MCP is designed for non-technical users operating in analytical, operational and planning roles. Why is Kpler MCP relevant for government and defense users? Brian Kesecker, executive director of U.S. government business and strategy at Kpler, said the MCP capability is intended to support defense, intelligence and civilian agencies that increasingly rely on unclassified commercial data to inform decisions. In a LinkedIn post announcing the capability, Kesecker described MCP as a way to help mission partners "access, interpret, and operationalize" global trade and supply chain intelligence "with greater speed and precision." He said the capability "provides measurable operational benefit," particularly for public sector users, noting that it reduces analytic cycle times and improves decision quality at tactical, operational and strategic levels. How is Kpler engaging mission partners? To align MCP with government requirements, Kpler will conduct structured evaluation engagements with military, federal civilian and intelligence community stakeholders. These sessions are designed to demonstrate operational use cases, capture agency-specific needs and guide future enhancements.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kpler, a global trade intelligence technology company that helps markets operate with greater transparency, today announced the acquisition of Bridgeton Research Group LLC, a company known for providing predictive insights into the behavior of Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) and systematic investment strategies across global commodities and financial markets.Founded in 2016, Bridgeton develops proprietary models that seek to replicate and forecast systematic trading behavior across more than 200 global markets. The company has become an industry-standard reference point for understanding how algorithmic and rules-based strategies influence futures markets—insights that complement and extend Kpler's deep coverage of physical commodity fundamentals."Our mission has always been to help our clients trade smarter," said Mark Cunningham, CEO of Kpler. "By bringing Bridgeton into the Kpler family, we're expanding the dimensions of insight we provide, uniting physical fundamentals with systematic flow analysis to deliver even more value to the organizations that rely on us, while laying the groundwork for Kpler's evolution into a broader market-intelligence platform."Stephen J. Roseme, Managing Member of Bridgeton, commented: "Bridgeton's predictive insights into systematic and algorithmic trading behavior align perfectly with Kpler's mission of helping clients trade smarter. By joining forces with Kpler, we gain access to a more robust technology and research platform, allowing our quantitative team to apply its expertise to a much broader audience
Kpler announces acquisition of Bridgeton Research Group, expanding capabilities in systematic trading insight. Kpler, a global trade intelligence technology company that helps markets operate with greater transparency, today announced the acquisition of Bridgeton Research Group LLC, a company known for providing predictive insights into the behavior of Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) and systematic investment strategies across global commodities and financial markets. Founded in 2016, Bridgeton develops proprietary models that seek to replicate and forecast systematic trading behaviour across more than 200 global markets. The company has become an industry-standard reference point for understanding how algorithmic and rules-based strategies influence futures markets - insights that complement and extend Kpler's deep coverage of physical commodity fundamentals. "Our mission has always been to help our clients trade smarter," said Mark Cunningham, CEO of Kpler. "By bringing Bridgeton into the Kpler family, we're expanding the dimensions of insight we provide, uniting physical fundamentals with systematic flow analysis to deliver even more value to the organisations that rely on us, while laying the groundwork for Kpler's evolution into a broader market-intelligence platform." Stephen J. Roseme, Managing Member of Bridgeton, commented: "Bridgeton's predictive insights into systematic and algorithmic trading behavior align perfectly with Kpler's mission of helping clients trade smarter. By joining forces with Kpler, we gain access to a more robust technology and research platform, allowing our quantitative team to apply its expertise to a much broader audience. Our clients will immediately benefit from Kpler's global reach, expanded coverage, and world-class client support. We are thrilled to be part of the Kpler family and look forward to contributing to industry-leading product innovation."