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About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 13 The Role S&P Dow Jones Indices is seeking a strategic and commercially driven Director, Multi-Asset Product Management to join our Multi-Asset Product Management team in New York. This senior role will be responsible for leading the development of S&P DJI s multi-asset index franchise. The role oversees a broad range of index-linked investment solutions, including defined outcome, risk-controlled, asset allocation, retirement, insurance, structured product, and derivatives-based strategies. This role will also be responsible for leading and developing a team of product managers. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in multi-asset product management, experience leading product initiatives and teams, and a solid understanding of systematic investment strategies. While familiarity with options and derivatives is valuable, success in this role will be driven by the ability to manage a diverse product portfolio, identify client needs, and translate investment concepts into commercially successful solutions. This role requires close partnership with clients, Sales, Research & Design, Index Governance, Marketing, Technology, and other stakeholders, while combining technical expertise, commercial acumen, executive presence, and the ability to influence across a global matrixed organization. The Team The Multi-Asset Product Management team at S&P Dow Jones Indices is responsible for setting product strategy, driving product development, and managing the long-term commercial success of a global suite of multi-asset indices. The team develops solutions for a broad range of client segments, including banks, asset managers, ETF issuers, insurance companies, wealth platforms, and institutional investors. The product suite includes strategies focused on index-linked insurance products, structured products, derivatives overlays, volatility control, retirement solutions, asset allocation, and other systematic multi-asset strategies. The team has a global mandate and works closely with regional commercial teams and clients to identify market opportunities, launch innovative index solutions, and support adoption of S&P DJI’s multi-asset capabilities. Responsibilities and Impact The Director will play a critical role in shaping and executing the product strategy for S&P DJI’s multi-asset index suite. This position will be expected to serve as a senior subject matter expert, lead complex product development initiatives, and contribute directly to the long-term growth and commercial success of the product line. Product Development: Lead the research, development, and launch of systematic multi-asset indices and investment solutions, including asset allocation, risk-controlled, target outcome, insurance-related, and derivatives-based strategies. Partner with internal stakeholders to create transparent, rules-based methodologies for use across ETFs, structured products, insurance solutions, annuities, and institutional applications. Influence cross-functional stakeholders across Product Management, Research & Design, Index Governance, Sales, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and Technology to drive outcomes without direct management authority. Client Engagement: Serve as a senior subject matter expert in client meetings, product pitches, trainings, conferences, and other external forums. Partner with Sales and Client Coverage teams to translate complex index strategies into clear commercial narratives and client solutions. Contribute to thought leadership and product positioning, including presentations, white papers, client materials, market commentary, internal education, and external product messaging. Market Intelligence: Maintain a deep understanding of market trends, client needs, and the competitive landscape, including QIS desks, investment banks, exchanges, structured product platforms, ETF issuers, insurance providers, and other index providers. Use these insights to identify new product opportunities and inform product strategy. Product Management & Commercial Growth: Support and manage the existing multi-asset index suite with a focus on growing adoption, linked assets, and revenue. Monitor product performance, market relevance, and commercial traction, and identify opportunities for product enhancements, repositioning, and lifecycle management. Leadership and People Management: We are seeking an experienced product management leader with a proven track record of people leadership. This role is expected to lead and develop a team of product managers. Prior experience managing, coaching, and developing product professionals is strongly preferred. The successful individual will demonstrate the ability to foster collaboration, and build a high-performing team while driving execution across multiple product initiatives. What’s In It For You The opportunity to lead product strategy and innovation for a technically sophisticated and commercially important global index product suite. Direct involvement in developing innovative multi-asset index solutions used across ETFs, retirement products, insurance solutions, structured products, and institutional investment applications. Regular interaction with senior clients, commercial leaders, quantitative researchers, index governance stakeholders, and product leaders across S&P Dow Jones Indices. A visible leadership role representing S&P DJI s multi-asset capabilities with clients, partners, and industry stakeholders. The ability to shape long-term product direction in an area of growing client demand and market relevance. A challenging and entrepreneurial role requiring both technical depth and commercial judgment. Compensation/Benefits Information (US Applicants Only): S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $175,000-$225,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses, and certifications. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. What We’re Looking For We are looking for an experienced product management leader with a strong understanding of multi-asset investment solutions and a track record of driving product strategy, development, and commercialization. The successful candidate will possess knowledge of systematic investment approaches, including asset allocation, target outcome, risk-controlled, retirement, insurance, and derivatives-linked strategies, and will be comfortable operating at the intersection of product innovation, client engagement, and commercial execution. Experience supporting investment solutions designed to address client objectives such as income generation, risk management, volatility control, capital preservation, participation enhancement, and retirement outcomes is highly desirable. Familiarity with options and derivatives-based approaches is beneficial but not required to have been a primary area of specialization. This individual must be comfortable discussing detailed methodology design with quantitative stakeholders while also articulating the commercial value proposition to clients, sales teams, and senior leaders. Basic Qualifications 10 years of experience in product management, index strategy, investment solutions, asset management, wealth management, quantitative investing, or related financial services roles, with meaningful exposure to multi-asset investment strategies. Strong quantitative background with an understanding of index construction, portfolio design, and multi-asset investment strategies, including asset allocation, retirement, target outcome, risk-controlled, insurance, and derivatives-linked approaches. Demonstrated experience managing, coaching, and developing product management talent, with the ability to build and lead high-performing teams. Proven ability to influence stakeholders cross-functionally (Product, Research & Design, Sales, Governance, Marketing, Operations, Technology) and drive outcomes without direct people-management authority. Clear commercial mindset, including experience supporting product adoption, client engagement, and long-term revenue growth for investment, index, or multi-asset solutions. Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., finance, mathematics, economics, statistics, engineering, or computer science). Right to Work Requirements: This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States. Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting or developing multi-asset index solutions, including target outcome, risk-controlled, retirement, insurance, volatility-controlled, or derivatives-linked strategies. Familiarity with index methodology governance, launch lifecycle, and operational considerations for investable indices. Advanced degree and/or professional credentials (e.g., CFA, CAIA) and/or programming skills (Python, R, Matlab). Experience building models, backtests, simulations, risk analytics, or index strategy prototypes. Experience presenting at client meetings, conferences, webinars, sales trainings, or other public forums. Strong understanding of the competitive landscape across QIS desks, investment banks, exchanges, index providers, ETF issuers, and structured product platforms. About S&P Global Dow Jones Indic e s At S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provide iconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset-class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to make decisions with conviction. We’re the largest global resource for index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500 ® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ® . More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other index provider in the world. With over USD 7.4 trillion in passively managed assets linked to our indices and over USD 11.3 trillion benchmarked to our indices, our solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance, evaluating portfolios and developing investment strategies. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/spdji . What’s In It For You? Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence. Our People: We re more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we re able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference. Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership Throughout our history, the world s leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals. Benefits: We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global. Our benefits include: Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body. Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on. Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills. Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs. Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families. Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference. For more information on benefits by country visit: spgbenefits.com Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global: At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets. Recruitment Fraud Alert: If you receive an email from a spglobalind.com domain or any other regionally based domains, it is a scam and should be reported to reportfraud spglobal.com . S&P Global never requires any candidate to pay money for job applications, interviews, offer letters, “pre-employment training” or for equipment/delivery of equipment. Stay informed and protect yourself from recruitment fraud by reviewing our guidelines, fraudulent domains, and how to report suspicious activity here . ----------------------------------------------------------- Equal Opportunity Employer S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment. 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S&P Dow Jones Indices is seeking a strategic and commercially driven Director, Multi-Asset Product Management to join our Multi-Asset Product Management team in New York.
The team has a global mandate and works closely with regional commercial teams and clients to identify market opportunities, launch innovative index solutions, and support adoption of S&P DJI’s multi-asset capabilities.
Responsibilities and Impact
What’s In It For You
The opportunity to lead product strategy and innovation for a technically sophisticated and commercially important global index product suite.
Direct involvement in developing innovative multi-asset index solutions used across ETFs, retirement products, insurance solutions, structured products, and institutional investment applications.
Regular interaction with senior clients, commercial leaders, quantitative researchers, index governance stakeholders, and product leaders across S&P Dow Jones Indices.
A visible leadership role representing S&P DJI s multi-asset capabilities with clients, partners, and industry stakeholders.
The ability to shape long-term product direction in an area of growing client demand and market relevance.
A challenging and entrepreneurial role requiring both technical depth and commercial judgment.
Compensation/Benefits Information (US Applicants Only):
In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits.
What We’re Looking For
This individual must be comfortable discussing detailed methodology design with quantitative stakeholders while also articulating the commercial value proposition to clients, sales teams, and senior leaders.
Demonstrated experience managing, coaching, and developing product management talent, with the ability to build and lead high-performing teams.
Proven ability to influence stakeholders cross-functionally (Product, Research & Design, Sales, Governance, Marketing, Operations, Technology) and drive outcomes without direct people-management authority.

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Experience supporting or developing multi-asset index solutions, including target outcome, risk-controlled, retirement, insurance, volatility-controlled, or derivatives-linked strategies.
Familiarity with index methodology governance, launch lifecycle, and operational considerations for investable indices.
Advanced degree and/or professional credentials (e.g., CFA, CAIA) and/or programming skills (Python, R, Matlab).
Experience building models, backtests, simulations, risk analytics, or index strategy prototypes.
Experience presenting at client meetings, conferences, webinars, sales trainings, or other public forums.
Strong understanding of the competitive landscape across QIS desks, investment banks, exchanges, index providers, ETF issuers, and structured product platforms.
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