S&P Dow Jones Indices

The Role: Product Strategist, Multi-Asset Indices

The Location: New York

The Grade: G13 (internal use only)

The salary: $140,000 - $190,000

The Firm

S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) is the world's leading resource for benchmarks and investable indices. Our solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance, evaluating portfolios, and developing investment strategies.

The Team

Focused on developing solutions for a broad range of clients, Multi-Asset is one of the fastest growing business lines at S&P DJI. The Multi-Asset Product Management team is responsible for the commercial success of outcome-oriented index solutions such as managed volatility, retirement, dynamic allocation, inflation hedging, income and absolute return. This is an exciting opportunity to join an expanding product team in a growth stage.

The Role

The team is seeking a Director to support and promote our multi-asset index suite globally. The Director will play a key role in developing new multi-asset indices with a particular focus on the insurance market. However, the role will also have broad exposure to developing and supporting products for all client types.

The Director will also help develop, shape, and execute the multi-asset business strategy through working alongside commercial teams. This is a highly technical role, but also requires effective collaboration skills while having a commercial mindset to be successful. The Director will report to the Head of Multi-Asset Indices, based in the U.S.

What's in it for you

• The opportunity to be a global spokesperson for the world's most prominent and important indices
• High visibility to senior leaders within our organization and with our key clients
• A challenging but rewarding role that requires collaboration with a wide range of internal teams
• A high degree of variety where no two days are the same

Responsibilities

• Create product strategies, develop product positioning, and help drive the commercial success of our franchise
• Act as a global brand ambassador and spokesperson for the multi-asset index franchise
• Partner with client coverage, channel management, and marketing teams to strengthen our relationships with our clients
• Be a subject matter expert on index methodologies
• Promote our indices via webinars, conferences, media appearances, and client meetings
• Publish thought leadership including presentations, papers, blogs, index analysis, and commentary
• Oversee the new index launch process
• Collaborate with a wide range of internal teams including research & design, client experience, governance, index management and production group, and communications

What we're looking for

• 7+ years of experience working in the index industry, structuring desk at a bank, fixed indexed annuity insurance market, or related
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent in mathematics, finance or a related field
• Proven track record in product development and/or research
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills as well as attention to detail
• Strong communication skills - written, verbal and presenting
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Entrepreneurial mindset with willingness to roll up the sleeves and execute

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Masters degree or equivalent in a relevant field
• Progress towards, or obtained a CFA charter
• Progress towards, or obtained actuarial designation (ASA, FSA)
• Programming skills (Python, R, Matlab)
• Knowledge of analytical platforms such as FactSet, Capital IQ, Bloomberg, MSCI / Barra, or Axioma

S&P Dow Jones Indices

S&P Dow Jones Indices, a leading brand of the S&P Global, maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array of investor needs. Over $1.25 trillion is directly indexed to Standard & Poor's family of indices, which includes the S&P 500, the world's most followed stock market index, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, the S&P Global BMI, an index with approximately 11,000 constituents, the S&P GSCI, the industry's most closely watched commodities index, and the S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index, the premier investable index for U.S. municipal bonds.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy ("the Policy") that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy's requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.