Index Design R&D Director
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Index R&D team manager leading research, design, and delivery of equity and digital-asset indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices. Managing people, backlogs, and client-focused innovation.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and contribute to conceptualization, design, and analysis of new indices and scalable capabilities
- Drive the highest-complexity or highest-risk work while coaching team members
- Act as technical escalation point and methodology coach
- Seek customer feedback and ensure end-to-end feature delivery
- Ensure adoption of operating standards and agile practices
- Build relationships across R&D, Product, and functional teams
- Partner with Commercial to deepen client and stakeholder relationships
- Resolve complex technical challenges through analysis, design reviews, and hands-on problem solving
- Hire, onboard, develop, coach, and performance-manage team members
- Prioritize and own the team backlog, translating value-stream priorities into executable work
- Inspire the team to deliver business outcomes against priorities and OKRs
- Set development targets and lead performance assessments
- Participate in value-stream performance calibration
- Contribute technical expertise to internal and external engagements, including client discussions
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in R&D, portfolio/index design, or related technical roles
- Three plus years’ experience directly managing and developing people
- Extensive industry knowledge about impactful trends and future direction of core index, asset, wealth, and capital market industries
- Experience owning team backlogs and leading delivery in an agile or iterative operating model
- Experience supporting client or stakeholder engagements through technical expertise
- Advanced degree, MBA or equivalent experience required
- CFA or PhD desirable
- Final-stage external candidates must attend at least one in-person interview, ordinarily at their nearest S&P Global office, before an offer
Benefits:
- Annual incentive plan
- Health care coverage
- Generous time off
- Continuous learning and career development resources
- Competitive pay
- Retirement planning
- Continuing education program
- Company-matched student loan contribution
- Financial wellness programs
- Family benefits and perks
- Retail discounts
- Referral incentive awards
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