Product Platforms Design Value Stream Lead - Equities

Product Platforms Design Value Stream Lead - Equities

Product Platforms Design Value Stream Lead - Equities, S&P Dow Jones Indices, serves the financial services industry as a leader in providing indices used for investment products and portfolio benchmarking. Our indices underpin leading Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs), structured products, OTC instruments, and play a crucial role in the investment landscape.

The Product and Operations team oversees a diverse portfolio of index productsincluding iconic benchmarks like the S&P 500setting strategic priorities that drive growth, innovation, and client value across S&P Dow Jones Indices. Within this organization, the Product Platforms Design team plays a central role in shaping user-centered, scalable product platform experiences that power the full index lifecycle. We are a collaborative, forward-looking team that blends product, design, and technology expertise to deliver intuitive, integrated solutions with measurable business impact.

This role specifically leads the Equities Value Stream, which underpins S&P DJI's equity index franchise, spanning large-cap, mid-cap, small-cap, thematic, ESG, and custom equity dividend benchmarks. The team partners closely with Product, Technology, and Index Operations to optimize workflows, accelerate product delivery, and enhance transparency across the full equity index lifecycle.

The Product Platforms Design Value Stream Lead for Equities drives is responsible for the delivery of technology-enabled product capabilities that enhance user experience, operational efficiency, and scalability across S&P DJI's equity index platforms. This role is accountable for aligning design and delivery priorities across complex product ecosystems and ensuring that execution reflects the evolving needs of global equity markets.

Key responsibilities include :

• Roadmap Ownership : Develop and communicate a technology-related product roadmap for equity indices grounded in user journeys, operational efficiency, and scalability across all Equities Portfolio.
• Execution Leadership : Manage program backlog and MVPs, ensuring alignment with Agile team planning and Definition of Ready / Done.
• Cross-Functional Coordination : Align teams on priorities, manage dependencies, and maintain focus on outcomes across regions, asset classes, and systems, while partnering closely with other Value Stream Leads to ensure alignment and coordinated delivery.
• Team Development : Build and grow a high-performing team that thrives on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Management : Engage strategically with partners and senior stakeholders across Product, Index Operations, and Technology to drive alignment, transparency, and timely decision-making.
• Delivery Excellence : Monitor progress, validate features, lead demos, and proactively communicate risks, insights, and business value.

This role has measurable impact on value creation, time-to-market reduction, and adoption of equity index productsensuring S&P DJI maintains its leadership position across global equity markets.

Basic Required Qualifications :

Additional Preferred Qualifications :

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Compensation / Benefits Information : (This section is only applicable to US candidates) S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $225,000 to $255,000. 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.

About S&P Global Dow Jones Indices :

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.