Director, Us Equity Indices Product Management, Apac

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 13
**Title**: Director, US Equity Indices Product Management, APAC
**The Impact**: S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI) serves the financial services industry as a leader in providing indices used for investment products and portfolio benchmarking. Our indices underpin leading exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs), Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), structured products, OTC instruments, and play a crucial role in the investment landscape.
**The Team**: The US Equity Index Product Management team oversees a diverse set of index products, including iconic benchmarks such as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average, in addition to Sector indices, Style indices, and Sustainability indices. As asset class experts, the Product Management team sets strategic priorities to drive revenue growth. This team is integral to the Core Equities product group at S&P DJI, providing client solutions, insights, thought leadership, and driving product strategy and financial health.
**The Role**: We are seeking a Director to support the US Equity Indices franchise in the APAC region. This role is client facing and will involve representing the US Equity Index team at frequent client events. In addition, the role will involve product development, financial monitoring, and providing indexing solutions to clients. The Director will play a key role in ensuring the commercial success of US Equity indices throughout the region. Regional travel will be required.
**Key Responsibilities**:
Define and execute product development strategy, working with the Head of US Equity Indices.
Have an established network within financial services which can be leveraged to further develop commercial opportunities and product insights.
Lead market analysis efforts, monitor competitive activity, identify both strategic business opportunities and potential challenges and support new product initiatives and strategic sales efforts.
Develop a deep understanding of the underlying data and methodologies required to create and maintain our key US Equity indices.
Drive thought leadership through analysis and content creation which explain the benefits and the value proposition of US Equity indices for the APAC region.
Represent S&P DJI at regional industry events and conferences.
Collaborate with the Research and Design team on index design.
Plan and coordinate competing priorities and resources required to deliver on team objectives and key results using an AGILE framework.
Provide insights which inform the product roadmap based on market intelligence and client feedback.
Collaborate across Product Management team members and wider internal stakeholders to support both product and global initiatives.
Identify growth opportunities and develop robust pipeline of growth for existing indices and index launches.
**What’s In It For You**:
The investment industry is amidst tremendous structural shift brought about by technological changes and the shift from active to passive investing. This position sits central to this evolution.
The role provides exposure to global clients such as asset managers and asset owners, structured product desks, other financial technology and data players. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of an iconic leading benchmark provider, bringing independent, transparent, innovative index solutions to the global investment community.
The role will also have an impactful exposure to multiple internal groups within S&P DJI (Index Governance, Marketing and Communications, Research & Design, Index Development, Client Coverage, and others). You will join a high performing team where you will have the opportunity to learn from local and international colleagues.

**Qualifications**:
Undergraduate degree required, master’s degree in a relevant field or progress towards a CFA Charterholder status a plus.
Over 10 years of relevant work experience, ideally within Index or Asset Management.
Understanding of the investment process, investment management industry, portfolio theory, and financial markets Strong client facing experience with the ability to adapt presentation style in accordance with a diverse range of clients from across the financial spectrum.
Familiarity with sector and style investment strategies as well as sustainable financial topics and industry best practices.
Self-driven with strong research, innovation and communication skills.
Strong analytical and quantitative skills are essential, comfortable working with large datasets.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to adapt communication style to different situations.
Programming skills (Python, R, SQL, VBA, others) are desirable.
Knowledge of financial packages such as FactSet, Capital IQ, Morningstar, Eikon, etc. is desirable.
Willingness to attend meetings in different time-zones both in person and via video conferencing.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
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