Associate Director-Product Manager

Moody; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Moody's is seeking an Associate Director-Product Manager to lead strategy, development, and delivery of AI-enabled Model Context Protocol products in a London context. You will own the roadmap, define requirements, and partner with engineering, design, data, security, and strategy teams.

Ideal candidates have extensive PM experience, deep AI expertise, and strong stakeholder skills to drive competitive, responsible AI initiatives across Moody's global platform.

Qualifications

• Typically 8–10 years of product management experience in financial services or fintech.
• End-to-end product ownership from discovery to launch and post-launch iteration.
• Deep understanding of generative AI, LLMs, and AI tooling protocols.
• Strong Agile experience with ceremonies, backlogs, and KPI reviews.
• Market analysis and competitive intelligence to influence roadmap direction.
• Technical fluency to participate in architecture discussions without hands-on coding.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Leadership in AI initiatives with governance and responsible adoption.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, development, and delivery of Model Context Protocol products for agentic and AI-native workflows.
• Own product vision, roadmap, and backlog for the server and application portfolio.
• Define and prioritize product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, data, security, and strategy teams to translate needs into milestones.
• Conduct customer, partner, developer, and market research to stay competitive.
• Lead squad operating rhythm with planning, retrospectives, and improvements.
• Define and monitor KPIs like adoption, usage, reliability, and developer satisfaction.
• Manage delivery risks, dependencies, and release readiness with security and quality controls.
• Build relationships to identify new opportunities and support developer success.

Skills

Product strategy

End-to-end product ownership

Generative AI & LLMs

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

AI risk governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Model Context Protocol

Agent-tooling protocols

API design discussions

Job description

Let's begin! Associate Director-Product Manager (14872)

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today's risks into tomorrow's opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody's is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and Competencies

• Typically 8–10 years of product management experience, including experience in financial services, financial technology, or risk management software
• Proven experience owning products end-to-end from discovery and specification through launch and post-launch iteration, with the ability to independently drive a product area
• Deep understanding of generative artificial intelligence, large language models, agentic artificial intelligence, and application programming interface or protocol-based products; direct exposure to Model Context Protocol or comparable agent-tooling protocols preferred
• Strong grasp of agile methodologies with experience leading ceremonies, managing backlogs, improving ways of working through retrospectives, and driving outcomes through key performance indicator reviews
• Strong market analysis and competitive intelligence capabilities with the ability to identify opportunities and influence product roadmap direction
• Technical fluency to participate in architecture, infrastructure, authentication, security, and application programming interface design discussions while effectively evaluating trade-offs without requiring hands-on coding
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills across engineering, design, data, business, and partner teams
• Deep expertise in artificial intelligence, with a track record of implementing advanced AI solutions to drive strategic transformation and operational efficiency. Strong experience using AI tools to lead innovation initiatives. Demonstrated leadership in managing AI-related risks, ensuring ethical governance, and fostering a culture of responsible AI adoption across the organization

Education

• Bachelor's degree required
• Relevant Master's degree preferred depending on the nature of the product and business needs

Responsibilities

Lead the strategy, development, and delivery of Moody's Model Context Protocol products that enable agentic and artificial intelligence-native workflows.

• Own the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for the Model Context Protocol server and application portfolio, ensuring a coherent, extensible, and well-documented platform experience
• Define, prioritize, and deliver product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria while balancing new capabilities, platform stability, governance requirements, and technical debt
• Partner with engineering, design, data, security, and strategy teams to translate customer and business needs into actionable product milestones and releases
• Conduct customer, partner, developer, and market research to identify opportunities, validate concepts, and ensure the platform remains competitive within the evolving artificial intelligence ecosystem
• Lead the squad operating rhythm through planning, prioritization, retrospectives, and continuous improvement activities that drive delivery consistency and accountability
• Define and monitor product and platform key performance indicators including adoption, usage, reliability, and developer satisfaction to measure impact and inform roadmap decisions
• Manage delivery risks, dependencies, and release readiness while ensuring appropriate controls, security reviews, and quality standards are maintained across the product lifecycle
• Build strong relationships with business units, client-facing teams, and technology partners to identify new application opportunities and support internal and external developer success

About the Team

The Digital Insights product organization is responsible for developing innovative data, analytics, and artificial intelligence solutions that help clients make informed decisions in an increasingly complex financial landscape. By joining the team, you will help shape the future of agentic artificial intelligence experiences and intelligent workflows, working alongside product, engineering, design, and data experts to deliver scalable solutions that unlock the value of Moody's intelligence for clients, partners, and internal teams worldwide.

Moody's is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody's Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.