R&D Index Design Team Lead – Equities & Digital Assets

S&P Global; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 149,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Flexible Downtime

Continuous Learning

Invest in Your Future

Family Friendly Perks

Beyond the Basics

Job summary

S&P Dow Jones Indices in New York, NY seeks an R&D Team Manager to lead a team of experts delivering high-quality index research, design, analysis and scalable capabilities within the Equities & Digital Assets value stream. You will hire, coach, and performance-manage, while aligning backlogs with value‑stream priorities and enterprise standards.

You will collaborate with Product, Commercial and Index Engineering, driving execution, customer-focused outcomes, and cross‑functional

Qualifications

• 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 current and future index, asset, wealth, and capital market trends.
• Experience owning team backlogs and delivering in an agile or iterative model.
• Experience supporting client or stakeholder engagements through technical expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to conceptualization, design and analysis of new indices or scalable capabilities, driving high-complexity work.
• Act as the team’s technical escalation point and methodology coach, upholding analytical quality.
• Proactively seek customer feedback to learn and deliver features end-to-end.
• Ensure team-level adoption of operating standards and agile practices as defined at the value stream level.
• Build relationships across R&D, Product and functional teams for ongoing collaboration and cross‑product opportunities.
• Partner with Commercial to develop client relationships through R&D designs, capabilities and best practices.
• Own resolution of complex technical challenges to unblock delivery with high domain expertise.

Skills

R&D leadership

Portfolio/index design

People management

Agile/backlog ownership

Client engagements

Education

Advanced degree / MBA or equivalent

CFA or PhD desirable

Job description

S&P Dow Jones Indices in New York, NY seeks an R&D Team Manager to lead a team of experts delivering high-quality index research, design, analysis and scalable capabilities within the Equities & Digital Assets value stream. You will hire, coach, and performance-manage, while aligning backlogs with value‑stream priorities and enterprise standards.

You will collaborate with Product, Commercial and Index Engineering, driving execution, customer-focused outcomes, and cross‑functional