R&D Team Lead - Index Design & Innovation

S&P Global; New York (NY); On-site; USD 149,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Dow Jones Indices in New York is seeking an R&D Team Manager to lead a team of R&D experts responsible for delivering high‑quality index research, design, analysis and scalable capabilities within the Equities & Digital Assets value stream.

The role reports to the Head of Equities & Digital Assets Index Design and focuses on turning value‑stream priorities into an executable team backlog while ensuring timely delivery, mentorship, and client-centric outcomes across engagements with Product

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 most impactful trends and future direction of the 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

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to the conceptualization, design and analysis of new indices and/or scalable capabilities that power them, personally driving the highest-complexity or highest-risk work while coaching team members to deliver the majority of execution
• Act as the team’s technical escalation point and methodology coach, setting a high bar for analytical quality and innovation through reviews, mentoring, and selective hands-on contribution
• Proactively seek customer feedback to learn and better understand their needs and requirements and ensure end-to-end delivery of features
• Ensures team-level adoption of agreed operating standards and agile practices as defined at the value stream level
• Build relationships across R&D, Product and functional teams to ensure ongoing collaboration and success, including identification and support of cross-product opportunities
• Partner with Commercial team to develop and deepen relationships with clients and internal/external stakeholders through R&D designs, capabilities, innovation, and best practices.
• Own resolution of complex technical challenges and unblock delivery via expert analysis, design reviews, and hands-on problem solving where the work requires the highest domain competency

Job description

S&P Dow Jones Indices in New York is seeking an R&D Team Manager to lead a team of R&D experts responsible for delivering high‑quality index research, design, analysis and scalable capabilities within the Equities & Digital Assets value stream.

The role reports to the Head of Equities & Digital Assets Index Design and focuses on turning value‑stream priorities into an executable team backlog while ensuring timely delivery, mentorship, and client-centric outcomes across engagements with Product