Product Platforms Design Product Owner

About The Role
Grade Level (for internal use):
10

The
Role:
Product Platforms Design Product Owner – Commercial, S&P Dow Jones Indices

The Location:
US/New York; UK/London, India

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 Funds (ETFs), exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs), structured products, OTC instruments, and play a crucial role in the investment landscape.

The Team
The Product and Operations team oversees a diverse portfolio of index products—including iconic benchmarks like the S&P 500—setting 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 reports into the Product Platforms Design Lead for the
Commercial Value Stream
, which underpins Lead-to-Cash processes and data distribution enablement. The team partners closely with Commercial, Finance, Product, Technology, and Index Operations to optimize workflows, accelerate product delivery, and enhance transparency across the full index commercialization process and customer engagement journey.

Responsibilities And Impact
The Product Platforms Design Product Owner – Commercial is responsible for delivering user-centered, technology-enabled solutions that optimize how commercial systems and data distribution platforms are designed and maintained. Working within an Agile team, this role translates strategy and user insights into actionable product features that drive measurable efficiency and business value.

Key Responsibilities Include

• User Experience and Flow Design: Apply flow-based design thinking to create seamless, intuitive user experiences across the commercialization process of indices and data.
• Backlog Ownership: Maintain and prioritize the product backlog for commercial and data distribution platforms, ensuring alignment with business strategy, compliance standards, and operational needs.
• Execution Leadership: Write clear, testable user stories that meet the Definition of Ready and Done, supporting Agile sprint planning and delivery.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with developers, designers, and other Product Owners across Value Streams to manage dependencies and ensure consistent delivery across asset classes and systems.
• Stakeholder Communication: Use structured feedback loops and customer advocacy to influence roadmap direction and drive continuous improvement across equity platform capabilities.
• Delivery Excellence: Lead product demos, contribute to MVP planning, and support training and feature rollouts to maximize value realization for internal and external users.

This role contributes directly to the scalability, accuracy, and innovation of S&P DJI's index and data commercialization process —enabling seamless connectivity between data, technology, and client outcomes.

What We're Looking For
Basic Required Qualifications

• Experience in product management or product ownership within an Agile and scaled Agile (SAFe) environment.
• Ability to translate complex user and business requirements into actionable backlog items and deliverables.
• Strong collaboration and facilitation skills to align stakeholders across Product, Technology, and Index Operations.
• Data-driven approach to prioritization and decision-making, balancing user value with technical feasibility.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex ideas and influence outcomes across teams.
• Demonstrated curiosity and empathy in engaging with users to uncover insights and improve product usability.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of Lead-to-Cash ecosystems, CRM (e.g., Salesforce), contract lifecycle management, or billing systems, with the ability to connect business needs to product platform solutions.
• Experience commercial systems, CRM, billing, or data distribution platforms.
• Familiarity with data integrations, workflow automation, or index lifecycle tooling.
• Exposure to financial technology platforms or cloud-based enterprise systems.
• Understanding of product analytics, feedback loops, and continuous improvement methodologies.

Return to Work
Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return-to-Work initiative, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply and will actively support your return to the workplace.

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 $95,000 to $105,000. 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. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.

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.

S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit

What's In It For
You?
Our Mission
Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We're committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership
Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits
We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That's why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our Benefits Include

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It's not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

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Global Hiring And Opportunity At S&P Global
At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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Equal Opportunity Employer
S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

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US Candidates Only:
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Job ID:
321681

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Location:
New York, New York, United States