Description
S&P Dow Jones Indices 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 R&D Team Manager is first and foremost a people leader - responsible for hiring, developing, coaching, and performance-managing team members while fostering a high-performance culture grounded in disciplined execution, collaboration, and client centrism.
Responsibilities:
- Research & Design:
- Lead and contribute to the conceptualization, design and analysis of new indices and/or scalable capabilities
- Act as the team's technical escalation point and methodology coach
- Proactively seek customer feedback to learn and better understand their needs and requirements
- Ensures team-level adoption of agreed operating standards and agile practices
- Build relationships across R&D, Product and functional teams to ensure ongoing collaboration and success
- Partner with Commercial team to develop and deepen relationships with clients and internal/external stakeholders
- Own resolution of complex technical challenges and unblock delivery via expert analysis, design reviews, and hands-on problem solving
- Team and People Management:
- Hiring, onboarding and performance management of team members
- Develop team members to acquire and grow the skills and capabilities needed for efficient and effective performance
- Adopt the day-to-day backlog prioritization and delivery process
- Own team backlog, translating value stream priorities into clear, executable work
- Inspire and empower team to deliver business outcomes against priorities and OKR's
- Set targets for development and growth and lead performance assessment of team members
- Stakeholder & External Engagement:
- Contribute technical expertise to internal and external engagements
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $149,031 to $223,204.
Basic 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
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree, MBA or equivalent experience required
- CFA or PhD desirable