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The Role: Product Platforms Design Value Stream Lead – Fixed Income, S&P Dow Jones Indices 

The Location: US/New York; UK/London 

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 specifically leads the Fixed Income Value Stream, which underpins S&P DJI’s Core Fixed Income, Private Markets, and Commodities franchises. The team partners closely with Product, Technology, and Index Operations to optimize workflows, accelerate product delivery, and enhance transparency across the full equity index lifecycle. 

Responsibilities and Impact 

The Product Platforms Design Value Stream Lead for Fixed Income is responsible for the delivery of technology-enabled product capabilities that enhance user experience, operational efficiency, and scalability across S&P DJI’s fixed income index platforms. This role is accountable for aligning design and delivery priorities across complex product ecosystems and ensuring that execution reflects the evolving needs of global markets. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Roadmap Ownership: Develop and communicate a technology-related product roadmap for fixed income, private markets, and commodities indices grounded in user journeys, operational efficiency, and scalability across all Fixed Income portfolio. 

• Execution Leadership: Manage program backlog and MVPs, ensuring alignment with Agile team planning and Definition of Ready/Done. 

• Cross-Functional Coordination: Align teams on priorities, manage dependencies, and maintain focus on outcomes across regions, asset classes, and systems, while partnering closely with other Value Stream Leads to ensure alignment and coordinated delivery. 

• Team Development: Build and grow a high-performing team that thrives on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. 

• Stakeholder Management: Engage strategically with partners and senior stakeholders across Product, Index Operations, and Technology to drive alignment, transparency, and timely decision-making. 

• Delivery Excellence: Monitor progress, validate features, lead demos, a