Description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):
11

Role: Senior Analyst, Sustainability Product Management, Global Equities and Thematics Indices

The Impact

S&P Dow Jones Indices are used as the basis of investment products and to benchmark portfolio performance. They underpin leading ETFs, derivatives, structured products, OTC instruments and index funds, and are widely adopted as reference benchmarks for institutional portfolios. This role helps ensure that S&P DJI sustainability benchmarks remain relevant, transparent and commercially successful as investor demand evolves based on emerging global trends and innovation throughout global markets.

The Team

The Global Equities and Thematics Index Product Management team oversees a diverse set of index products, including global benchmarks, thematic indices, and sustainability indices. Coverage includes indices such as:

• Global core benchmarks, including the S&P World Index, S&P Global BMI, S&P Global 1200, as well as regional indices, and size, sector, and style segments.
• Sustainability benchmarks, including a range of solutions spanning screened, scored & screened, tilted, target, and thematic implementations. Some of these include the S&P World Scored & Screened Index, S&P Carbon Efficient Indices, S&P World Climate Resilience Tilted, S&P Paris Aligned & Climate Transition Indices and Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices.
• Thematic benchmarks include taxonomy-based, ML/NLP-based, and specialist-data-based solutions such as the S&P Atlas Thematics, S&P Global Clean Energy, S&P Global Natural Resources, S&P Global Infrastructure and S&P Kensho New Economies Indices.

As part of the Equities product group, the team sets strategic priorities, supports client solutions, delivers insights and thought leadership, and manages the commercial health of this portfolio.

The Role

The Senior Analyst will focus primarily on Sustainability Product Management within the Global Equities and Thematics Indices product management team, while also having opportunities to contribute to broader global core and thematic initiatives. The role combines analytical work with market insight and cross functional collaboration.

The successful candidate will work with senior product managers to support existing sustainability and related thematic benchmarks, help shape new index solutions for asset managers, and asset owners, among additional client types.

Key elements include analyzing ESG and climate data, exploring new and emerging data sources, supporting product design and enhancements, contributing to sales and marketing efforts, and helping ensure that sustainability indices remain aligned with client needs and regulatory developments.

Key Responsibilities

Product and Market Insight

• Conduct market and competitor analysis across sustainable investing, climate aligned strategies, and related thematic trends.
• Support the evaluation, enhancement and development of sustainability-related equity benchmarks.
• Work with ESG, climate, and emerging data sources to generate analysis, index back tests and client ready insights.
• Contribute to thought leadership and commercial materials, including presentations, blogs and white papers, highlighting S&P DJI sustainability benchmarks.
• Contribute to broader global core and thematic workstreams as business needs evolve

Execution and Collaboration

• Coordinate and execute on tasks required for timely and accurate launch of new indices, including documentation and approvals.
• Collaborate with Research and Design, Index Development, Marketing, Client Coverage and other partners to support global initiatives.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, provide input to backlogs and sprint planning, and adopt a continuous improvement mindset.
• Support senior product managers in client engagements, including preparation for and participation in meetings with asset owners and asset managers, and follow up on analytical and product related requests.

What is in it for You

You will join a high performing, globally connected team working at the forefront of innovation in rules-based investing. The role offers exposure to a wide range of global, sustainability and thematic equity benchmarks, frequent interaction with institutional clients and colleagues in multiple functions, and a clear path to develop toward more senior product management responsibilities.

Qualifications

Required

• 3-5 years of experience in financial markets, ideally with exposure to sustainability, thematic, or related investment products across active or passive strategies.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, a research-driven mindset, with advanced Excel and comfort working with large ESG, climate, and other datasets.
• Understanding of index design, portfolio construction and sustainability methodologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to collaborate in cross functional and global teams.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as sustainability, climate science, finance, economics or another quantitative discipline, with demonstrated experience working with large datasets.

Strongly Preferred

• Practical experience with Python, R or a similar programming language for data analysis.
• Knowledge of global equities markets, sustainable investment frameworks, and thematic megatrends shaping the modern investment world.
• Master's degree and/or progress toward the CFA charter or other relevant professional qualification.
• Additional business language skills.

About S&P Global Dow Jones Indic e s

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 www.spglobal.com/spdji .

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.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

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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