About the Role:
Grade Level (for internal use):
13 The Team
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. Reporting to the Head of Equities & Digital Assets Index Design, this role is accountable for translating value stream priorities into an executable team backlog and ensuring consistent, timely delivery of index concepts, while offering invaluable subject matter expertise in support of the team’s work.
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. By balancing hands‑on technical/domain expertise with strong leadership, this role ensures that the team operates effectively, adopts agreed operating standards and agile practices, and continuously improves delivery quality.
Working closely with Product Management, Commercial, Index Engineering, and other functional partners, the R&D Team Manager enables effective cross‑functional collaboration and contributes technical expertise to internal and external engagements. Through strong backlog ownership and team leadership, this role plays a critical part in executing the value stream strategy and strengthening S&P DJI’s ability to deliver differentiated, client‑focused index solutions.
Responsibilities :
Research & Design:
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
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 as defined by the Head of Equity & Digital Assets Index Design
Own team backlog (planning, prioritization, refinement) translating value stream priorities into clear, executable work while ensuring alignment with key stakeholders
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 supporting ongoing professional development
Participates in value stream performance calibration to ensure consistency, fairness, and alignment with enterprise standards
Stakeholder & External Engagement
Contribute technical expertise to internal and external engagements (including client discussions on specific projects) in support of value stream objectives
Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)
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