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Associate Director, Product Innovation

3011 S&P GLOBAL RATINGS UK LIMITED · London, United Kingdom

Executive LevelQuick applyfull-timeabout 19 hours ago

About The Role

About the Role

Grade Level (for internal use)

11 The Team

The Product Innovation team within S&P Global Ratings’ Commercial department engages with issuers, intermediaries, and investors to identify emerging product opportunities and translate market insights into new solutions for the Ratings business. The team drives both new product development and enhancements to the existing product suite, including the issuer platform Ratings360®, which provides issuers with workflow capabilities and a holistic view of their organization’s credit story.

Responsibilities and Impact

Product Strategy & Innovation

  • Lead high-impact projects across product development and innovation, shaping product strategy and prioritizing the development pipeline to drive business growth and maintain competitive relevance.
  • Analyze product performance and develop business cases for new product ideas, implementing improvements that deliver greater value to issuers, intermediaries, and investors.

Market Intelligence & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Capture customer insights from issuers, intermediaries, and investors to inform product enhancements and strategic decisions.
  • Design market engagement plans to strengthen product positioning and support the commercial product organization in achieving its objectives and key results.

Team Leadership & Operational Delivery

  • Mentor and develop team members, contributing to a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and high performance.
  • Maintain project plans and status updates to ensure alignment and transparency, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards applicable to the credit ratings business.

What We're Looking For

Required Skills and Experience

  • An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 5+ years of relevant experience in product management, product innovation, project management, strategy, or consulting.
  • Demonstrated experience leading product development initiatives and successful product launches in a cross-functional environment.
  • Demonstrated analytical skills with the ability to define requirements and develop business cases for new product development.
  • Demonstrated understanding of the credit ratings or capital markets ecosystem, and experience operating effectively in a regulated financial services environment.
  • Language requirements: English — Required, Fluent (able to conduct meetings, collaborate effectively, and communicate clearly in writing and verbally).

Preferred or Helpful Experience

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field. A higher qualification is an advantage.
  • Knowledge of product development and innovation methodologies such as Human-Centered Design, Design Thinking, Pragmatic Institute frameworks, or Jobs-To-Be-Done.

Additional Information

  • We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global Ratings office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.
  • Employees are required to work from the office a minimum of two days per week.

About S&P Global Ratings

At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.

S&P Global Ratings 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/ratings

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.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.

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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.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

US Candidates Only: Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal

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