Associate Director, Product Innovation

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The Team / The Business:  This role is in the Product Innovation team within the S&P Global Ratings Commercial department. The team is responsible for engaging with leading market participants - Issuer, Intermediaries, and Investors - with a goal of understanding emerging forms of risk-related products and services in development of new product opportunities. This can take the form of brand-new product opportunities as well as extensions to our existing product suite and enhancements to our issuer platform Ratings360®.  Ratings360® provides Issuers with workflow capabilities and a holistic picture of their organization’s credit story through access to premium content and data.

The Impact: This role shapes the strategic direction of the core credit ratings business by translating market insights into innovative solutions and enhancements for our product portfolio. By leading high-impact initiatives and managing the innovation pipeline, the role ensures our credit ratings offerings remain competitive, relevant, and aligned with evolving customer needs. The work directly influences organizational growth and strengthens our position as a market leader in providing credit ratings.

What’s in it for you: You will collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams, gaining exposure to strategic decision-making and high-impact projects. The role offers opportunities to work with colleagues globally to shape the future of credit ratings products and drive innovation within a market-leading organization. Your contributions will be recognized as essential to the company’s growth and industry leadership.

Characteristics of an ideal candidate: The ideal candidate is customer-centric and data-driven, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability. The candidate needs to have deep understanding of the credit ratings or capital markets ecosystem and can lead and influence in a highly collaborative environment with global colleagues. The candidate should be adept at operating in a highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead high-impact projects across product development, innovation, and operational efficiency.

• Shape product strategy to drive business growth and strengthen market leadership.

• Analyze product performance and implement improvements for greater customer value.

• Prioritize and develop business cases for new ideas to accelerate product development.

• Mentor and develop team members to foster a culture of innovation and high performance.

• Capture customer insights to inform product enhancements and strategic decisions.

• Design market engagement plans to strengthen product positioning.

• Maintain project plans and status updates to ensure alignment and transparency.

• Support the commercial product organization in achieving team OKRs.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards to protect business integrity.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher qualification.

• An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 7 years of experience in product management, innovation, project management, strategy, or consulting roles.

• Proven success leading company-wide initiatives, especially product launches.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to define requirements for new product development.

• High energy and adaptability in fast-paced environments, demonstrating curiosity and an innovative mindset.

• Excellent written and verbal communication in English, particularly in translating requirements into stories/deliverables and communicating progress of development with senior executives.

• Expertise in innovation and product development methodologies e.g., Pragmatic Institute, Human-Centered Design, Design Thinking, Jobs-To-Be-Done (JTBD) Framework.

Notes to applicants:

• All employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 2 days per week

• 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

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.

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