Head of Multi-Asset & Wealth Data
S&P Global · New York, New York, United States
About the Role:
Grade Level (for internal use):
14The Team:
The Global Data Enablement and Operations team safeguards the integrity, governance, scalability, and strategic use of data across the full index lifecycle, from acquisition through commercialization. The team partners globally across Index Management, Index Design, Product, Commercial, Technology, Data Operations, and Enterprise Data to build trusted, platform-ready data products that enable innovation across asset classes.
Within this organization, the Multi-Asset & Wealth value stream connects index and product strategy to data execution. The team values clear ownership, disciplined prioritization, strong governance, and close partnership across business and technology teams.
Responsibilities and Impact:
- Own the end-to-end Multi-Asset & Wealth data value stream, ensuring data products reliably support index construction, calculation, rebalancing, analytics, and downstream use.
- Translate index, product, and commercial priorities into a clear, prioritized, and executable data product roadmap, with defined delivery commitments, dependencies, and outcomes.
- Lead the lifecycle of data products from sourcing and domain definition through governance, platform adoption, operational readiness, and continuous improvement.
- Act as the primary business-facing data leader for Multi-Asset & Wealth, aligning stakeholders, resolving priorities, and communicating progress, risks, and trade-offs.
- Lead and coordinate Data Domain Owners, Data Product Owners, and Data Operations Analysts, establishing an effective domain structure and operating rhythm.
- Drive asset-class vendor and content sourcing decisions, adoption of master data and data-quality standards, and transition plans supporting greater operational centralization.
Key Deliverables:
- Multi-Asset & Wealth data value stream strategy and roadmap, aligned to business priorities and measurable outcomes.
- Defined, governed, and accountable data domains with clear ownership and decision rights.
- Gold, platform-ready data products that meet agreed quality, lineage, availability, and usability requirements.
- Documented OKRs, KPIs, delivery commitments, and value-realization measures.
- Data quality, master data, and platform adoption metrics with transparent remediation plans.
- Practical transition plans for operations centralization, including controls, handoffs, service expectations, and change management.
Key Relationships:
- Value Stream Business Owners; Distribution Value Stream Owner; Technology; Product, Platforms and Design; Index Management; Index Design; Commercial teams; Enterprise Data Office; Data Domain Groups; Data Operations; external data and content providers.
Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)
S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $$150,481 to $226,019. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.
In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan.
This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.
What We’re Looking For:
Basic Required Qualifications:
- Extensive experience leading data products, data strategy, data operations, or data transformation within financial services, index, asset management, wealth management, or a closely related environment.
- Demonstrated ability to own an end-to-end data roadmap and convert complex business strategy into prioritized requirements, delivery plans, and measurable outcomes.
- Strong understanding of data governance, domain ownership, master data, data quality, lineage, vendor or content sourcing, and modern data-platform operating models.
- Proven leadership of cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders across business, product, operations, and technology, with the ability to influence without relying on direct authority.
- Commercially minded and able to connect data investment to index, client, operational, and risk outcomes.
- Clear, credible communicator who can simplify technical issues, surface trade-offs, and drive decisions.
- Disciplined operator with strong prioritization, execution, and change-management skills.
- Collaborative leader who creates accountability and builds effective partnerships across global teams.
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
· Experience supporting multi-asset indices, portfolio construction, model portfolios, wealth solutions, or related investment data workflows.
· Knowledge of index construction and calculation processes, data entitlements and licensing, and third-party market or reference data.
· Experience establishing OKRs and KPIs for data products, operational performance, data quality, and platform adoption.
· Experience centralizing or transforming data operations while maintaining control, service continuity, and stakeholder confidence.
Right to Work Requirements:
This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.
We require all external 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 office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.
About S&P Global Dow Jones Indices
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:
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Our Values:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership
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