The Role: Product Owner The Team: S&P Global Market Intelligence is seeking a Product Owner to join our Search Product team. The team is responsible for the Search functionality on the MI Desktop platform. We are a global, collaborative team that prioritizes open communication, mutual respect, and excellence in all we do. Our goal is to provide users with the best search experience in the financial industry. We facilitate the identification of key companies, funds, and financial entities and support access to critical data and insights for strategic decision making. In so doing, we create novel solution for relevance, search interface development, and backend services that exceed user expectations. The Impact: As a Product Owner you will be responsible for helping to drive increased client satisfaction and adoption of our delivery platforms by working with an agile scrum team responsible for the timely execution of strategic and client-driven initiatives and enhancements. You will act as the liaison between the team and stakeholders, end users, business, and customer. You are, essentially, the ‘translator’ of customers’ needs into executable tasks (user stories) for the technology teams. You will help the team ensure a positive client experience by performing audits and analysis on our delivery platforms, presenting your findings and make recommendations. Your role has significant relationships and responsibilities including working across Product Management, Technology and Commercial, with your closest relationship being with the Product Manager. What’s in it for you: Opportunity to work with multiple teams across the MI organization Exposure to our data delivery platforms/feeds and the overall business Help drive improvement to products, product usability and client experience Become a member of one of the Desktop Search team within Market Intelligence. Responsibilities: Determines, maintains, and prioritizes the product backlog; set expectation for the stories to maximize the value Translate customer requirements into user stories that can be turned into features / products by the Technology team. Define stories and prioritize the team backlog to streamline the execution of project priorities, while maintaining the vision and integrity of the product Engage with Scrum Team on delivery related activities and create a release plan in partnership Ensure stories are executed within the overall release plan at the MVP and team level Ensure clear visibility into the work and health reporting across Product Managers and leadership Build relationships across senior management and key stakeholders to gain buy in and support for additional product and content initiatives Work with multiple groups to gather and refine requirements and translate them to actionable product goals Work closely with our Commercial partners to understand the client needs and workflows, our competition, and be able to articulate the value proposition of our products Analyze and aggregate customer feedback received via surveys, feedback and enhancement requests to help drive the product roadmap. Participate in regular product and dataset reviews to engage other groups around the offering What We’re Looking For: Required Qualifications: BA or BS in Engineering, Accounting, Finance, or related field 2-4 years of product management, technology or related experience Proven ability to work with and motivate global teams in a diverse and complex organization Knowledge of Agile/Scrum or SAFe process (Experience as a product owner/Scrum Master of a SCRUM team a plus Relevant experience resolving complex operational problems requiring strategic and innovative solutions Hands-on expertise in successful product management functions Experience developing and/or supporting financial market data services products from concept to commercialization, including understanding and gathering client product requirements Effective influencing, interpersonal and communication skills in a matrix environment Strong presentation skills Ability to work independently, as well as within a team Preferred Qualifications: In-depth knowledge of the financial data industry and competitive landscape as well as an understanding of market data delivery platforms, messaging services and their relevance Knowledge and experience working with semi-structured and/or unstructured data and data repositories used for data mining and innovation analysis Extensive knowledge and understanding of product quality and data management An understanding of search and/or information retrieval highly desired. Grade/Level : 10 The Location: New York, US or Virtual US About Company Statement: S&P Global delivers essential intelligence that powers decision making. We provide the world’s leading organizations with the right data, connected technologies and expertise they need to move ahead. As part of our team, you’ll help solve complex challenges that equip businesses, governments and individuals with the knowledge to adapt to a changing economic landscape. S&P Global Market Intelligence partners with customers to broaden their perspective and operate with confidence by bringing them leading data sources and technologies that embed insight in their daily work. ----------------------------------------------------------- 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:
[email protected] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person. US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf describes discrimination protections under federal law. ----------------------------------------------------------- 20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), PDMGDV202.1 - Middle Professional Tier I (EEO Job Group), SWP Priority – Ratings - (Strategic Workforce Planning) Job ID: 279329 Posted On: 2023-01-30 Location: Virtual, New York, United States