Analyst, Equity Index Product Management

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LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 65 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG's ticker symbol is LSEG.

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We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder - which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise. As a global organisation spanning 65 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers.

The FTSE Russell Product Management team is responsible for delivering indexes, data products and services that meet targeted client segment needs globally, both launching new FTSE Russell index and financial data products and managing the existing offerings.

The Analyst, Equity Index Product Management will work closely with senior members of the team to support a wide range of projects. The Analyst will grow their knowledge of the financial markets and the investment management industry, FTSE Russell product portfolios including indexes, as well as the product development, life cycle and go-to-market processes. The Analyst will work closely with the Americas Equity Index Product Management team to support equity index products primarily focused on the US region including flagship indexes such as the Russell US Index Series and FTSE Global Equity Index Series.

The Analyst, Equity Index Product Management will also work across the matrixed organization with Research, Marketing, Index Delivery, and client facing teams including Sales and Client Service in order to gain support on key initiatives across the organization.

ROLE SUMMARY:

• Support internal and external stakeholders achieve revenue generation and retention goals, through quantitative analysis of index data and the transformation into digestible formats, such as customer-facing presentations and product collateral.
• Conduct industry and market research to identify sales focus areas to promote features and benefits of existing products, as well as generate new index product ideas.
• Support Product Managers in key client engagement initiatives to understand client needs and/or product opportunities.
• Lead cross-functional projects to improve product offering under manager supervision. Assist Product Managers and collaborate with internal stakeholders to launch new products, support Go-To-Market activities such as product collateral preparation and collaborate with Global Distribution team to ensure coverage by third party distribution platforms.
• Assist Product Managers in product life cycle management. Implement minor enhancements to existing products / services and index or product decommissions under supervision.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Provide analytical support including industry trend analysis, competition analysis, product analysis (index, data, methodology, delivery), etc. for the most widely used and highest revenue driving FTSE Russell equity index franchises (equities make up approximately 80% of FTSE Russell's assets benchmarked).
• Leverage tools like LSEG Workspace, internal databases, and public sources. Summarize findings and provide conclusions and actionable insights based on analysis of FTSE Russell and LSEG, competitor and industry data and trends.
• Own regular updates to client-facing product collateral on the Source, with extreme attention to detail, accuracy and timeliness given external nature of product collateral, starting with flagship Russell US and FTSE GEIS franchises (approximately $10 trillion and $2 trillion in assets benchmarked, respectively), and support client-facing teams (sales, customer success, client service, Index Investments Group) with ad hoc requests for data and presentations to help win/close sales opportunities and ongoing client support.
• Assist Product Managers in product life cycle management. This includes design and implementation of new products from inception to delivery. Implement minor enhancements to existing products / services and index or product decommissions under supervision.
• Collaborate with the Global Distribution team to ensure coverage and distribution on third party vendor platforms like LSEG Workspace, etc.
• Work closely with Research, Marketing, Index Delivery, and client facing teams to execute and deliver against the product roadmap.
• Support existing Products and Services through continuous enhancements, based on client needs and industry and competitive landscape.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to details and critical thinking to analyze and resolve quantitative related issues. Minimum expectation to conduct basic calculations like calculating index returns based on index values, constituent and industry index weights based on market cap data, transform the data into visually appealing client-facing charts and collateral in FTSE Russell brand templates, understand and learn index methodologies and various calculation methods used by the index industry, etc.
• Excellent communication skills (understand and interpret quantitative data, such as by comparing index methodologies and identifying differences contributing to weight differences from competitor indexes; explain/communicate effectively to internal and external stakeholders with varying levels of sophistication).
• Submit product materials for compliance review; learn the FTSE Russell language to reduce compliance revisions.
• Working knowledge and understanding of global financial markets and the investment management industry, incorporating indexes, is essential.
• Ability to establish credibility and build strong, confident, collaborative relationships with business and technology stakeholders including external parties, at all levels.
• Demonstrates a can-do attitude, exhibits self-confidence, leadership, and adaptability to business change.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to prioritize effectively, handle multiple projects under tight deadlines, identify/ flag/resolve potential issues early on.
• Ability to influence and work through others to get things done in a matrixed, multi-site organization; willingness to help colleagues; openness to take on new responsibilities.
• Exhibit professionalism - self-motivated and can-do attitude.
• It is expected that with limited supervision the individual will deliver each of the key objectives of the role identified above, working to strict deadlines and to the highest degree of accuracy.
• Microsoft Office skills, e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

WHAT YOU'LL GET IN RETURN:

• Develop your index and investment industry knowledge, analytical and presentation skills under the supervision of industry leaders in the indexing space.
• Establish a career path in Product Management as part of a growing business in an energized team that's helping transform LSEG. A team where we embrace diversity, love new ideas, are highly supportive of each other.
• We take a hybrid approach to workplace, this role is blended (in-office 3 days per week).

Compensation/Benefits Information:

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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