About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 12 The Role: As a Product Manager, you will define and lead the strategic direction, roadmap, and evolution of a key product area within S&P Global Ratings. You’ll operate at the Agile Release Train (ART) level, managing cross-functional delivery with a design flow orientation that aligns with enterprise strategy and delivers measurable value to our global users. The Team: The Ratings division is dedicated to delivering high-quality insights and solutions that drive informed decision-making in the financial services industry. Our team thrives on collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to excellence, valuing diverse perspectives and continuous improvement. We foster a dynamic environment where creativity meets operational efficiency, ensuring that our products meet the evolving needs of our clients. The Impact: This role is crucial in shaping the product landscape that directly influences our clients' success and the overall market. By driving the platform strategy and ensuring alignment across teams, you will enhance the user experience and deliver significant value to our clients, ultimately supporting S&P Global Ratings' mission to provide trusted insights. What You Stand to Gain: Opportunities for professional growth and development in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Exposure to key decision-makers and market leaders within the financial services sector. The chance to work on innovative projects that have a global impact. A collaborative culture that encourages sharing ideas and continuous learning. Key Responsibilities: Define, evolve, and communicate the product vision and strategy aligned with end-to-end workflows, future-state architecture, and business objectives. Manage and develop a team of talented Product Owners, supporting both their ability to execute and grow. Lead the roadmap for the ART, partnering with Value Stream leaders and stakeholders across regions to ensure scalable, unified outcomes. Guide platform evolution with a holistic understanding of user journeys, process efficiencies, data flows, and customer experience. Own and manage the program backlog: define Features, prioritize using WSJF, and ensure MVPs are scoped and aligned to Definition of Ready (DoR). Validate feature development against acceptance criteria and non-functional requirements; approve for release and support post-launch feedback loops. Participate in System Demos, continuously gather user input, and feed insights into future releases and roadmap updates. Drive ART readiness for PI Planning by coordinating across Product Owners, Architects, and Business Owners to align scope and objectives. Ensure visibility through tools and forums such as program dashboards, PI tracking, and demos to communicate status, risks, and value delivered. Lead trade-off decisions that balance customer needs, architectural integrity, and business value. Ensure alignment across teams on product goals and roadmap; promote understanding of the full user journey and platform context. Coordinate cross-team and cross-stream dependencies; escalate blockers and misalignments as needed. Partner with Product Enablement to support go-to-market and adoption strategies through training, communication, and change management. What We’re Looking For: Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Technology, or related discipline. An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 7+ years of relevant professional experience in product management, program management, or business analysis. An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 3+ years experience leading large-scale agile programs, platform strategy, or multi-team product delivery (SAFe experience a plus). Proven success managing complex backlogs and roadmaps across cross-functional teams. Deep understanding of agile principles, MVP scoping, backlog grooming, and Definition of Ready/Done. Experience prioritizing technical and business features using data-driven decision-making (e.g., WSJF). Strong facilitation, communication, and storytelling skills to influence stakeholders and articulate product strategy. Ability to navigate ambiguity, drive alignment, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Preferred Qualifications Prior experience working in the financial services or credit ratings industry. Familiarity with end-to-end processes across analytics, risk, operations, and methodology within Ratings or similar domains. Exposure to technology platforms, architecture principles, and enterprise integration patterns. Experience with value stream mapping, process improvement, and user journey design. Strong analytical mindset with a focus on KPIs, NPS, adoption rates, and time-to-value. Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Aha!, and agile reporting dashboards. 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 Purpose: Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world. Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress. 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. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference. Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. 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. 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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: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf describes discrimination protections under federal law. Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision - https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------- 20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), IFTECH202.2 - Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group), SWP Priority – Ratings - (Strategic Workforce Planning) Job ID: 318007 Posted On: 2025-07-14 Location: London, United Kingdom