Senior Technical Product Manager – Financial Data Distribution in London

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether. ISS STOXX is seeking a Product Manager – Financial Data Distribution to join our Software Product Management team in STOXX to lead the next generation of our index data distribution strategy and platform capabilities across entitlement, access control, and multi-channel delivery. This individual will drive product strategy end-to-end and act as the accountable interface between business outcomes and technical execution to mature how STOXX delivers index data to clients globally, including Web portals, APIs, bulk delivery mechanisms, MCP (AI enabling pipelines), and third-party data marketplace integrations. This role owns the product vision, roadmap, and delivery outcomes for index data distribution and is expected to make senior level tradeoffs across scalability, client experience, security, and operational resilience. Individual Contributor role with strategic ownership and strong technical accountability.

The ideal candidate will have experience in data distribution models, product management, and project delivery and a proven ability to liaise between clients, business, and technology teams. If you thrive in a dynamic environment where you can drive innovation, efficiency, and collaboration, this is an excellent opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy – Data Distribution: Define, own, and continuously evolve STOXX’s index data distribution product strategy and target architecture. Assess client needs, market trends, regulatory constraints, and internal platform capabilities to shape a multiyear, outcome driven roadmap towards optimizing and modernizing index data distribution.
• Product Discovery & Requirements Definition: Lead structured product discovery and design sessions with clients, business, technology, operations. Translate business and client needs into clear product requirements, technical specifications, and prioritised backlog items.
• Technical Delivery Collaboration: Own backlog prioritisation based on client value, risk, technical dependencies, and strategic alignment. Define sprint goals, provide product direction to engineering teams, and coach junior Product Managers and Business Analysts as required.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Governance: Primary senior product contact for client service, commercial, and operations teams on all index data distribution topics. Present roadmaps to leadership.
• Continuous Improvement: Define and monitor KPIs for availability, latency, data quality, entitlement accuracy, and client satisfaction. Drive automation, resilience, and observability improvements across distribution pipelines.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Essential: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, IT, or a related field. 7+ years of experience in software or data product management, with at least 3 years in technically complex, platform-oriented products.
• Preferred: Knowledge of the index business preferred. Experience with agentic solution incorporation. Hands-on experience with cloud-based data platforms and distribution, preferably GCP.

Personal Attributes

• Ability to lead transformation platform projects steering groups across the organization towards roadmap execution.
• Strong analytical skills and a passion for working with data to solve business challenges.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds (business, operations, IT).
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and making decisions with incomplete information.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for outcomes, not just outputs.

At ISS STOXX, our people are our driving force. We are committed to building a culture that values diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences. Together, we foster an environment that fuels creativity, drives innovation, and shapes our future success.