Job purpose:
- Does working for a company that embodies innovation, transparency and creativity excite you?
- Then, we have the place for you
- Bringing together Axioma, DAX and STOXX to form Qontigo represents a partnership beyond standard, creating an investment intelligence advantage with our clients, from risk to return
- Qontigo combines the most sophisticated risk analytics and portfolio-construction tools in the market with globally recognized leadership in creating market-defining indices.
Your Responsibilities:
- Closely monitor markets and the competitive landscape and interface with clients/partners to identify needs and product opportunities
- Represent Qontigo at investor and index conferences, client workshops, and industry working groups to ESG indices
- Frequent and intense client interactions to position and define the Qontigo ESG Index products and services
- Manage team of ESG Index designers product developers
- Define and execute the ESG-index product strategy
- Including product positioning and messaging globally
- Establish near, medium and long term ESG product roadmap syndicated across all functions
- Plan, coordinate and implement the required tasks needed to ensure launch of new ESG-indices in time and budget
- Involved deeply in technical aspects of product design in collaboration with research and engineering
- Ongoingly collect market and client feedback on products and convert them into proper lifecycle management decisions.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor or Master’s degree with a background in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Economics, or Computer Science is preferred
- At least 5 years of financial market experience with ESG exposure for firms in investment management, investment banking, indexing, rating or research
- Knowledge of ESG/SRI/Climate/Impact methodologies, data requirements and input sources
- Demonstrated ability to lead a team, work in cross-functional and -divisional environments and be a team player as part of the product leadership group
- Interaction skills with clients (externally) and senior management (internally). Can effectively influence others and gain their consensus when needed
- Ability to handle steep learning curves. Comfortably dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty
- Travel: 25-50%
- Hands-on, high impact leader
- Strong passion for ESG investing and empathy for revenue and growth
- Ability to work effectively across organizational/functional boundaries and contribute to broader strategic agenda of the company
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build/retain client relationships and identify/provide comprehensive solutions for individual customer needs
- Impeccable service ethic characterized by high energy, a positive attitude and the desire to go the “extra mile” for both external clients and teammates
- Strong relationship building skills and the ability to personally lead critical client negotiations and relationships
- Previous experience with global exposures, being able to operate across continents reflecting cultural differences and diverging priorities.
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