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The Team:
As part of the Digital Platform and Enterprise Delivery Team, you will deliver the data feeds strategy with ground floor innovation through simplification and abstraction of complex data processes across the business. Digitizing Commodity Insights by focusing on Machine-to-Machine interaction, this cross-functional team provide APIs for raw data delivery, streaming ability for real time (Websocket), Cloud Delivery like Snowflake, AWS Data Exchange, and Databricks Delta share, in addition to integrated feeds to Microsoft Products like Excel (Add-Ins) and Power BI connectors. We help deliver content and analytics directly to customers where, when and how it's needed.
The Opportunity:
S&P Global Commodity Insights creates over 10,000 daily assessments used for 1,500+ cleared financial instruments that transact in excess of $10 billion every day. We stream over 20,000 bids, offers and trades a month from more than 450 of the top commodity trading companies globally. Furthermore we track 60,000 plus vessels live, create over 1,000 weekly reports, monitor nearly 90% of the world's refineries and much, much more. In a nutshell, we have a lot of data.
The role offers unrivalled exposure to the real time commodity markets, a unique perspective on how this data is valued across all walks of business, and the ability to shape and build the future of this data flow. As the cornerstone of analytics, exposure to knowledge graph and AI technologies gives the role tangible depth in real world application of this data.
Responsibilities:
- Define executable requirements, process flow diagrams, and acceptance test criteria for the Commodity Insights Excel Add-In, Power BI connectors, among other datafeeds overseeing quality assurance and deployment
- Shape the product roadmap for our Add-ins and feeds such that customers can leverage AI and/or co-pilot functionalities within Microsoft's product suite to gather data insights and analytics
- Interact directly with clients to understand, define, iterate and evolve data delivery roadmaps and requirements as the commodity markets evolve
- Marshal approved product development projects through the definition, development, testing, and pre-launch phases
- Translate customer requirements into user stories and negotiate the implementation of product features with development teams while maintaining the overall vision and technical integrity of the product
- Develop and deliver improvements for existing Machine to Machine product offerings and execute these by navigating change internally through the organization
- Refer to competitor research and build contacts in internally and the industry in order to provide market intelligence and to benchmark products
- Insist on a consistent, scalable and sustainable structures across all delivery mediums preventing silo developments for individual downstream consumers
- Build a broad and effective internal network and engage stakeholders in order to facilitate development and delivery of products
- Ensure successful product launch by documenting new product features and enhancements, supporting the development of marketing content, and conducting internal training sessions
- Ensure progress transparency and health reporting to Product Managers and leadership
- Demo product enhancements to management and key stakeholders after each iteration to show how the team's deliverables are contributing to the overall project and portfolio vision
- 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 internally and externally
- Plan and coordinate go-to-market activities with Marketing partners for products or product enhancements being launched.
- Conduct ongoing, in-depth research and analysis of each assigned product to gain an understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, and competitive advantages of each product
- Conduct client calls to demonstrate how our products meet client workflow needs and address client pain points
- Act as a subject matter expert for the assigned product or service to facilitate product enhancements and level 3 support
You thrive on ownership and accountability. Delivery of complex projects involving product rollouts, tangible outcomes and measurable success are common in your past. You are able to demonstrate experience of delivering successfully on scope, in time, and on budget.
Core qualifications:
- 3-5 years product experience at global FinTech, cloud or comparable data delivery or consumption company with client exposure
- Working knowledge of the energy and commodities industry and the resulting client data expectations and requirements is critical
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs is a must, along with other data feed technologies like Websocket, FTP, and even cloud data warehousing products like Snowflake.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in technical or science major
- Experience with both Agile and Lean methodologies
