Your Team Responsibilities

Our team is responsible for the successful execution of MSCI’s Index operating plan, as well as the delivery of One MSCI product launches. We serve as the driving force behind key initiatives, taking ownership of projects and representing senior leadership’s vision as if they were directly present.

We lead multiple initiatives in parallel, working closely and collaboratively across functions to ensure high-quality and timely delivery. Our role requires us to step in where needed to address gaps and prevent projects from derailing, while also ensuring those gaps are sustainably resolved for future initiatives.

We proactively anticipate potential obstacles and take action early to mitigate risks before they impact progress. When unexpected challenges arise, we quickly bring together the right stakeholders and decision-makers to realign, resolve issues, and keep projects on track.

Through strong ownership, foresight, and cross-functional collaboration, our team ensures the successful delivery of strategic priorities and drives impact across the organization.

Your Key Responsibilities

Your key responsibilities include interpreting requirements from senior Index Product leaders and translating them into clear, actionable business requirements for Program Managers to scope product and project efforts effectively. This role requires a strong ability to bridge strategic intent with execution, ensuring alignment between leadership vision and delivery teams.

You support product strategy while coordinating cross-functional initiatives, playing a central role in driving execution across multiple stakeholders. This includes overseeing index-related initiatives such as new product launches and client-driven enhancements, ensuring they are delivered efficiently, on time, and in line with strategic priorities.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

5–8 years of relevant professional experience required
Proactively communicate updates, risks, and decisions to stakeholders
Stay highly organized while managing multiple concurrent initiatives
Anticipate challenges early and take action before they impact delivery
Align stakeholders to ensure clarity on priorities, timelines, and outcomes
Maintain momentum across projects and drive consistent progress
Leverage AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) as a core part of daily workflows
Build and continuously improve a “digital version” of yourself to scale output and efficiency
Use Jira to track work, manage priorities, and ensure visibility across tasks and progressEach of us are expected to build a digital version of ourselves to ensure we are able to scale up our deliverables significantly.

About MSCI

What we offer you

Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, AI Learning Center , LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our vision – to power better decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data, analytics and indexes, supported by advanced technology, set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers and corporates.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please email Disability.Assistance@msci.com and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note, this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

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Junior Product Manager - Senior Associate