Head of Sustainable Index Product

Bloomberg is a leading provider of financial benchmarks and custom index services. Bloomberg indices are used globally as the basis for investment products and for benchmarking portfolio performance. Through the Bloomberg Terminal and Bloomberg Media, the global investment community engages with Bloomberg Indices.

What’s the role?

As Head of Sustainable Index Product, you will be responsible for the strategy, growth, governance, and risk management of Bloomberg’s ESG, Climate, and Sustainable index offerings. You will lead a global index product team within the Enterprise Data Product division and act as a senior control owner, balancing client demand and commercial objectives with regulatory and governance requirements.

We’ll trust you to:

• Own the management and strategic direction of new and existing climate, ESG, sustainable, and related benchmark offerings, from research and methodology design through commercialization
  • Define and execute the sustainable index product and business strategy, aligned with client needs, market structure, and Bloomberg’s broader objectives
  • Lead BISL’s contribution to the stewardship of the sustainable finance domain at Bloomberg, ensuring that index products, along with their governance and operations, are developed with consistency, depth, and broad applicability
  • Act as the primary risk owner for sustainable index products, exercising independent judgment on the appropriateness of new indices, methodologies, and client-driven requests
  • Ensure strong benchmark governance and regulatory compliance across the product lifecycle, including methodology oversight and change management, in line with the UK and EU Benchmark Regulations and the IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks
  • Identify, assess, and manage regulatory, methodology, data, operational, and reputational risks, including those arising from ESG data inputs and third-party providers
  • Partner with Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Index Governance functions to support effective oversight, escalation, and control frameworks
  • Work closely with Sales, Marketing, and Client Service teams to support responsible commercial growth and client engagement
  • Lead, develop, and coach a high-performing index product team

You’ll need to have:

• 10+ years of industry experience, including 3+ years in a senior leadership role within indices, benchmarks, or regulated financial data products
  • Strong understanding of the sustainable benchmark landscape and benchmark regulation, including practical experience with UK and EU Benchmark Regulations and the IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks
  • Proven experience acting as a risk and control decision-maker in an index or benchmark environment
  • Deep knowledge of index methodology governance and index event determinations
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver commercially successful products within regulatory and governance constraints
  • Highly numerate, with strong analytical capabilities and experience with index and fixed income analytics
  • Solid understanding of investment processes and global financial markets
  • Excellent communication skills and strong relationships across the asset management community

We’d love to see:

• Experience with analytic or data programming languages (e.g., Python, R)
  • Strong knowledge of the Bloomberg Terminal
  • Experience across multiple asset classes