Your team responsibilities

As the Executive Director of Portfolio Marketing Strategy, you will be an important Marketing leader responsible for developing multi-product positioning for a specific persona or segment across MSCI’s product lines and supporting cross functional Go To Market efforts for our diverse product portfolio. You will play a pivotal role in accelerating revenue growth in MSCI’s core Institutional Investor segments as well as Emerging segments, driving deep client understanding, and supporting MSCI as it transforms to a truly client centric organization.

What we offer you

• Salary range: $228,000 - $296,000 / year plus eligible for annual bonus

• At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose – to power better investment 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.

• Wherever you are located you will find benefits that can help ensure your health and financial security. While they vary by different locations, we offer a broad range of benefits that are part of the value you receive as an MSCI employee.

• Our flexible ways of working will allow you to maximize your potential, and we will empower you with the trust, accountability, and advanced technology to perform at your very best.

• You’ll find a purposeful approach to wellbeing to provide you with all the resources you need to be your best at work and in your personal life. Our ‘Here For You’ Employee Assistance Program is available for our employees globally, providing confidential emotional support, financial and legal advice free of charge.

• Lead in rolling out key client-centricity programs, including Value Proposition training, Persona Development, and the New Product Development process to embed a client centric mindset across functions.

• Lead the value proposition validation effort on behalf of marketing in the One MSCI Product Lifecycle process, ensuring new solutions are aligned with client needs and to ensure new solutions create significant client value.

• Stay abreast of industry trends across all key markets, competitive landscapes, and client needs through secondary market research and in-depth segment analysis.

• Generate data-driven market insights to support client story development, identify market/client trends, to inform marketing strategy and value proposition development. Help the broader organization develop client expertise across segments and personas.

• Utilize gathered data and insights to drive informed decision-making, ensuring marketing strategies are aligned with market trends and client demand.

• Partner closely with the product and product marketing teams to support initiative sizing in the new product development process, incorporating insights for successful launches.

• Continuously monitor market dynamics, adapting strategies as needed to capitalize on emerging opportunities and mitigate potential threats.

• Drive the orchestration of marketing strategies across product marketing teams to ensure coherence, rationalization, and alignment with overall business goals and client needs.

• Foster collaboration and communication among teams to maintain a unified marketing approach.

• Develop portfolio level value propositions, leveraging input from individual product lines to create synergy across marketing narratives

• Provide support for go-to-market coordination, collaborating with coverage, product, research, and marketing teams.

• Ensure prioritization is commercially and market demand-driven, optimizing the launch and promotion of products.

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or a related field; MBA is a plus.

• 10-12 years of strategic marketing experience, with a focus on portfolio management.

• Commercially minded, with deep understanding of subscription business models and how to partner with sales teams to unlock growth

• Proven track record of developing and executing successful marketing strategies.

• Strong command of the Financial Services industry broadly, and the investment industry specifically, including understanding of information analytics businesses.

• Demonstrated previous strategic planning experience with a keen understanding of market dynamics.

• Strong analytical and synthesis skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.

• Ability to lead in a matrixed organization, requiring cross-functional collaboration and effective communication.

• Experience in Value Proposition development and validation efforts in the New Product Development (NPD) process.

• Excellent leadership and team management skills, with a track record of fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture.

• Exceptional communication and presentation abilities, with the capability to convey complex ideas to diverse stakeholders.

• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, adapting strategies to capitalize on emerging opportunities and mitigate potential threats.

• Our culture of high performance and innovation relies on our people sharing their knowledge and lifting each other up. You’ll be surrounded by a collaborative, global network of talented colleagues who will support and inspire you to do the best work of your career.

• We believe new and challenging experiences drive personal growth and innovation. With the right challenges, encouragement, and development support you can shape your own career experience. Career paths are multi-directional, and we encourage and support internal mobility to help you identify new opportunities to progress and take control of your future.

• As a new joiner you’ll be enrolled on our Global Orientation interactive learning experience to set you up for success.

• Our tailored learning opportunities will enable you to acquire the skills you need at your own pace, choosing between the courses and certifications best suited to you. Our Learning@MSCI platform coupled with access to LinkedIn Learning Pro will provide you with all the resources you need to accelerate your professional growth.

• At MSCI we act in ways that encourage respect for all voices, ensuring that everyone can be themselves and feel like they are a part of the company. We are intentional about ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and supported with equal opportunities to succeed.

• We have eight MSCI 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.

About MSCI

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

To all recruitment agencies

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MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce. 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.