POSITION SUMMARY:

Are you eager to start your career in product management within a supportive and innovative team? We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Associate Product Specialist to join our dynamic EDM (Enterprise Data Management) Product Strategy Team in London. This is an exciting entry-level opportunity where you’ll learn from experienced professionals and contribute to delivering high-value solutions in a fast-paced environment. You’ll focus on supporting the team in gathering product requirements, drafting user stories, maintaining product backlogs, and coordinating Agile processes. If you’re a proactive learner keen to bridge the gap between technical and business domains and grow your skills, this role offers significant career development potential.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• 0-2 years of experience in a role with exposure to product analysis, business analysis, or technology (internships, relevant university projects, or entry-level positions).
• A strong desire to learn and develop a career in product management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an emerging ability to articulate concepts to various audiences.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and diagramming tools like Visio (or similar) is important for documentation and communication.
• An interest in or basic understanding of Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum) – we’ll help you develop this!
• Good organizational skills with the ability to manage tasks and an eagerness to learn project management.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative team player.
• Analytical mindset with an attention to detail.
• Familiarity with or willingness to learn business analysis techniques (e.g., how to identify gaps, use case modelling).
• Experience with or aptitude to quickly learn tools like Azure DevOps (ADO), Confluence, or SharePoint.
• Any exposure to data querying languages like SQL is a bonus, but not required.
• Interest in Enterprise Data Management (EDM) or the financial industry is advantageous, but a passion for learning is most important.
• Ability to adapt to new information and changing environments.
• A proactive and enthusiastic approach to work.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Technology, Product Management, or equivalent practical experience.

OUR PEOPLE:

We’re more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we’re able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.
From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support Requirement Gathering: Assist in documenting business and technical requirements by participating in client and internal stakeholder workshops.
• Document & Refine: Help document and validate business, functional, and non-functional requirements, learning to ensure they are clear and testable.
• Agile Participation: Actively participate in and learn about Agile/Scrum events including Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Vendor Data Familiarization: Work closely with the team to understand how we collaborate with leading financial data vendors (e.g., Bloomberg, LSEG, SIX, ICE) and assist in tasks related to field mapping to our EDM Data Model.
• Track & Update: Help monitor vendor schema updates and assist in updating mapping documentation and articulating these changes through user stories under guidance.
• UI/UX Collaboration: Support UI/UX designers by providing input for user experience artifacts like wireframes and mock-ups.
• Draft User Stories: Learn to draft clear User Stories and associated acceptance criteria with guidance from senior team members.
• Project Support: Assist the team with project estimation, planning, execution, and project management tasks.
• Testing Support: Contribute to writing test cases, participate in UAT (User Acceptance Testing), and help identify and raise issues or bugs.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with development and QA teams, helping to translate business needs into software specifications and supporting testing efforts to ensure quality.
• Documentation Assistance: Contribute to building business cases and developing client-facing documentation such as user guides and release notes.
• Communication Bridge: Act as a supporting liaison to facilitate clear communication between business and technology teams.
• Change Request Support: Assist in reviewing client change requests, participating in meetings, and helping to capture key decisions and actions.

OUR PURPOSE:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.
Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.