Commercial Product Manager - Private Assets at MSCI in US-NY-New York

Job description

• Commercial Product Manager– Americas is responsible for driving the commercial success, strategic growth, and market adoption of the firm’s Private Assets product portfolio across North and Latin America. This person serves as a commercial leader for the region, partnering closely with Product Management, Sales, Client Coverage, Marketing, Research, and Client Success to translate market opportunities into sustainable revenue growth.
• The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, ensuring that product strategy is aligned with client needs, competitive dynamics, and regional market trends.

Responsibilities

• Commercial Strategy & Growth
• Execute the Americas commercial strategy for the Private Assets product suite.
• Drive revenue growth, client acquisition, expansion, and retention across institutional investors, asset managers, wealth platforms, banks, consultants, and alternative investment firms.
• Identify new market opportunities, client segments, and commercialization strategies that accelerate adoption.
• Own regional commercial performance, including pipeline development, bookings support, adoption metrics, and strategic growth initiatives.
• Product Commercialization
• Execute regional go-to-market strategy for new product launches and enhancements.
• Partner with global Product Management to prioritize regional requirements and ensure client feedback informs the product roadmap.
• Develop compelling value propositions, messaging, pricing strategies, and competitive positioning.
• Ensure sales teams have the tools, training, and market intelligence needed to position products effectively.
• Client & Market Leadership
• Represent the organization at executive client meetings, industry conferences, and thought leadership events.
• Maintain deep knowledge of the evolving private markets ecosystem, including private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real estate, venture capital, secondaries, and fund analytics.
• Monitor competitive dynamics, regulatory developments, and market trends to shape commercial strategy.
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Build strong partnerships across Product, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Client Success, Research, Operations, and Executive Leadership.
• Influence global product investment priorities based on regional market demand.
• Lead complex cross-functional initiatives that improve client outcomes and commercial performance.
• Foster collaboration across global teams to ensure consistent execution and market alignment.

Requirements

• Proven commercial leadership in capital and/or private markets — Knowledge of private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real estate, venture capital, secondaries, and multi-asset class fund analytics.
• Go-to-market and product commercialization expertise — Experience in regional GTM strategy for product launches, including pricing, messaging, and competitive positioning, ideally partnering with global product management teams to translate client feedback into roadmap priorities.
• Client relationship management — History serving as a trusted advisor or executive sponsor to senior client stakeholders, with strong presence representing an organization at industry conferences and high-stakes client meetings.
• Cross-functional leadership and influence — Demonstrated ability to align Sales, Marketing, Product, Research, and Client Success around shared commercial goals, and to influence global investment priorities based on regional market demand.

Skills

Required

• Commercial leadership
• Go-to-market strategy
• Product commercialization
• Pricing and messaging
• Competitive positioning
• Client relationship management
• Cross-functional leadership
• Influence and alignment

Benefits

• Salary range: $152,000 - $198,000 / year.Plus eligible for annual bonus.
• 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.