Head of Product Operations & Strategy - Core Terminal

Details

The Core & Industry Financial Product team is responsible for a portfolio of domains and asset classes, including Companies, Company Financials, Listed Equities, Funds, Indices, Holdings, Economics, Commodities, Industry, Alternative Data, Supply Chain, and Physical Assets. These domains support Bloomberg's Terminal, Enterprise Data, and Enterprise Product businesses by delivering data, analytics, and applications to customers across commercial verticals.

The team also supports Bloomberg's private markets strategy by connecting data, analytics, and investment workflows across private companies, funds, and indices. It is additionally responsible for Digital Asset and Market strategy, focusing on integrating emerging asset classes and evolving market structures into scalable, institutional-grade workflows.

Product Operations & Strategy is an embedded function that drives business-level alignment and effectiveness across the Product organization. It operates at the portfolio and cross-domain level, connecting priorities, resources, and decision-making across Product while complementing the ownership of individual teams.

Responsibilities

• Work within the strategic direction set by the Global Head of Financial & Industry Product and develop and drive the multi-year business plan, providing portfolio-level oversight across product priorities, investments, resources, and outcomes.
• Architect a unified product and commercial roadmap that identifies cross-vertical synergies and client workflow opportunities. Partner with Product leadership to ensure priorities are commercially grounded, client-informed, and sequenced for maximum business impact.
• Lead portfolio reviews and establish a consistent framework for evaluating product-market fit, informing decisions on investment, resource allocation, rationalization, consolidation, scaling, or retirement.
• Drive cross-domain alignment on strategic priorities, including BQL and ASKB, ensuring dependencies, adoption, and opportunities to scale are identified and addressed.
• Align shared portfolio priorities with adjacent business areas, particularly Enterprise Data, and represent Product in relevant Corporate Strategy and Business Development initiatives.
• Establish and drive the Product operating cadence, bringing together business reviews, planning cycles, portfolio reporting, strategic decisions, and cross-domain priorities to create clarity, accountability, and effective leadership decision-making.
• Serve as the product interface to key horizontal and adjacent functions, including GTM, Business Reporting, Enterprise Data, ProdX, and the COO organization, ensuring Core & Industry Financial Data priorities are represented and aligned while functional ownership remains with the respective teams.
• Assess organizational structure and resource needs, developing recommendations aligned with business strategy in partnership with the Global Head of Financial & Industry Product.
• Support consistent Product onboarding, coaching, and leadership development.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Product Operations, Business Operations, Strategy, Portfolio Management, or a related role within a complex product-led organization.
• Strong product and commercial acumen, with experience translating client needs, market opportunities, and business strategy into clear product and portfolio priorities.
• Proven ability to influence and align senior stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Data, Sales, and other functions to drive shared outcomes.
• Experience evaluating product portfolios, operating models, and organizational structures to identify opportunities, trade-offs, and areas for improvement.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations, decisions, and actionable plans.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of driving execution across complex, cross-functional organizations without relying on direct authority.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual salary range: USD 140,000–295,000.
• Benefits and bonus eligibility.
• Potential total rewards may include merit increases, incentive compensation for exempt roles, paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability benefits, 401(k) matching, life insurance, and wellness programs.
• Benefits are not provided directly to contingent workers, contractors, or interns.