Vice President, Index Research & Development

As a client facing member of the Index and Investment Solutions team at Forge, you will be responsible for driving growth, retention, and the commercialization strategy for Forge's private indexing capabilities. Your role will involve being Forge's index subject matter expert for internal stakeholders and external clients. If you align with Forge's core values and have expertise in index research and development, this is an opportunity to contribute to the future of the private markets.

• Identify and engage early adopters, including established index providers, asset managers, structured product/sell-side desks, and data providers.
• Lead and manage index research & development and help identify partnership opportunities.
• Develop and implement index commercialization strategy, lead discussions with prospects, customers, and strategic partners, and collaborate and obtain buy-ins from internal stakeholders.
• Gain a deep understanding of Forge's index and derived product offerings to help drive product roadmap by capturing feedback from clients and prospects.
• Understand client's investment process, needs, and use cases to better assist with the ongoing usage of our index products and data requests.
• Be the index subject matter expert and point of contact for all internal stakeholders - including Research, Marketing, Sales, Legal & Compliance, Product Design & Engineering.
• Partner with Marketing to design and launch targeted campaigns, identify and participate in industry events, lead workshops and seminars within the client community.
• Partner with Legal and Compliance teams to ensure product and commercial policy contracts and materials align with index best practices and regulatory environment.
• Partner with Data Sales teams to ensure commercial policy contracts and materials align and collaborate with our overall Data strategy.

• 10+ years of experience in index research and development, or similar capacity, with proven success in a client facing role
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration or Economics. Advanced degree preferred
• Deep and working knowledge of index investing and competitive landscape with prior experience as an index/investment strategist

• Competitive salary range of $240,000 - $250,000 + bonus & equity
• Opportunity to be a subject matter expert in index research and development
• Chance to work with various internal stakeholders including Research, Marketing, Sales, Legal & Compliance, Product Design & Engineering
• Collaboration with Marketing to design and launch targeted campaigns
• Participation in industry events, workshops, and seminars within the client community
• Alignment of product and commercial policy contracts with index best practices and regulatory environment
• Collaboration with Data Sales teams to ensure alignment with overall Data strategy
• Opportunity to work in the private markets and solve problems in the private asset class
• Excellent communication skills to evangelize data product offerings
• Opportunity to work in San Francisco/Bay Area, CA or New York, NY
• Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy with exceptions for medical contraindications or religious beliefs
• Equal opportunity employer valuing diversity