Commercial Product Leader – 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 executive serves as the primary 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. The Executive Director will lead a high-performing commercial product team while acting as a trusted advisor to senior executives, key clients, and strategic partners.
Your Key ResponsibilitiesCommercial Strategy & GrowthDevelop and 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 CommercializationLead 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 LeadershipServe as an executive sponsor for strategic client relationships.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 LeadershipBuild 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.Team LeadershipRecruit, develop, and lead a high-performing commercial product organization.Coach senior leaders and individual contributors while creating a culture of accountability, innovation, and client focus.Establish clear objectives, performance metrics, and development plans aligned with business priorities.Business ManagementOwn regional forecasting, commercial planning, and performance reporting.Track key performance indicators including revenue growth, adoption, pipeline influence, client satisfaction, and product utilization.
Develop business cases supporting investment decisions and strategic initiatives.Present business performance and strategic recommendations to executive leadership.Commercial Product Leader – 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 executive serves as the primary 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. The Executive Director will lead a high-performing commercial product team while acting as a trusted advisor to senior executives, key clients, and strategic partners.
Your skills and experience that will help you excel- Proven commercial leadership in private markets — Deep knowledge of private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real estate, venture capital, secondaries, and fund analytics, with a track record of driving revenue growth and client adoption in institutional or alternative investment channels.
- Go-to-market and product commercialization expertise — Experience leading 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.
- Executive-level 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.
What we offer you
- Salary range: $220,000 - $286,000 / 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.
MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. 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 [email protected] 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.
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Skills Required
- Proven commercial leadership experience in private markets, including knowledge of private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real estate, venture capital, secondaries, and fund analytics.
- Track record of driving revenue growth and client adoption through institutional or alternative investment channels.
- Experience leading regional go-to-market strategy for product launches, including pricing, messaging, and competitive positioning.
- Experience partnering with global product management teams to translate client feedback into product roadmap priorities.
- Executive-level client relationship management experience serving as a trusted advisor or executive sponsor to senior stakeholders.
- Experience representing an organization at industry conferences and high-stakes client meetings.
- Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and ability to align Sales, Marketing, Product, Research, and Client Success around shared commercial goals.
- Ability to influence global investment priorities based on regional market demand.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is characterized as competitive in several functions, with strong total compensation cited for higher-paid roles and market-aligned packages described as a baseline.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is positioned as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, mental-health support via an Employee Assistance Program, and care-navigation resources.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) with company contributions and automatic enrollment, plus related financial protections such as life and disability insurance and an HSA option with employer contribution when selected.
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What We Do
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.







