Head of Product Operations & Strategy - Core Terminal

Bloomberg•New York, NY

6d•$140,000 - $295,000

About The Position

The Core & Industry Financial Product (CFD) team manages a portfolio spanning Companies, Company Financials, Listed Equities, Funds, Indices, Holdings, Economics, Commodities, Industry, Alternative Data, Supply Chain, and Physical Assets. Its products support Terminal, Enterprise Data, and Enterprise Product, delivering data, analytics, and applications to customers across commercial verticals. The team also supports Bloomberg’s private markets strategy and its Digital Asset and Market strategy. Product Operations & Strategy is an embedded function that drives business-level alignment and effectiveness across the Product organization. Working at the portfolio and cross-domain level, it connects priorities, resources, and decision-making while complementing individual teams’ ownership. The Head of Product Operations & Strategy coordinates and drives execution across product development, go-to-market strategy, and team capability. The role helps shape related product lines into a coherent, commercially optimized, and scalable portfolio. It consolidates priorities, investments, resources, dependencies, and outcomes into a portfolio view, and establishes operating rhythms and decision-making frameworks. In partnership with Product, Engineering, Data, and other stakeholders, the role equips leadership to make effective portfolio-level decisions and advance strategic priorities across domains.

Requirements

At least 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, including experience translating client needs, market opportunities, and business strategy into 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, including 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.

Responsibilities

Develop and drive the multi-year business plan within the strategic direction set by the Global Head of Financial & Industry Product, overseeing product priorities, investments, resources, and outcomes at portfolio level.
Create a unified product and commercial roadmap that identifies cross-vertical synergies and client workflow opportunities, working with Product leadership to ensure priorities are commercially grounded, client-informed, and sequenced for business impact.
Lead portfolio reviews and establish a consistent framework for evaluating product-market fit and informing investment, resource allocation, rationalization, consolidation, scaling, or retirement decisions.
Drive cross-domain alignment on strategic priorities, including BQL and ASKB, and identify and address dependencies, adoption, and opportunities to scale.
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, including business reviews, planning cycles, portfolio reporting, strategic decisions, and cross-domain priorities.
Serve as the product interface to 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 those teams.
Assess organizational structure and resource needs and develop recommendations with the Global Head of Financial & Industry Product.
Support consistent Product onboarding, coaching, and leadership development.