Director, Financial Research and Product Development

CME Group

Director leading financial research and product development for CME Group. Focused on interest rate offerings and pioneering new clearing and credit services for diverse marketplace.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeNew York City • Illinois, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $160,300 - $267,100 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Research, design and develop risk management products for listed interest rates products business line management (BLM)
This includes understanding and validating client needs, defining product offerings and specification and product modifications to meet regulatory requirements
Identify, coordinating connectivity to the listed rates, OTC derivatives and OTC cash businesses
Develop research themes and author content to support CME Group businesses including analysis, data acquisition and visualization, submission of written internal and external research educational material
Where necessary coordinate with marketing, legal, sales and corporate communications to ensure consistent theme and client reach
Support and extend client-facing analytical tools, reports and data offerings
Ensure product offerings, services and modifications meet regulatory requirements and client needs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Knowledge of CME listed interest rate products, ecosystem, and product workings
Deep understanding of cash treasury, money markets, repo and credit market
Proven ability to publish research content
Demonstrated ability to project management across multiple timelines, deliveries, and project teams with a high level of collaboration
Interest and ability to work across asset classes especially Equity Indexes and Crypto markets
Undergraduate degrees include mathematics, finance, economics, computer science with higher level education preferred
Greater than 5 years of relevant work experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive health coverage
Retirement package including 401(k) and active pension plan
Education reimbursement provisions
Paid time off
Mental health benefit

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Hard Skills & Tools

risk managementdata acquisitiondata visualizationproject managementresearch publicationmathematicsfinanceeconomicscomputer scienceregulatory compliance

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationclient-facinganalytical thinkingproblem-solving