About the Role:

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The Team:

The Americas Lead Oil, Strategic Engagement & Intelligence Group role is part of the 20+ member Strategic Engagement & Intelligence Group, a part of Platts cross-commodity Market Development & Engagement Group (MD&E). The Americas leader for oil market engagement will be responsible for leading development of engagement plans, as well as ensuring execution of regional engagement activities for oil in the Americas. The Americas oil Lead will be tasked with leading external engagement meetings in support of Platts commodity pricing. The role will also support the gathering of market intelligence and development of new assessments and market coverage in the region. The successful candidate will also represent Platts at key meetings in the region and working on special projects as needed by the commodity pricing teams and in collaboration with other MD&E teams.

The Impact:

The Americas oil SEIG lead will be a critical role to elevate Platts’ visibility in the Americas oil markets, as well as to help drive further market and methodology development globally and to educate markets on the importance and relevance of physical benchmarks. The role also ensures regular outreach to key market participants who are prioritized each year in our engagement benchmark scorecards.

• Cross departmental visibility (commercial, marketing, client services, Platts, eWindow, content and product)
• Lead meetings and presentations to middle, senior and C-suite managers of major companies and trading houses; industry associations and government officials.
• Develop and lead our go-to market engagement strategy for commodity pricing across Americas oil
• Develop strategic messaging for our Americas oil engagements; and distill and activate intelligence gathered in the course of engagements.
• Global leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagement strategy planning with the regional team and global teams
• Lead execution of the plan through establishment of meetings and supporting commercially requested meetings
• Learn details across the commodities portfolio to present across topics
• Collaborate with content-commercial on the Value Add program
• Drive best practice for Market Engagement, including: development of high quality presentation content; development of high quality meeting notes; demonstrating strong presentation and meeting communication skills; demonstrate strong planning skills.
• Participate/collaborate in Methodology planning and development in the region
• Contribute to social media content development (blogs; podcasts; webinars)

Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $95,000 to $120,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is not eligible for additional compensation such as an annual incentive bonus or sales commission plan.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree with master’s preferable
• Market pricing experience with good understanding of trade flows and workings of global oil markets
• Strong communication skills  
• Excellent leadership
• Strong track-record and ability to execute and collaborate across multiple teams.
• Good time management and planning capabilities

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid understanding of Americas and global oil markets
• Experience in price formation and methodology in those markets
• Previous experience in engaging clients or sources in markets
• Foundational experience with leadership and influencing skills
• Excellent planning and time management skills
• Strong communication skills including: Public speaking experience; good listening skills and strong written and oral capabilities
• Exercises critical thinking capabilities
• Multilingual capabilities a plus
• Willingness to travel approximately 30-40%
• Multilingual

Right to Work Requirements:

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