About the Role:

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The Role: Sr. Director, S&P Global Commodity Insights Strategy

The Team: You are part of the larger Enterprise Strategy & Planning Team.  Specifically, this role focuses on our S&P Global Commodity Insights business.  Commodity Insights powers decisions that transform trade. From the shift towards sustainability to unpredictable supply chains and geopolitical influences, CI provide insights needed to clarify uncertainties and drive informed decisions for a resilient future.  As part of a larger enterprise team, you will have complementary talent to support your success as you oversee establishing strategic growth priorities and plans and tracking key business metrics and progress against strategic initiatives.

Commodity Insights is an independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets. Customers in over 150 countries look to our expertise in news, pricing and analytics to deliver greater transparency and efficiency to markets.

The Impact: The Director, CI Strategy for S&P Global Commodity Insights is a critical member of the Strategy team and is focused on driving the near- and long-term strategic objectives for the business.  You will manage multiple complex projects of significant strategic impact at one time, often across departmental boundaries and geographies.  You will influence senior leaders across the business and functional groups and build consensus and ownership of ideas, plans and output.  You will have a direct report to support your efforts and you will be part of the broader Enterprise Strategy Team.

What’s in it for you: You will support the development and execution of strategy for the S&P Global Commodity Insights business, with a particular focus on M&A prospecting, due diligence, and transaction execution. In this role, you will partner closely with teams across S&P Global to identify and assess organic and inorganic growth opportunities. In addition, you will work closely with the Head of Strategy and Chief Financial Officer on strategic projects and supporting presentations to senior management.

Responsibilities:

• Lead strategy development for the division, leveraging cross-functional teams of subject matter experts.

• In close partnership with Divisional Strategy leads and SPGI Enterprise Strategy and corporate development leaders, work on strategic advisory projects focused on strategy development and execution, corporate development, and strategic partnerships (including market entry strategies, executive presentations, financial analysis, etc.) for the CI division and support execution of strategic investments.

• Leverage scenario planning, case studies and modeling capabilities to strengthen the strategy.

• Drive execution of top divisional strategies, working closely with Commercial and Product Management stakeholders. This involves moving strategic initiatives from concepts to actionable business concepts

• AI Strategy & Execution: Drive execution of CI’s longer-term AI strategy in collaboration with key internal stakeholders

• Support acquisitions and partnerships which strengthen S&P Global CI’s market position, as well as expand our footprint in high priority geographic and/or commodity/energy markets.

• Develop and maintain financial analysis models to assist in investment evaluation and business case development, project prioritization and investment approval process.

• Articulate the S&P Global CI strategy in a clear and compelling strategic narrative to key stakeholders, tailoring messages depending on executive audience.

• Lead communication of SPG CI’s strategy and updates to the board of directors and to the investor community

• Stay abreast of industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies. In partnership with Commercial and Strategy colleagues, conduct market research and leverage internal customer insights to identify new opportunities and enhance existing products.

• Identify changes in market conditions, industry trends, regulatory environment, regional or country macro-economic factors, etc. which may require changes to strategic plans.

• Lead project-specific cross-function teams to deliver excellent strategy output. Be a role model, educator, coach, mentor across the wider organization.

• Proactively engage with external stakeholders to source, evaluate, and develop new business opportunities for the division in close collaboration with Commercial stakeholders

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