About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

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

The Team: You are part of the larger Enterprise Strategy & Planning Team reporting to the VP Enterprise Corporate Development .  Specifically, this role focuses on our S&P Global Corporate Strategy supporting a broad range of strategic activies for a business of approximately $14billion in revenue and over 40,000 employees world-wide.  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.

The Impact: The Sr. Director, Enterprise Strategy 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. 

What’s in it for you: You will part of a larger team and gain exposure to our various divisions and get exposure with senior executives across the organization.  There is a focus on corporate strategy development along with some 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. 

Responsibilities:

• Oversee a broad range of strategic priorities to ensure deliverables complete on time, which may involve moving strategic initiatives from concepts to actionable business concepts.

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

• In close partnership with Divisional Strategy leads and the overall SPGI Enterprise Strategy team, work on strategic advisory projects focused on strategy development and execution, corporate development, and strategic partnerships (including market entry strategies, executive presentations, financial analysis)

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

• Analyze businesses and opportunities to assist the company in executing strategic decisions

• 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 strategy in a clear and compelling strategic narrative to key stakeholders, tailoring messages depending on executive audience.

• Participate in the preparation of communication of SPG strategy and updates to the board of directors and to the investor community

• Stay abreast of industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies.

• Participate in the identification of changes in market conditions, industry trends, regulatory environment, regional or country macro-economic factors, etc. which may require changes to strategic plans, including the progression of technology and its effect on strategic plans.

• Proactively engage with stakeholders to source, evaluate, and develop new business opportunities

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 $174,420 to $305,205 USD. 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:

• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree in related field or MBA strongly preferred 

• 10+ years of relevant experience including but not limited to financial analysis, M&A modelling and execution, s