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Senior Director, Strategy

S&P Global has recently announced the intent to separate our Mobility Segment into a standalone public company. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/mobility.

Position Overview

The Senior Director, Strategy is a pivotal leadership role within the Office of the Corporate Strategy, responsible for shaping and advancing the company's long-term strategic vision.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, communication, and ongoing evolution of the company's corporate strategy, ensuring alignment across business units and operations.

• Partner closely with the Chief Strategy Officer to set strategic priorities, prepare executive and Board-level presentations, and drive the annual planning cycle.

• Ownership of the annual strategy process, initiative prioritization, and support for capital allocation decisions.

• Ability to size value pools, understand and interpret key trends (especially in technology), and translate insights into clear strategic choices

• Translate complex market dynamics, customer insights, and competitive intelligence into clear, actionable strategic recommendations.

• Lead strategic initiative tracking, ensuring cross-functional teams are aligned, accountable, and moving with urgency against priority goals. Responsible for corporate performance management (KPIs, dashboards, tracking of strategic initiatives)

• Conduct and oversee market research, industry analysis, and scenario planning to anticipate disruption and identify white space opportunities.

• Champion a culture of strategic thinking throughout the organization by facilitating planning sessions, strategy workshops, and leadership offsites.

• Build embedded and trusted relationships with senior leaders across the enterprise to drive adoption of strategic priorities and surface emerging opportunities.

• Develop and mentor a team of strategy professionals, fostering analytical rigor, creative thinking, and executive-level communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree in Strategy, Business, or Marketing strongly preferred.

• 8-10 years of progressive experience in corporate strategy, investment banking, management consulting, or a related field.

• Proven ability to develop enterprise-level strategies and shepherd them from concept through execution.

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize large amounts of information into clear, compelling narratives.

• Outstanding executive presence and communication skills; experienced presenting to C-suite and Board audiences.

• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority.

• Highly collaborative with a bias for action and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.

What Success Looks Like

• The company operates with a clear, well-understood strategic direction that unites leadership and energizes teams.

• Strategic priorities are visibly connected to marketing and brand activity, creating a cohesive external story.

• Senior leaders view the Strategy function as an indispensable thought partner, not a support function.

• Annual planning is less painful and more impactful, grounded in real market insight and honest prioritization.

• The organization moves faster and smarter because strategy is built to be activated, not archived.

About S&P Global Mobility

At S&P Global Mobility, we provide invaluable insights derived from unmatched automotive data, enabling our customers to anticipate change and make decisions with conviction. Our expertise helps them to optimize their businesses, reach the right consumers, and shape the future of mobility. We open the door to automotive innovation, revealing the buying patterns of today and helping customers plan for the emerging technologies of tomorrow.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/mobility.

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