About the Role:
Grade Level (for internal use):
15
The Team
The Partnerships group serves as a leading catalyst for enterprise innovation and growth, driving an enterprise-wide strategy that forges collaborative relationships with technology providers, hyperscalers, frontier AI platforms, redistributors, clearing houses, exchanges, and other key strategic partners to maximize value and efficiency. Spanning Technology Partnerships, Strategic Partnerships, Distribution & Channels, and Content Acquisition, the group operates at the intersection of strategy and execution — shaping how S&P Global engages with the most consequential market participants across the industry. Underpinning every partnership is a robust, cross-enterprise governance framework designed to ensure strategic alignment, risk mitigation, IP protection, and consistent execution across every division.
R esponsibilities and Impact
As Head of Partnerships Governance , you will own and operate the enterprise-wide governance infrastructure that underpins the entire Partnerships function.
Reporting directly to the Head of Partnerships, your impact will include:
Design, launch, and lead the Enterprise Partnerships Council (EPC) — establishing its charter, RACI, meeting cadence, and escalation protocol to give ELT-sponsored leadership a structured forum for reviewing high-risk, high-complexity, and non-standard partnership deals.
Own the enterprise deal escalation policy : define escalation triggers, coordinate cross-divisional leadership review, and enforce consistent deal evaluation standards regardless of originating division.
Build and operate a centralized, enterprise-wide partnership dashboard tracking compliance status, renewal timelines, fees, and usage metrics across the full partner portfolio — replacing fragmented, ad-hoc tracking processes.
Partner with Legal and divisional audit teams to execute usage review and audit programs for key partners, identify out-of-policy usage, and drive a consistent, enterprise-wide enforcement posture.
Develop and cascade partnership best-practice toolkits — including licensing playbooks, deal templates, and an exceptions policy — equipping divisional partnership teams with the tools to execute standardized, scalable partnership models.
Protect S&P Global's IP and data assets across all partnership types by collaborating with Legal to prevent leakage and ensure licensing terms keep pace with evolving commercial and AI-enabled partnership models.
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 $207,060 to $316,811 . 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 eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here ( https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries ).
What We're Looking For:
Basic (Required) Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Law, or a related field.
Experience: 10+ years of experience in a governance, risk, compliance, legal, or partnerships/licensing role within financial services or data/information services.
Governance Expertise: Demonstrated experience designing or operating governance frameworks, escalation processes, or steering committees with senior/ELT-level stakeholder engagement.
Reporting & Tracking Tools: Proven experience building or overseeing centralized tracking and reporting platforms (e.g., CRM, Power BI, or equivalent dashboards) across multiple business units.
Data Licensing & IP: Demonstrated working knowledge of data licensing, IP protection, and usage-compliance principles, including in AI-enabled partnership contexts.
Additional Preferred…