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About the Role
The Partnerships group drives enterprise-wide strategy through collaborative relationships with technology providers, hyperscalers, AI platforms, and other key partners to maximize value and efficiency. The Head of Partnerships Governance will own and operate the enterprise-wide governance infrastructure for the Partnerships function.
Responsibilities
- Design, launch, and lead the Enterprise Partnerships Council (EPC), establishing its charter, RACI, meeting cadence, and escalation protocol.
- Own the enterprise deal escalation policy, defining triggers, coordinating leadership review, and enforcing consistent deal evaluation standards.
- Build and operate a centralized, enterprise-wide partnership dashboard tracking compliance status, renewal timelines, fees, and usage metrics.
- Partner with Legal and divisional audit teams to execute usage review and audit programs for key partners.
- Develop and cascade partnership best-practice toolkits, including licensing playbooks, deal templates, and an exceptions policy.
- Protect S&P Global's IP and data assets by collaborating with Legal to prevent leakage and ensure licensing terms keep pace with evolving commercial and AI-enabled partnership models.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Law, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in a governance, risk, compliance, legal, or partnerships/licensing role within financial services or data/information services.
- Demonstrated experience designing or operating governance frameworks, escalation processes, or steering committees with senior/ELT-level stakeholder engagement.
- Proven experience building or overseeing centralized tracking and reporting platforms (e.g., CRM, Power BI, or equivalent dashboards) across multiple business units.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of data licensing, IP protection, and usage-compliance principles, including in AI-enabled partnership contexts.
- JD or MBA from an accredited institution (preferred).
- Experience operating in a matrixed, multi-divisional enterprise with cross-functional senior leadership exposure (preferred).
- Demonstrated ability to influence C-suite and senior legal stakeholders across multiple business divisions (preferred).
- Experience applying AI or advanced contract management tooling to automate contract term extraction, tracking, and governance workflows (preferred).
- Track record of converting governance principles into repeatable playbooks, deal templates, and scalable enforcement processes (preferred).
- Experience building, coaching, and scaling a governance or compliance team in a growth-stage function (preferred).
- Prior exposure to partnership commercial frameworks, including connector, usage/workflow, or volume-based fee structures (preferred).
- Must have indefinite right to work in the United States.
- Must attend at least one in-person interview at the nearest S&P Global office before an offer can be made.
Skills
- Governance frameworks
- Escalation processes
- Steering committees
- Centralized tracking and reporting platforms
- Data licensing
- IP protection
- Usage-compliance principles
- AI-enabled partnerships
- Contract management tooling
- Partnership commercial frameworks
Location
- New York, New York, United States
Work Type
- Onsite (in-person interview required)
Experience Level
- 10+ years
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- JD or MBA (preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- $207,060 to $316,811
Benefits
- Eligible for an annual incentive plan
- Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
- Flexible Downtime: Generous time off.
- Continuous Learning: Access resources to grow your career and learn new skills.
- Invest in Your Future: Competitive pay, retirement planning, continuing education program with company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
- Family Friendly Perks: Benefits for families.
- Beyond the Basics: Retail discounts and referral incentive awards.
About the Company
- Advancing Essential Intelligence.
- More than 35,000 strong worldwide, driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future.
- Changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world.
- Committed to a more equitable future and helping customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business.
- Throughout history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions.
- Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership.
Equal Opportunity
- S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.
- Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
- If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com.
- Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal.