Head of Programme Management

The S&P Global Institute is S&P Global’s hub for thought leadership at an enterprise level. Drawing on the depth and breadth of analysis across S&P Global’s divisions, the Institute drives the creation of authoritative, enterprise-wide perspectives on the themes that matter most to the world’s leading decision-makers. Its mission is to foster market influence, deepen client relationships, and amplify S&P Global’s reputation as a trusted source of intelligence, while empowering divisions with shared guidance, playbooks for cross‑divisional research, and tools to elevate their content and reach.

S&P Global Institute is seeking a Program Manager to shape, run, and scale the Institute’s operating model as a critical enterprise platform. This role translates strategic ambition into clear workflows, governance rhythms, and playbooks for cross‑divisional research, enabling the Institute to deliver with consistency, pace, and quality from day one. The Program Manager will build strong connectivity with divisions and senior stakeholders, serving as the operational backbone that allows the Institute to manage complexity, coordinate enterprise priorities, and produce high‑impact outputs across a matrixed organization.

The successful candidate will bring deep operating model and program management experience, combined with the judgment and agility to work across editorial, research, commercial, communications, and event delivery domains. They will combine rigorous attention to detail with an enterprise‑level perspective, balancing speed, quality, risk, and stakeholder expectations while influencing effectively across a complex matrix. The Program Manager will be a trusted strategic and operational partner to the Head of the Institute, anticipating risks, maintaining delivery discipline, and building the infrastructure required for sustainable scale and measurable enterprise impact.

Serve as the day‑to‑day execution lead between the Institute and key stakeholder groups, including divisions, Editorial, Marketing, Communications, the CEO’s Office/Strategy, CCO, Public Affairs, and other priority enterprise partners. Surface risks, trade‑offs, and capacity constraints early, with clear options and recommendations. Partner with the Head of the S&P Global Institute on prioritization, sequencing, and resourcing decisions to sustain throughput, quality, and strategic focus as the Institute scales.

Measurement and Performance Management: Lead the Institute’s performance reporting and measurement discipline. Track impact, quality, speed, adoption, and stakeholder engagement. Proven ability to design end‑to‑end operating models, translate strategy into executable processes, and build playbooks that enable repeatable, high‑quality delivery at enterprise scale.

Skilled at serving as the day‑to‑day liaison between the Institute and divisional research teams, editorial, CCO, marketing, communications, governance partners, and other enterprise stakeholders. Combines accuracy, discipline, and strong delivery management with the broader strategic perspective needed to prioritize effectively, identify trade‑offs, and support senior‑level resourcing and sequencing decisions.

Ability to balance speed, quality, risk, and impact: Surfaces capacity constraints, sequencing risks, and trade‑offs early; applies data‑driven assessment and innovative problem‑solving to keep the Institute on track as it scales. Proposes quality standards and delivery guidelines to Institute leadership and ensures they are embedded in Institute‑sponsored research and outputs.

Performance management, insight, and executive reporting: Designs and runs dashboards and performance reporting that track impact, quality, speed, and adoption; 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.

Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company‑matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

8+ years of relevant experience in program management, operations, strategy execution, or a related domain within S&P areas of expertise, research, media, professional services, or another complex, insight‑led environment.

Strong stakeholder management and influencing capabilities, including the ability to align senior stakeholders across divisions and functions, clarify decision rights, and drive progress without direct authority.

Track record of building and running performance reporting, dashboards, and quality disciplines in a fast‑paced, high‑standards environment, with the ability to translate data into actionable insight for senior leaders.

Comfortable working in ambiguous, evolving operating environments and building structure and clarity.

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. If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to EEO.