About the Role:
Grade Level (for internal use):
16
The Team:
The Market Outreach team is a strategic function within S&P Global Ratings responsible for building and strengthening relationships with the global investment community and other key market participants. The team acts as the voice of the market within Ratings, helping ensure that investor perspectives inform business priorities, analytical thought leadership, and commercial strategy.
As Global & Americas Head of Market Outreach, you will lead the global Market Outreach organization while maintaining direct accountability for the Americas region. You will oversee a geographically dispersed team responsible for engaging buy-side investors, asset owners, private market participants, and other influential stakeholders across public and private credit markets. This role combines leadership of the current Global Head of Market Outreach and Americas Head of Market Outreach mandates into a single strategic leadership position.
The role will partner closely with Analytical leadership, Commercial leadership, Regional Heads of Sales, Growth & Enablement (Product), Marketing, Research, Compliance, and senior management across Ratings to ensure market engagement is coordinated, compliant, insight-led, and aligned with enterprise priorities.
The Impact:
This is one of the most visible external-facing leadership roles within S&P Global Ratings. You will be responsible for defining and executing a global market outreach strategy that strengthens S&P Global Ratings' position as a leading provider of credit ratings, research, and market insights.
Through direct engagement with investors and industry leaders, you will ensure the organization remains closely connected to evolving market dynamics, emerging risks, investor sentiment, and new growth opportunities. The role is instrumental in supporting strategic priorities across traditional fixed income, structured finance, private credit, fund finance, private markets, insurance, asset management, and other evolving capital market sectors.
A key objective is to generate actionable market intelligence that helps shape commercial strategy, supports analytical excellence, and informs executive decision-making across the organization. Success in this role requires the ability to operate with a global enterprise perspective, influence senior stakeholders internally and externally, lead through complexity and ambiguity, and represent S&P Global Ratings as a recognized market thought leader.
What's in it for you:
Lead one of the most respected orgnizations in the credit markets industry.
Build relationships with senior investors, asset owners, alternative investment firms, insurers, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, advisors, and other influential market participants across the globe.
Shape the future direction of Market Outreach, including expansion into strategic growth segments such as private credit, fund finance, asset owners, and private markets.
Influence enterprise-level decisions through the delivery of strategic market intelligence and investor insights.
Partner directly with senior leaders across Ratings, Commercial, Growth & Enablement (Product), Research, Marketing, and Corporate functions.
Represent S&P Global Ratings at major industry conferences, executive forums, investor events, and market discussions.
Lead and develop a high-performing global team while creating future leadership capability across the organization.
Leverage data, technology, and AI-enabled capabilities to enhance market intelligence gathering, stakeholder engagement, and organizational impact.
Responsibilities:
Define and execute a global Market Outreach strategy aligned to S&P Global Ratings' long-term business, analytical, and commercial priorities.
Lead the global Market Outreach organization, including responsibility for talent strategy, team performance, succession planning, coaching, and organizational effectiveness.
Maintain direct accountability for Market Outreach activities across the Americas region while ensuring consistent execution and strategic alignment across EMEA and APAC.
Build and maintain senior-level relationships with influential investors, asset owners, insurers, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, private credit managers, fund finance participants, asset managers, and other market stakeholders.
Ensure S&P Global Ratings remains closely connected to evolving market trends, investor sentiment, emerging risks, and new areas of market opportunity.
Generate and disseminate actionable investor insights that support analytical excellence, commercial growth, strategic planning, and executive decision-making.
Partner closely with Analytical leadership, Commercial leadership, Growth & Enablement (Product), Marketing, Research, and other stakeholders to coordinate market engagement efforts and maximize enterprise impact.
Serve as a senior representative and brand ambassador for S&P Global Ratings at conferences, executive forums, client meetings, and industry events.
Drive thought leadership initiatives that enhance S&P Global Ratings' visibility, credibility, and influence within global capital markets.
Leverage technology, AI, and data-driven approaches to strengthen market intelligence capabilities and improve organizational effectiveness.
Establish appropriate KPIs and performance metrics to measure outreach effectiveness, strategic impact, and market engagement outcomes.
Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, inclusion, innovation, and continuous development across the global team.
Ensure all Market Outreach activities are conducted in compliance with applicable policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
All employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 2 days per week.
This role requires up to 50% travel domestically and globally.
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 360,700 USD to 420,000 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. 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:
An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 15+ years of experience in structured finance, fund finance, private credit, credit ratings, investment management, capital markets, investor relations, relationship management, or a related field.
Demonstrated success leading global or multi-regional teams and delivering results through complex matrixed organizations.
Deep understanding of global credit markets, institutional investors, private markets, structured finance, and fixed-income investing.
Track record of building trusted relationships with senior market participants and executive stakeholders.
Strong executive presence with the ability to influence and communicate effectively across markets, cultures, and organizational levels.
Experience developing and executing strategic initiatives that create measurable business impact.
Demonstrated ability to translate market trends and investor feedback into actionable commercial, analytical, and business recommendations.
Proven capability to operate effectively in environments characterized by ambiguity, complexity, and evolving priorities.
Strong people leadership experience, including coaching, talent development, succession planning, and performance management.
Ability to collaborate effectively across functions and influence outcomes without direct authority.
Demonstrated strategic thinking, commercial acumen, enterprise ownership, and accountability for results.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
Flexibility to travel globally as required.
We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global Ratings office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.
Additional Preferred Qualifications
Experience within a credit rating agency, institutional investor, asset management firm, private credit platform, investment bank, or other capital markets organization.
Expertise in one or more strategic growth sectors including private credit, fund finance, structured finance, insurance, private markets, sustainability, or alternative investments.
Demonstrated ability to influence industry dialogue and establish credibility as a recognized market thought leader.
Experience representing an organization at industry conferences, media engagements, or executive-level external forums.
Strong understanding of how data, AI, and technology can be leveraged to improve market intelligence, stakeholder engagement, and business outcomes.
Master's degree, MBA, CFA, or other relevant professional qualifications.
Understanding of S&P Global Ratings' business model, analytical processes, products, and market positioning.
About S&P Global Ratings
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.
S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.
For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings
What's In It For You?
Our Mission:
Advancing Essential Intelligence.
Our People:
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide-so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We're committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.
Our Values:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership
Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.
Benefits:
We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That's why we provide everything you-and your career-need to thrive at S&P Global.
Our benefits include:
Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
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.
Family Friendly Perks: It's not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards-small perks can make a big difference.
For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries
Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:
At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.
S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy ("the Policy") that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy's requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.
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Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
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10 - Officials or Managers (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), MRKTNG102 - Senior Management (EEO Job Group)
Job ID: 331726
Posted On: 2026-09-14
Location: New York, New York, United States
