Director, Program Management, Business Operations

About The Role Grade Level (for internal use): 13

Role Summary The Director, Program Management will lead EDO-wide, high-visibility strategic programs sponsored by EDO executive leadership. This role is accountable for translating strategic needs into transformation initiatives that deliver measurable financial, operational, and stakeholder impact across EDO and the S&P Global organization.

Operating within a complex financial and data services environment, the Director will partner with the business, data, technology, people, and finance leaders and peers to design and execute transformation across operating model, processes, and automation capabilities. This leader will combine strategic insight, operational rigor, analytical acumen, and executive stakeholder management to drive value creation.

The successful candidate will be a strategic, enterprise-minded leader who thrives in complexity, ambiguity, and change. They will bring credibility with senior leadership, drive disciplined execution, and consistently deliver sustainable impact in high-visibility environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape and lead strategic transformation programs aligned to EDO priorities and strategic objectives.
• Manage and deliver multi-workstream initiatives spanning data, technology, operations, finance, and people.
• Drive measurable outcomes including growth acceleration, cost optimization, productivity improvement, and organizational change.
• Establish governance structures, steering committees, and executive reporting frameworks.
• Ensure disciplined program management across scope, budget, resources, interdependencies, and risk mitigation.
• Proactively identify and resolve barriers to execution in a highly matrixed organization.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive sponsors and senior leaders.
• Develop operating committee ready materials and executive communications that provide clarity, insights, and decision support.
• Influence across functions without direct authority, aligning diverse stakeholder groups toward common outcomes.
• Partner with functional leaders to embed new operating models, governance processes, and performance metrics.
• Build transformation capability within the organization through playbooks, standards, and best practices.
• Lead and mentor juniors and cross-functional teams.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and performance excellence.

Experience Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in enterprise transformation, strategy, product management, or management consulting.
• Demonstrated success leading high-visibility, cross-functional transformation initiatives within Fortune 500 or similarly complex organizations.
• Experience operating at and influencing the C-suite level.
• Proven track record of delivering measurable financial and operational impact through strategic initiatives.
• Strong financial acumen, comfort navigating financial analysis and value realization.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required (Business, Finance, Economics, or related field).
• MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.

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.

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10 - Officials or Managers (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), DTMGOP103.2 - Middle Management Tier II (EEO Job Group), SWP Priority – Ratings - (Strategic Workforce Planning)

Job ID: 327320

Posted On: 2026-04-13

Location: London, United Kingdom