Global People Partner Specialist

About the Role

As the Global People Partner Specialist, you will partner with key stakeholders across S&P Global Market Intelligence (MI) and S&P Global Chief Client Office (CCO) to support the deployment of core people processes and ensure that the people plans and priorities across MI align with our overall People strategy. This role is part of a broader distributed People Team that supports the division’s strategic objectives and day-to-day operations.

Impact and Responsibilities

This position provides direct People (HR) management and support for assigned business units/teams. Day-to-day, the role maintains responsibility for activities focused on successfully engaging, developing, rewarding, and retaining talent. It spans all business lines and shared capabilities across MI, offering the opportunity to work in a highly matrixed and evolving environment.

The successful candidate will:

• Partner with Global People Partners on talent development, rewards & recognition, and performance management initiatives to ensure on-time, on-target delivery. Maintain data integrity and documentation. Assist in preparing presentation materials and communications for various business stakeholders.
• Facilitate the implementation of training & development programs and strategies, utilizing both global internal and external resources as appropriate, to support improved business performance. Foster a culture of continuous learning and performance improvement.
• Execute strategic people priorities to implement the client group's business plan and manage the human side of executing business strategy by aligning people with business decisions.
• Partner with internal specialists, Centers of Excellence (COEs), and external resources to drive human capital plans and programs in a fast-paced environment.
• Handle ad-hoc People Partner requests and projects (e.g., support for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures).

Qualifications

Basic Required Qualifications

• Experience in Human Resources is preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in an HR or business-related field or equivalent experience.
• Eagerness to learn and grow in a dynamic environment, coupled with a high tolerance of ambiguity, an agile, forward-looking, self-starter mindset.
• Strong analytical and data visualization skills; must be able to understand and leverage complex global data dashboards with foresight.
• Skilled at planning and organizing, with the aptitude to deliver on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficient in prioritization skills, organization skills, and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle confidential information with professionalism.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for a wide range of audiences.
• A willingness and aptitude to be an ambassador of change in a complex, fast-paced, and results-driven global organization.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; experience with coding languages is preferred.
• Ability to work effectively across teams, overcome stakeholder resistance, navigate a complex organization, and focus on relationship-building.
• Must align with hybrid work expectations: working from the office two days a week or nine days a month.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience gained in a large corporate environment or a matrixed organization.
• Exposure to reporting, analytics, or workforce-related data.
• Internship experience.
• Experience supporting projects.
• Exposure to talent reviews, performance reviews, promotions, or other people-related processes.

At least one stage of the interview process will take place in person at the S&P Global London office.

What's In It For You?

Our Mission

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People

We are more than 35,000 strong worldwide, allowing us to understand nuances while maintaining a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for 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 are 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: 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, please visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

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