Global Head of Communications, Technology & Transformation S&P Global

Global Head of Communications, Technology & Transformation

As Global Head of Communications, Technology & Transformation, you will lead S&P Global’s Technology and Transformation Communications team, unifying technology storytelling internally and externally to support enterprise-wide technology transformation. You will lead a newly formed team with clear decision rights, predictable service, and measurable impact—working in close partnership with the Communications Leadership Team, Chief AI Officer & Kensho CEO, Technology Leadership Team (TLT), divisional CTO stakeholders, and key functional partners across Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Info Sec.

This role reports directly to the Chief Communications Officer.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Designing and driving an enterprise technology communications strategy aligned to a “build once, scale everywhere” approach—ensuring a single, integrated narrative across work streams, divisions, and stakeholders, and delivering impactful communications to cut through noise and deliver results.
• Serving as senior communications counsel to the Chief Technology & Transformation Officer (CTTO) and Technology Leadership Team, including executive positioning and support for high-stakes internal and external moments.
• Leading technology crisis and issues management communications, including preparedness, escalation, response leadership, and post-incident communications—coordinating closely with enterprise crisis leadership and partnering with the CISO for cyber-related events.
• Building a self-service enablement system that reduces bespoke demand while improving quality, consistency, and speed of delivery.
• Advancing AI-enabled communications workflows (research → drafting → QA → versioning → insights) to increase speed and consistency while meeting risk and security standards.
• Driving portfolio-level prioritization across transformation work streams, including making the final call on what the team takes on and when.
• Ensuring the function demonstrates measurable impact on adoption/readiness and reputation—not only volume of outputs.

The successful applicant will bring global and local knowledge, contacts, and expertise to implement these strategic communication initiatives.

Your charge will also include identifying and implementing leading industry standards, new ways of doing things and advancing our capabilities by driving engagement and meaningful two-way communications.

This role demands a passionate, innovative, and critical thinker, always looking for exciting, creative ways to deliver the right message, to the right audience, at the right time and through the right channels.

• Development and execution of an enterprise technology communications strategy with annual and quarterly priorities, translating technology strategy into a clear communications roadmap.
• Executive communications counsel and positioning for the CTTO and senior technology leaders (internal and external), including messaging, stakeholder engagement, and preparation for high-stakes moments.
• Crisis & issues management leadership for technology incidents (including outages, platform disruptions, regulatory scrutiny tied to technology, and cyber events in partnership with the CISO, coordinating with enterprise crisis leadership and ensuring strong post-incident communications.
• Governance and narrative integration:
  Chair the Tech and Transformation Narrative Council, approving and steering storytelling, sequencing, and key deliverables to ensure an integrated narrative across work streams and stakeholders.
• Stakeholder management and alignment:
  Maintain senior relationships with divisional CTOs and key functional partners (Corporate Communications, Legal, Risk, Compliance, Info Sec, and others as needed), and provide a clear escalation path for conflict resolution.
• Performance, resourcing, and operations:
  Own team KPIs, steward budget, manage vendor support as needed, and drive talent development—ensuring predictable service through clear intake, prioritization, and turnaround expectations.
• Operational excellence and reuse:
  Drive messaging and asset reuse to operate as “one tech…