Global Talent Acquisition Lead, Market Intelligence & Chief Client Office

OSTTRA•New York, NY

About The Position

The Global Talent Acquisition Lead heads a global organization of Talent Acquisition leaders and recruiters supporting S&P Global’s Market Intelligence and Chief Client Office portfolios. The role partners with senior business leaders to shape talent strategies, support business growth and transformation, and meet long-term workforce objectives. This leader serves as a strategic advisor on talent markets, availability, hiring strategies, organizational growth, and competitive trends. They work across business leadership and People functions to deliver integrated talent solutions, and use talent intelligence, analytics, AI, automation, and emerging recruiting technologies to improve hiring outcomes, recruiter productivity, and stakeholder experience. The position also contributes to the future direction and operating model of Talent Acquisition at S&P Global. Its focus includes developing leaders and teams, advancing technology adoption and skills-based hiring, simplifying processes, and connecting recruiting with internal mobility, succession planning, leadership hiring, and broader talent objectives.

Requirements

Demonstrated success leading Talent Acquisition teams in a complex, global environment.
Proven experience leading, developing, and coaching recruiters and building strong succession pipelines.
Strong track record of influencing senior stakeholders and establishing credibility with business leaders.
Experience using talent intelligence, market insights, and data-driven decision-making to shape hiring strategies and business outcomes.
Proven track record of leveraging AI tools, such as Spark, Copilot, Gemini, or similar technologies, to improve productivity, decision-making, and Talent Acquisition outcomes.
Ability to connect business priorities, talent needs, and recruiting strategies to deliver measurable outcomes.
Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to build alignment across functions and leadership groups.
Ability to lead through change, ambiguity, and organizational transformation.
Passion for developing people, coaching leaders, and creating high-performing teams.
Continuous-improvement mindset and willingness to challenge existing approaches and drive innovation.
Curiosity and readiness to embrace AI, automation, and new ways of working across Talent Acquisition.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading Talent Acquisition transformation, operating model redesign, or large-scale change initiatives.
Experience implementing or scaling recruiting technologies, talent intelligence platforms, CRM solutions, AI tools, or automation capabilities.
Strong understanding of skills-based hiring, talent intelligence, labor market trends, and evolving workforce dynamics.
Experience operating within highly matrixed global organizations and partnering with multiple stakeholder groups.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a global organization of Talent Acquisition leaders and recruiters, building a high-performing and engaged team.
Advise senior business leaders on talent markets, talent availability, hiring strategies, organizational growth, and competitive talent trends.
Partner with Market Intelligence and Chief Client Office leaders, People Partners, Compensation, Talent Management, Workforce Planning, Finance, Technology, and enterprise Talent Acquisition teams to deliver talent solutions aligned with business priorities.
Champion AI, automation, talent intelligence, and emerging recruiting technologies to improve hiring outcomes, recruiter productivity, and stakeholder experience.
Drive talent attraction strategies to compete for talent across technology, data, commercial, leadership, and emerging talent hiring.
Use talent market intelligence, pipeline analytics, hiring trends, and business demand signals to anticipate talent risks, guide decisions, prioritize investments, and improve hiring quality, speed, and stakeholder outcomes.
Align recruiting strategies with skills priorities, leadership hiring, internal mobility, succession planning, and broader talent objectives in partnership with Talent Management and People teams.
Lead or contribute to enterprise initiatives involving Talent Acquisition transformation, process simplification, technology adoption, skills-based hiring, and operational excellence.
Identify opportunities to evolve the Talent Acquisition operating model, use technology, and deliver greater value to the business.