Global Talent Acquisition Lead, Market Intelligence & Chief Client Office

S&P Global•New York, NY

3d•$126,676 - $221,434

About The Position

The Global Talent Acquisition Lead oversees a global organization of Talent Acquisition leaders and recruiters supporting S&P Global’s Market Intelligence and Chief Client Office (CCO) portfolios. The role partners with senior business leaders to shape talent strategies that support growth, transformation, and long-term workforce objectives across both organizations. This position serves as a strategic advisor on talent markets, talent availability, hiring strategies, organizational growth, and competitive talent trends. It connects recruiting with broader talent priorities, including skills, leadership hiring, internal mobility, succession planning, and workforce planning. The role also advances the use of AI, automation, talent intelligence, and recruiting technologies, while contributing to enterprise Talent Acquisition transformation and the future operating model of the function. Success requires leading and developing leaders, influencing executive stakeholders, using data and market intelligence to improve talent decisions, and fostering continuous improvement and innovation in a global, matrixed environment.

Requirements

Demonstrated success leading Talent Acquisition teams in a complex, global environment.
Experience leading, developing, and coaching recruiters to build 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.
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 and with People Partners, Compensation, Talent Management, Workforce Planning, Finance, Technology, and enterprise Talent Acquisition teams to deliver integrated talent solutions.
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 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 in Talent Acquisition transformation, process simplification, technology adoption, skills-based hiring, and operational excellence.
Identify opportunities to evolve the Talent Acquisition operating model, leverage technology, and deliver greater value to the business.
Influence senior stakeholders, develop people and leaders, and contribute to the future direction of Talent Acquisition at S&P Global.