Managing Director, Sector Lead - Non-Bank Financial Institutions, New York, Colorado, and Toronto

S&P Global•New York, NY

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Managing Director, Sector Lead will serve as the analytical leader for the North America Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFI) team within S&P Global Ratings’ Financial Services practice. The role leads the development and delivery of independent, forward-looking credit opinions and differentiated sector insights, while fostering analytical excellence, customer service, talent development, and collaboration across sectors and regions. The position translates issuer and sector developments into clear, evidence-based analysis and thematic perspectives for internal and external audiences. It applies data, advanced analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve the depth, speed, consistency, and scalability of analytical work, while maintaining independence, objectivity, strong controls, and governance. The Sector Lead engages with management teams, investors, regulators, intermediaries, and other market participants, and partners with Methodology, Research & Development, Global Analytics, and Research teams. The role also leads Private Markets initiatives and participates in key analytical forums. The role is based in New York, Colorado, or Toronto. Employees must work from an office at least two days per week, and finalists must attend at least one in-person interview. The position is limited to people with an indefinite right to work in the United States.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
Typically 10 or more years of relevant experience in credit analysis or financial services.
Recognized analytical leadership and ability to develop differentiated, decision-useful sector commentary and thematic insights.
Ability to translate complex developments into concise, evidence-based narratives.
Proven ability to represent an analytical perspective with senior external stakeholders and build trust through clear, rigorous, consistent engagement.
Ability to connect issuer and sector developments to forward-looking risks and emerging trends.
Ability to oversee analytical innovation while balancing efficiency and consistency with strong analytical discipline and governance.
Ability to coach and develop analytical talent at multiple levels.
Ability to partner effectively with Methodology and Research & Development teams.
Indefinite right to work in the United States.
Ability to attend at least one in-person interview at a nearby S&P Global Ratings office if selected as a finalist.
Work from an office at least two days per week.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Professional certification such as CFA.
Academic background that supports innovative and critical thinking, including backgrounds outside traditional finance disciplines.

Responsibilities

Lead the North America Non-Bank Financial Institutions team and foster a culture of customer service excellence, strong analytical decision-making, talent development, collaboration, and business transformation.
Lead the production of differentiated credit insights for the NBFI sector and broader research drawing on analytics across Financial Services, Global Analytics, Research, and Methodologies teams.
Drive analytical decision-making that considers broader risk assessment, market dynamics, and innovation in financing structures.
Deliver clear, thoughtful analysis to issuers, investors, intermediaries, and other influential market participants with speed and agility.
Identify opportunities to redesign workflows, embed automation and AI, and scale repeatable analysis while maintaining analytical discipline, controls, and governance.
Lead market-relevant, forward-looking sector analysis and translate issuer and sector developments into decision-ready analytical and thematic perspectives.
Represent S&P Global Ratings’ analytical perspective with senior external stakeholders while upholding independence, objectivity, and analytical integrity.
Partner with Methodology and Research & Development teams to support consistent global criteria interpretation and application, and contribute sector insights to strengthen analytical frameworks.
Coach and mentor analysts and senior analysts, developing sector expertise, credit judgment, market engagement, and modern analytical capabilities.
Collaborate across sectors, regions, and asset classes to share best practices, improve global analytical consistency, and address complex cross-market developments.
Connect issuer and sector developments to forward-looking risks and emerging trends that inform monitoring, research, and rating committee discussions.
Oversee and contribute to innovation in sector analysis to improve efficiency, consistency, and decision-making.
Lead Private Markets initiatives and participate in key analytical forums.