# Head of Partnerships Governance

**Company**: S&P Global
**Location**: New York, NY
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $207,060 to $316,811
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

### About the Role:

As Head of Partnerships Governance, you will own and operate the enterprise-wide governance infrastructure that underpins the entire Partnerships function.

### Responsibilities and Impact

Reporting directly to the Head of Partnerships, your impact will include:

- Design, launch, and lead the Enterprise Partnerships Council (EPC) , establishing its charter, RACI, meeting cadence, and escalation protocol to give ELT-sponsored leadership a structured forum for reviewing high-risk, high-complexity, and non-standard partnership deals.

- Own the enterprise deal escalation policy: define escalation triggers, coordinate cross-divisional leadership review, and enforce consistent deal evaluation standards regardless of originating division.

- Build and operate a centralized, enterprise-wide partnership dashboard tracking compliance status, renewal timelines, fees, and usage metrics across the full partner portfolio , replacing fragmented, ad-hoc tracking processes.

- Partner with Legal and divisional audit teams to execute usage review and audit programs for key partners, identify out-of-policy usage, and drive a consistent, enterprise-wide enforcement posture.

- Develop and cascade partnership best-practice toolkits , including licensing playbooks, deal templates, and an exceptions policy , equipping divisional partnership teams with the tools to execute standardized, scalable partnership models.

- Protect S&P Global's IP and data assets across all partnership types by collaborating with Legal to prevent leakage and ensure licensing terms keep pace with evolving commercial and AI-enabled partnership models.

### Compensation/Benefits Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $207,060 to $316,811.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan and additional S&P Global benefits, including:

- 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: It’s not just about you. 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.

### What We're Looking For:

**Basic (Required) Qualifications**

- Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Law, or a related field.

- Experience: 10+ years of experience in a governance, risk, compliance, legal, or partnerships/licensing role within financial services or data/information services.

- Governance Expertise: Demonstrated experience designing or operating governance frameworks, escalation processes, or steering committees with senior/ELT-level stakeholder engagement.

- Reporting & Tracking Tools: Proven experience building or overseeing centralized tracking and reporting platforms (e.g., CRM, Power BI, or equivalent dashboards) across multiple business units.

- Data Licensing & IP: Demonstrated working knowledge of data licensing, IP protection, and usage-compliance principles, including in AI-enabled partnership contexts.

**Additional Preferred Qualifications**

- Advanced Degree: JD or MBA from an accredited institution.

- Enterprise Environment: Experience operating in a matrixed, multi-divisional enterprise with cross-functional senior leadership exposure.

- Executive Influence: Demonstrated ability to influence C-suite and senior legal stakeholders across multiple business divisions.

- AI & Advanced Tooling: Experience applying AI or advanced contract management tooling to automate contract term extraction, tracking, and governance workflows.

- Process Translation: Track record of converting governance principles into repeatable playbooks, deal templates, and scalable enforcement processes.

- Team Leadership: Experience building, coaching, and scaling a governance or compliance team in a growth-stage function.

- Commercial Models: Prior exposure to partnership commercial frameworks, including connector, usage/workflow, or volume-based fee structures.

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## Skills

### Required
- governance
- risk
- compliance
- legal
- partnerships
- licensing
- data governance
- IP protection

### Nice to have
- AI
- contract management
- team leadership
- commercial models
- process translation

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