Associate Director - Talent Marketplace

S&P Global Inc.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 69,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global information provider is seeking an Associate Director to join their People team in the UK. This role involves acting as an internal consultant to implement workforce strategies and deliver innovative tech and AI solutions. The successful candidate will have over 5 years of experience in workforce planning and a strong background in technology product ownership. This position offers a competitive salary range of $93,144 to $160,911, along with a comprehensive benefits package including health and wellness perks.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible downtime

Continuous learning opportunities

Family-friendly perks

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in workforce planning or related fields.
• Experience in a complex, global organization.
• Proficiency in technology product development.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of data-driven and AI-enabled solutions.
• Support internal consulting engagements.
• Integrate analytics into organizational assessments.

Skills

Workforce planning

Business consultation

Program management

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field

Tools

Eightfold

Lightcast

Visier

Anaplan

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and pragmatic Associate Director, Talent Marketplace, to join S&P Global's People team. In this role, you will serve as an internal consultant to People Team stakeholders and implement organizational solutions that enable our strategy and accelerate performance. You will lead the delivery of data‑driven and Tech/AI‑enabled solutions and product‑own our Skills Intelligence and Talent Marketplace solutions to support people, leaders, and executives with a skills‑based, people‑forward approach.

Responsibilities and Impact

• Framework Development
  • Collaborate with the OPI team to build consistent frameworks, methodologies, and best practices for organizational planning.
  • Product‑own the delivery and roll‑out of our Skills Intelligence (via Lightcast) and Talent Marketplace (via Eightfold) solutions as part of our workforce strategy roll‑out.
  • Ensure these tools are integrated and utilized across all people team and business stakeholders.
• Workforce Strategy
  • Collaborate on research around the future of work at S&P Global and how we incorporate progressive people practices and programs into our workforce and people team strategy.
  • Deliver executive transformation storytelling inclusive of data‑driven insights and best practice research.
  • Own and execute the rollout of our Talent Marketplace solution and integrate this AI‑enabled tooling with our broader people strategy for optimal change and impact storytelling.
• Workforce / Organizational Planning
  • Support internal consulting engagements to People Partners, Finance Partners, and business stakeholders in achieving their people and financial objectives.
  • Integrate skills and talent marketplace analytics and insights into organizational health assessments, skill, and work assessments to understand supply and demand talent challenges.
  • Collaborate with People Analytics and Org Effectiveness to deliver critical job and work redesign engagements to support business operating model, process re‑engineering, and org design plans.
• Internal Consulting Services
  • Engage in internal consulting services to People Partners, Talent, and Learning partners with business stakeholders.
  • Work with Talent Acquisition to guide and optimize internal mobility strategy for enterprise.
  • Address specific organizational challenges by supporting tailored solutions and strategic advice in collaboration with people team partners.
• Data & Analytics Partnership
  • Partner with People Data and People Analytics to build data and analytics to guide KPIs and ROI for the skills intelligence and talent marketplace solutions.
  • Utilize external benchmarking and research sources to gather and present relevant industry insights relating to workforce planning.
  • Work with relevant vendor partners to scope and manage execution of roll‑out, product enhancement, and integration plans.
  • Collaborate with people data, people technology and AI+ strategists to deliver AI tooling to various people team stakeholders.
  • Work closely with People Analytics team to contribute to reports, dashboards, models, and tools that enhance the usage of workforce and organizational analytics as well as the integration of benchmarks, workforce planning best practices, and alternative data sets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in workforce planning, financial planning, technology product ownership, business consultation, or related fields.
• Some experience in a complex, global organization.
• Proficiency in technology product development and experience with business SaaS tools like Eightfold, Lightcast, Visier, Anaplan, etc. is highly preferred.
• Experience in program, transformation, or portfolio management; familiarity with Agile or iterative delivery approaches is a plus.
• Prior experience supporting or working closely with corporate/enterprise functions (e.g., Technology, Finance, Commercial, HR/People, Operations) is an advantage.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience working with both internal teams and external vendors or consultants.

Benefits

S&P Global provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes Health & Wellness, Flexible Downtime, Continuous Learning, Investment in Future, Family Friendly Perks, and Beyond the Basics with retail discounts, referral incentives, and small perks that can make a big difference.

Salary

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $93,144 to $160,911. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual's geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

Values

• Integrity, Discovery, Partnership