Global People Integration Lead

S&P Global, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global Ratings is seeking a Global Business Partner to lead the People workstream for the 12-month integration of an acquisition. You will translate the integration strategy into a clear people plan, ensuring continuity, retention of critical talent, and smooth change management across functions.

Working with Employment Relations, Legal, Payroll, Benefits, Talent Acquisition and Global Mobility, you will drive governance, data migration, and harmonization of terms while partnering with

Qualifications

• 10+ years of global People experience in a corporate environment.
• Experience with acquisition, merger, divestiture, or large-scale workforce integration activities.
• Knowledge of organization design, employee transfer processes, reward harmonization, and talent retention strategies.
• Strong programme management and ability to deliver multiple workstreams to milestones.
• Advanced communication skills for executives, managers and employees.
• Experience partnering across multiple jurisdictions with Legal and People teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional People workstreams in a matrixed environment.
• Ability to identify risks and drive resolution in ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the end-to-end People integration plan with milestones, dependencies, decision points, and risk management.
• Partner with integration leaders to translate business objectives into workforce, organization, and talent priorities.
• Lead People due diligence follow-through and identify material risks and requirements.
• Design future-state organization and workforce transition including cost implications and location considerations.
• Coordinate employee transfer and onboarding with Employment Relations, Legal, Payroll, Benefits, and Talent Acquisition.
• Assess compensation, benefits, terms, and policies; develop harmonization recommendations and transition arrangements.
• Develop and execute comprehensive People change and communications plans for leaders and employees.
• Identify critical talent and retention risks; partner on retention strategies and succession planning.
• Coach leaders through integration decisions and drive culture and ways of working integration.
• Oversee high-risk employee relations and ensure core People processes are integrated (PM, development, recruitment, rewards, payroll).
• Support data migration and reporting with privacy controls; establish governance and reporting.

Skills

Global experience

Change management

Program management

Acquisition integration

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

People analytics

Job description

S&P Global Ratings is seeking a Global Business Partner to lead the People workstream for the 12-month integration of an acquisition. You will translate the integration strategy into a clear people plan, ensuring continuity, retention of critical talent, and smooth change management across functions.

Working with Employment Relations, Legal, Payroll, Benefits, Talent Acquisition and Global Mobility, you will drive governance, data migration, and harmonization of terms while partnering with