Strategic Engagement & Intelligence Lead, EMEA Established Benchmarks

S&P Global; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Strategic Engagement & Intelligence Lead to elevate visibility in commodity markets across EMEA. This role involves leading engagement strategies, collaborating on projects, and contributing to market intelligence development. Candidates should possess a solid understanding of global commodity markets and strong communication skills. Flexible working arrangements and competitive benefits offered.

Benefits

Health care coverage

Generous time off

Access to continuous learning resources

Competitive pay and retirement planning

Family benefits and perks

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of market price and trade flows.
• Excellent leadership with a track record of execution.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagement strategy planning with regional and global teams.
• Execute engagement plans with strong presentation communication.
• Contribute to social media content development.

Skills

Understanding of EMEA and global commodities markets

Experience in price formation and methodology

Public speaking experience

Strong communication skills

Planning and time management skills

Multilingual capabilities

Education

Undergraduate degree

Job description

About the Role

Grade Level (for internal use): 11

The Role: Strategic Engagement & Intelligence Lead, EMEA Established Benchmarks

The Location: London, UK

The Team: Strategic Engagement & Intelligence Group, a part of Platts (MRTS) cross-commodity Market Development & Engagement Group (MD&E) is looking for a team member in the London to facilitate market engagement activities across the EMEA region for Established Benchmarks. The lead will be responsible for leading development of engagement plans, as well as ensuring execution of regional engagement activities. They will be tasked with leading external engagement with a focus on gathering intelligence, supporting our pricing initiatives and content development. The successful candidate will engage with key decision makers in related sectors and help develop engagement strategy in the region. They will have the opportunity to speak at external events. They will represent key commodity lines for Platts at key meetings as well as working on special projects as needed by the commodity pricing teams and in collaboration with other MD&E teams.

Impact

The Established Benchmarks SEIG lead will be a critical role to elevate Platts’ visibility in the EMEA commodity markets, as well as to help drive further market and methodology development globally and to educate markets on the importance and relevance of physical benchmarks. The role also ensures regular outreach to key market participants who are prioritized each year in our engagement benchmark scorecards. This role will importantly be involved in cross commodity projects such as alternative marine fuels.

What’s in it for you

• Cross departmental visibility
• Lead meetings and presentations to middle, senior and C‑suite managers of major companies and trading houses; industry associations and government officials.
• Develop and lead our go-to market engagement strategy for commodity pricing in Established Benchmarks for EMEA
• Develop strategic messaging for our EMEA engagements; distill and activate intelligence gathered in the course of engagements.
• Global leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagement strategy planning with the regional team and global teams
• Lead execution of the plan through establishment of meetings and supporting commercially requested meetings
• Learn details across the commodities portfolio to present across topics
• Collaborate with content‑commercial on the Value Add program
• Drive best practice for Market Engagement, including: development of high quality presentation content, development of high quality meeting notes, demonstrating strong presentation and meeting communication skills, demonstrate strong planning skills.
• Participate/collaborate in Methodology planning and development in the region
• Contribute to social media content development (blogs; podcasts; webinars)

What We’re Looking For

• Solid understanding of EMEA and global commodities markets
• Experience in price formation and methodology in those markets
• Previous experience in engaging clients or sources in markets
• Foundational experience with leadership and influencing skills
• Excellent planning and time management skills
• Strong communication skills including: Public speaking experience; good listening skills and strong written and oral capabilities
• Exercises critical thinking capabilities
• Multilingual capabilities a plus
• Willingness to travel approximately 30‑40% of the time

Basic Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree
• Market price experience with good understanding of trade flows and workings of global commodities markets
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent leadership
• Strong track‑record and ability to execute and collaborate across multiple teams
• Good time management and planning capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

Multilingual

Benefits

• 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment. If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: [e-mail] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person. US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf describes discrimination protections under federal law. Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision - https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay‑transp_English_formattedESQA508c.pdf