Global Head, Architecture

S&P Global; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global is seeking a senior technology lead/architect to shape the technology direction for a complex, regulated financial-services estate. This hands-on role requires engineering excellence and collaboration with senior leaders to turn strategy into realizable designs.

You will partner with the Head of Technology in Enterprise Solutions to ensure architecture, resilience, and regulatory alignment across multiple teams and domains, balancing long-term goals with near-term delivery constraints.

Qualifications

• 25+ years of experience building and operating systems in tier-1 banks, capital markets infrastructure, or similarly regulated, high-availability environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Head of Technology to shape technology direction for Enterprise Solutions.
• Lead as a hands-on principal engineer and architect, grounding strategy in engineering reality and operational outcomes.
• Collaborate with senior engineering leaders, platform teams, and product partners to translate strategy into buildable designs.
• Involvement in complex initiatives and major incidents, balancing speed, simplicity, and risk.
• Act as engineering authority across Enterprise Solutions, influencing architecture and delivery decisions across teams.

Skills

Principal engineer

Architectural leadership

Engineering strategy

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

15

The Team:

The Enterprise Solutions Technology division includes workflow solutions across Lending, Reg & Compliance, Global Markets and Software business. Enterprise Solutions provides industry-leading set of integrated tools, solutions and data services that help our clients make efficient investment decisions, operate with greater efficiency, and provide transparency across their business and to their key stakeholders.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• We are seeking asenior technology leaderto partner closely with the Head of Technology for Enterprise Solutions in shaping the technology direction of a complex, regulated financial-services estate.
• This is a hands-on principal engineer and architect role, not a pure governance or advisory architecture function. The role exists to ensure technology strategy is grounded in engineering reality, deep domain understanding, and operational outcomes.
• You will work directly with the Head of Technology to shape and refine strategy, stress-testing ideas against engineering, regulatory, and operational constraints. You will engage closely with senior engineering leaders, platform teams, and product partners to turn strategy into real designs that can be built and run.
• You will get involved early in complex or high-risk initiatives and step in when it matters most, including during major incidents and recovery efforts. A key part of the role is knowing when to push forward, when to simplify, and when to slow down or stop.
• You will act as the engineering authority across Enterprise Solutions, leading primarily through influence rather than line managementandthe role carries broad responsibility for shaping architecture, design, and delivery decisions across multiple teams and domains.
• You will balance long-term strategy with near-term delivery constraints, operational resilience, and regulatory expectations, and represent the technology direction with clients and senior stakeholders, explaining design choices and trade-offs clearly and credibly.Overall, this role strengthens the technology function by making strategy buildable, operable, and defensible.

What We’re Looking For:

• 25+ years of experience building and operating systems in tier-1 banks, capital markets infrastructure, or similarly regulated, high-availability environments. Has owned or deeply influenced production systems under real load, is comfortable reading and writing code, and works effectively alongside senior engineers.
• Experienced in setting technology strategy and architecture for