Global Head, Architecture

S&P Global; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 177,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Flexible downtime

Continuous learning

Invest in Your Future

Family perks

Beyond the basics

Job summary

S&P Global Market Intelligence is seeking a senior technology lead to partner with the Head of Technology in shaping the technology direction of a complex, regulated financial-services estate. This hands-on principal engineer and architect role ensures strategy is grounded in engineering reality and operational outcomes.

You will work with senior engineers, platform teams, and product partners to turn strategy into real designs, and engage early in high-risk initiatives, including major

Qualifications

• 25+ years of experience building and operating systems in tier-1 banks, capital markets infrastructure, or regulated environments.
• Experience setting technology strategy and architecture for complex, regulated platforms in banking/financial services.
• Ability to define multi-year technology roadmaps with clear priorities based on business outcomes and regulatory needs.
• Sets and governs reference architectures, design standards, and architectural guardrails.
• Strong understanding of financial products, data and controls across end-to-end workflows.
• Experience designing distributed, event-driven, data-intensive systems at scale.
• Proficient with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and multi-region, multi-tenant designs.
• Knowledge of AI-enabled systems, explainability, and governance in regulated settings.
• Security and controls embedded in design, with identity and data protection focus.
• Coaches senior engineers and architects through problem solving and design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Shape technology direction for Enterprise Solutions in a regulated financial-services estate.
• Be hands-on as a principal engineer and architect, grounding strategy in engineering reality.
• Collaborate with Head of Technology, platform teams and product partners to turn strategy into buildable designs.
• Engage early in complex initiatives and lead during incidents and recovery efforts.
• Provide engineering authority across Enterprise Solutions, influencing architecture and delivery decisions.
• Balance long-term strategy with delivery constraints, resilience, and regulatory expectations.
• Present technology direction credibly to clients and senior stakeholders.

Skills

Technology strategy

Architecture leadership

Regulated environments

Engineering execution

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Data-driven platforms

Stakeholder communication

Incident response

Coaching engineers

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 complex, regulated, data-driven platforms, with strong experience in banking and financial services (public and private markets, syndicated lending, securities processing, counterparty and client lifecycle, regulatory reporting, or similar domains)

• Experienced in defining and owning multi-year technology strategies and roadmaps, setting clear priorities and sequencing change based on business outcomes, regulatory needs, and engineering reality

• Sets and governs reference architectures, design standards, and architectural guardrails, ensuring teams build in a consistent, scalable, and sustainable way.

• Strong understanding ofhow financial products, operational workflows, data, and controls work end-to-end, and uses that understanding to make sound system and platform design decisions

• Hasdemonstratedstrong judgment designing distributed, event-driven, and data-intensive systems, including how they scale, fail, recover, and isolate risk.

• Experienced with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and the trade-offs around managed services, multi-region and multi-tenant designs, data residency, cost, performance, and resilience.

• Knowledgeofadvancedand newarchitecturesand design paradigms e.g.agent-based systems, service abstractions, semantic data models, knowledge graphs, and where to apply or not.

• Experienced in ensuringAI-enabled systems are explainable, auditable, and operationally safe, with clear judgment on when AI isappropriate versusdeterministic or rules-based approaches.Strong understanding ofanalytics and AI in production (e.g. data quality, anomaly detection, fraud/AML, workflow automation) and understands what it takes to run these reliably in regulated environments.

• Designs with security and controls built in, with a strong understanding of identity, data protection, failure containment, and regulatory risk.

• Acts as a coach and multiplier for senior engineers and architects, raising the bar through hands-on problem solving, design reviews, and practical guidance rather than formal line management.

• Pragmatic, direct, and outcome focused. Leads through earned credibility and influence, is comfortable shaping decisions without authority, and communicates complex technical topics clearly to business, client, and regulatory audiences.

• Measures success by outcomes and evidence, not intent or presentation: technology strategy that translates into systems that work in production, reduce late-stagesurprisesand repeat incidents, scale and recover as designed, and stand up toreal operationaland regulatoryscrutiny.

Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $177,036 to $350,000. 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. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.

Right to Work Requirements:

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

Return to Work:

Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative, Restart, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

About S&P Global Market Intelligence

At S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global we understand the importance of accurate, deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, andmake decisions with conviction.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence.

What's In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We're committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world’s leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you cantake care of business. We care about our people. That's why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include:

• 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.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected andengaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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