Licensing strategy lead

Company:  S&P Global
Location: Boston
Closing Date: 21/10/2024
Salary: £125 - £150 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use): 12

The Team: S&P Global Market Intelligence offers a comprehensive suite of credit solutions designed to help organizations across the globe assess and manage credit risk. Credit & Risk Solutions (C&RS) is the commercial arm within Market Intelligence Division that sells Ratings' credit ratings and related data and research, advanced analytics, and financial risk solutions which includes subscription-based offerings, RatingsXpress, RatingsDirect and Credit Analytics. The C&RS business has a strategic plan to be a $1 Billion business globally by 2026 and is a significant contributor to the overall growth of the Market Intelligence Division.

Responsibilities and Impact:

The Licensing Compliance Lead will play a key role to support deals involving domestic and international clients from a broad array of customer segments, to include Investment Management, Investment Banking, Insurance, Commercial Banking, Non-Financial Corporates, and Government Agencies. He/she/they will work closely with Product, Commercial, and Legal teams to generate sales leads, mitigate losses, and help enforce licensing governance and compliance by reviewing and evaluating licensing deal terms and contracts and assist in protecting S&P's proprietary data rights. Key responsibilities include:

  1. Support Commercial teams across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC by providing expert insights on licensing terms, deals analysis, and assisting with negotiations for new and existing Credit Solutions licensing agreements.
  2. Draft, review, and negotiate legal contracts to ensure consistency related to deal terms and pricing across clients and industries.
  3. Evaluate and provide recommendations related to non-standard deal terms.
  4. Identify and create new sale opportunities for the Commercial teams and help mitigate losses.
  5. Provide recommendations on courses of action for escalations from the Commercial team related to potential unlicensed or non-permitted use.
  6. Support examination and internal and external audits by preparing documentation, providing responses, and supporting remediation of identified issues.
  7. Monitor and assess the adequacy of remediation activities and escalate past-due items.
  8. Promote a culture of compliance by educating stakeholders across the company on best practices.

What We're Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

  1. Juris Doctor (J.D.)
  2. Experience with legal contracts
  3. Strong commercial mindset and creative problem-solving ability
  4. Experience working with cross-functional teams, including Product, Sales, and Legal
  5. Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to build strong relationships and influence stakeholders.
  6. 5+ years of relevant experience in the financial services sector as a compliance, legal, or risk management professional
  7. Driven, self-directed person with an understanding of commercial contracts and value-based pricing concepts
  8. Team player with the ability to collaborate with commercial, legal, and regulatory teams; and guide and mentor team members
  9. Ability to turn high level requirements into execution plans with actionable steps, secure consensus from partners and follow through to execution.
  10. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  11. Curiosity to learn and adaptability to develop new skill sets
  12. Ability to work independently in fast-paced and ambiguous environments

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Excellent computer skills, including MS Office
  2. Understanding of banking and asset management functions.
  3. Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI), Excel, complex formulas, and pivot tables and experience in data analysis and reporting
  4. Fluency in foreign languages

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, and make decisions with conviction.

For more information, visit .

What's In It For You?

Our Purpose: Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. 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 can take 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:

  1. Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
  2. Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
  3. Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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: spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries .

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at S&P Global: At S&P Global, we believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation.

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: and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster describes discrimination protections under federal law.

Job ID: 304972

Posted On: 2024-08-13

Location: New York, New York, United States

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