Senior Commercial Program Manager

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 13

**The Team**: This role is part of the Project GAIA global team at S&P Global Commodity Insights. This role will partner with a committee of stakeholders to build out the strategy, business plan and growth ideas for the project. The Senior Commercial Program manager will work across teams to drive execution between Business Lines, Commercial, Customer Experience, Operations, Legal and Technology. The business has a collaborative, and performance-driven atmosphere with an enterprising spirit. We value teamwork. You must be a collaborator to be successful within our organization that comprises of global colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experience.

What is in it for you? This is a high visibility role with the opportunity to work closely with functions across the business and the Commodity Insights Leadership Team, including Management Committee and their respective leadership teams. This person will influence the Commodity Insights business strategy globally and create a framework that will enable Commodity Insights to execute quickly and efficiently via an integrated plan to deliver against our financial, non-financial and strategic goals. Join our team. With us, you can make tomorrow more prosperous. New challenges to solve, new markets to navigate, and new possibilities to grow in your career. The opportunities are limitless at S&P Global-we are just waiting for you to seize them. We have a highly diverse workforce, a global perspective, and a "people first" culture. S&P Global Commodity Insights offers employees a competitive compensation program, a comprehensive benefits package, and a broad spectrum of professional development opportunities. As an employee, you are part of an organization with a long-standing legacy of journalistic independence and integrity, and a steadfast commitment to providing the markets with the highest quality, most timely and reliable information.

**Responsibilities**:
Strategy & Operations
- Strategy - Supports Project Sponsors and relevant stakeholders to understand, identify and evaluate new strategic opportunities and growth initiatives for Project GAIA
- Opportunity Evaluation - evaluating innovative ideas, assessing addressable market, transforming ideas into specific projects, development of project plans, allocation/prioritization of resources and monitoring progress. Some examples could include white space analysis, regional analysis, customer persona reviews, commercial go-to-market strategy, and campaigns etc.
- Special projects - Oversees strategic projects from development through successful execution in partnership with senior leadership.
- Business analyses - Conducts analysis to connect and interplay specific needs with applicable interdependencies across the Division and Enterprise, may also include analysis and review of cross-divisional synergy opportunities.
- Communications - Helps drive relevant communication agenda both internally and externally, preparing content for key audiences including Board of Directors, CEO, CFO, Executive Committee, client, and industry groups in close coordination with Project sponsors and relevant stakeholders.
- Create executive summary of milestones and challenges to be reviewed with Business Lines and Management Committee
- Present findings and recommendations to senior commercial leadership and CI leadership as needed
- Operations management, including:

- Manage program and project teams, and coordinate and delegate cross-project initiatives to ensure timely execution and project performance management.
- Manages day-to-day operations, actions, and prepare and organize content for internal and external senior engagements.
- Supports internal and external engagements, including summaries, written articles, speeches, memos, briefings, PowerPoint presentations and Excel analyses.

Stakeholder Relationships
- Partner with the other program managers (technology, product, etc.) to drive an aligned approach across functions for Project GAIA, while providing the commercial input and leadership for the working group
- Cultivates relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive agenda and strategic priorities and ensure alignment across key stakeholders.
- Partners with Finance to model and to define revenue and expenses for specific initiatives and new projects.
- Partner with other areas of the commercial organization, including on the pricing and packaging of the newly developing GAIA offerings.
- Partners with other functional areas as needed
- Participates in relevant committees and communities as appropriate.
- Ensures meetings are well prepared and documented before, during and after sessions.

Financial
- Tracks overall fiscal budget and key metrics for specific initiatives or projects.

Experience Required
- Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or master’s degree preferred or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 5 years of Project Management/Progr