Description:

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:

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.
Draft, review, and negotiate legal contracts to ensure consistency related to deal terms and pricing across clients and industries. Evaluate and provide recommendations related to non-standard deal terms.
Identify and create new sale opportunities for the Commercial teams and help mitigate losses.
Provide recommendations on courses of action for escalations from the Commercial team related to potential unlicensed or non-permitted use.
Support examination and internal and external audits by preparing documentation, providing responses, and supporting remediation of identified issues. Monitor and assess the adequacy of remediation activities and escalate past-due items.
Promote a culture of compliance by educating stakeholders across the company on best practices.

What We're Looking For:
Basic Required Qualifications:

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

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

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