Engineering Lead - Product Development - Commercial Portfolio

About the Role:

As head of engineering over the Commercial Connectivity value stream you will be responsible for architecting, developing, and managing key enablers for the business's success. This includes Commercial Desktop, a new platform which integrates with Salesforce to support internal workflows across Ratings' Commercial and Finance teams, as well as a suite of shared business service and content distribution channels. Your work will enable internal teams to improve operational processes and is accountable for distribution of Ratings content to external platforms such as Ratings Website, Ratings360, RatingsDirect, and RatingsXpress.

You will engage with stakeholders across Ratings' Commercial and Finance functions. You'll work closely with stakeholders across S&P Global divisions and will establish a close working relationship with counterparts within the corporate technology team to align and support corporate and cross-divisional initiatives. You will manage a global staff of software engineers across value streams and partner with your Product Management and Quality peers to support agile scrum teams across the globe.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Development
  • Implement the overall technical strategy for product development, ensuring alignment with business objectives and market demands.
  • Architect high-performance, scalable, and reliable services that meet the needs of cross-functional teams, with a focus on modularity, maintainability, and reusability of solutions.
  • Collaborate with product management, design, and other stakeholders to define product roadmaps and ensure timely, high-quality delivery of features.
  • Oversee the development of new product features and enhancements, ensuring that they are scalable, reliable, and meet customer needs.
• Leadership & Team Development
  • Lead and inspire a team of software engineers, architects, and engineering managers, ensuring high performance and professional growth.
  • Cultivate a high-performance culture, emphasizing accountability, innovation, collaboration, and quality.
  • Establish and maintain development processes, methodologies, and best practices that ensure high-quality product delivery and operational efficiency.
  • Mentor and guide engineering leadership, providing direction on both technical and operational aspects of product development.
• Technical Oversight & Innovation
  • Oversee the architecture and design of complex software systems, ensuring robust and scalable solutions.
  • Balance technical priorities with business goals to deliver innovative products while ensuring operational efficiency.
  • Lead the adoption of modern technologies, tools, and frameworks that improve software performance, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to drive innovation within the engineering team.
• Cross Functional Collaboration
  • Serve as the primary technical liaison between engineering, senior leadership, other departments, other divisions, and corporate stakeholders to ensure clear communication and alignment on priorities.
  • Partner with product management, UX/UI design, marketing, and other cross-functional teams to align on product vision, goals, and deliverables.
  • Manage and resolve dependencies across teams, ensuring smooth and efficient project execution.
• Operational Excellence & Risk Management
  • Identify and mitigate technical risks and obstacles, ensuring that the product development pipeline runs smoothly and efficiently.
  • Ensure the security, performance, and scalability of products through proactive monitoring and improvements.
  • Ensure adherence to high coding standards, software quality, and efficient development processes, including continuous integration and deployment practices.
  • Implement key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the progress of product development initiatives, ensuring milestones are met.

Qualifications:

Experience: 15+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5+ years in a senior leadership role and managing software teams. Proven track record of leading and scaling engineering teams in a product-focused environment. Extensive experience in software development lifecycle management, from product conception through deployment and iteration. Experience in managing large-scale, complex product development efforts and ensuring cross-functional team alignment.

Technical Skills: Strong technical background with hands-on experience in modern software development technologies (e.g., Java, Python, microservices, cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, etc.). Expertise in software architecture, data architecture, and system design, with an ability to lead and influence technical decision-making. Drive innovation toward building high-scalable, real-time data pipelines and data distribution solutions. Experience with enterprise integration patterns, including event-driven architectures and messaging systems.

Leadership & Collaboration: Comfortable acting as the primary interface with senior leaders, stakeholders, and executives, driving consensus across competing objectives. Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and engage teams across multiple disciplines. Manage multiple stakeholders, complex projects, and large cross-product collaborations. Influence peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams. Ability to balance short-term tactical needs with long-term strategic goals.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).