Executive Director, Data Architecture

The Enterprise Solutions Technology division includes workflow solutions across Lending, Reg & Compliance, Global Markets and Software business. Enterprise Solutions provides an industry-leading set of integrated tools, solutions and data services to help clients make efficient investment decisions, operate with greater efficiency, and provide transparency across their business and to key stakeholders.

We are seeking a Sr. Leader (Architect) to work across delivery pods within a segment, partnering closely with segment technology leads, senior engineers, and product teams to ensure systems are designed and built correctly. This is a hands-on architecture and engineering role, not a governance or review-only position. The role exists to ensure architectural decisions are grounded in real implementation constraints, carried through into code, and result in systems that perform reliably in production.

You will work, day to day, with delivery pods to shape designs, review and write code where needed, and resolve complex technical issues. You will be involved early in design discussions and remain engaged through build, release, and production operation. You will step in on complex integrations, performance issues, failures, and incidents, helping teams stabilize systems and improve them based on real production behaviour.

You will operate across multiple pods within a segment, influencing design and delivery through hands-on contribution, technical review, and earned credibility rather than formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Deep hands-on experience in one or more financial-services domains, such as public or private markets, syndicated lending, securities processing, counterparty or client lifecycle management, or regulatory reporting.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end workflows relevant to those domains (e.g. trade lifecycle, processing, reporting, reconciliation), and how data moves through systems.
• Experienced in building medium to long term technology roadmaps and strategy.
• Experience integrating and operating AI / ML, or agent-enabled components as part of broader systems, with attention to reliability, explainability, operational controls, and failure modes.
• Experience designing systems where data quality, lineage, controls, and auditability are required and visible, not implicit.
• Able to reason about domain-driven failure modes (late data, breaks, mismatches, reconciliation issues, regulatory deadlines) and design systems that surface and handle them cleanly.
• Acts as a domain-aware technical partner to segment leads and delivery teams.
• Strong experience designing and building distributed, data-intensive, and event-driven systems in financial services or similarly regulated environments.
• Hands-on experience producing detailed designs and reference implementations and working directly with teams to turn designs into running systems.
• Strong judgment around system behaviour in production, including performance, failure modes, resilience, recovery, and risk isolation.
• Practical experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), including managed services, multi-tenant designs, and cost/performance trade-offs.
• Hands-on experience in reviewing, writing, and improving production code, and working closely with senior engineers on complex problems.

What Are We Looking For

• 17+ years building and operating production systems, with depth increasing by level.
• Strong hands-on engineering background; comfortable being close to the code and delivery work.
• Pragmatic and delivery-focused; prioritises what works in practice over theoretical perfection.
• Communicates clearly with engineers, product partners, and segment leadership.
• Leads through credibility, presence, and technical contribution, not hierarchy.

Management Requirements

• Strong inter-personal skills required with ability to multitask and prioritize work.
• Strong People Leader. People Management skill is a must.

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.

Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence.

We are more than 35,000 strong worldwide. We value curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future. We are 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. We rely on integrity, a spirit of discovery, and close collaboration with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits

• 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: Retirement planning, continuing education with company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: Perks for partners and children, with family-focused benefits.
• Beyond the Basics: Retail discounts and referral incentive awards among other perks.

We are committed to fostering a connected and engaged 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.

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.