People Partner – Integration, Global Ratings Services (12-month FTC)

Grade Level (for internal use): 13 The Team:  The People Partner team at S&P Global Ratings is dedicated to fostering a People Forward culture, emphasizing diversity, collaboration, and community-driven decision-making. As part of our commitment to strategic execution, we seek a Global Business Partner who can provide exceptional support to the business ensuring alignment with our organizational goals. Responsibilities and Impact: This role will lead the People workstream for the 12-month integration of an acquisition into S&P Global Ratings. The People Partner will translate the integration strategy into a clear and coordinated people plan, helping to protect business continuity, retain critical capability and support employees and leaders through change. Working across the business, the People function and specialist partners, the role will drive timely decisions and disciplined execution across the employee lifecycle while ensuring legal, regulatory and policy requirements are met. Own and deliver the end-to-end People integration plan with clear milestones, dependencies, decision points, and risk management aligned to the overall acquisition integration programme Partner with integration leaders and senior stakeholders to translate business objectives into workforce, organization, and talent priorities for both the target firm and S&P Global Ratings Lead People due diligence follow-through, validate workforce information, and identify material people risks, obligations, and implementation requirements for integration Design future-state organization and workforce transition approach, including organization structures, role mapping, reporting lines, capability requirements, location considerations, and workforce cost implications Coordinate employee transfer and onboarding activities, partnering with Employment Relations, Legal, Payroll, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Global Mobility and other specialists to ensure compliant transition Assess compensation, benefits, employment terms, and people policies across both organizations; develop harmonization recommendations, transition arrangements, and clear escalation processes Develop and execute comprehensive People change and communications plan, including leader readiness, employee communications, consultation requirements, FAQs, and feedback channels Identify critical talent and retention risks; partner with leaders on retention strategies, succession planning, talent assessment, development, and knowledge-transfer actions Coach leaders and managers through integration decisions and employee impacts while leading culture and ways of working integration to support effective team alignment Oversee high-risk employee relations matters and ensure core People processes are integrated effectively, including performance management, talent development, recruitment, rewards, and payroll Work with People Technology, People Operations and data owners to support accurate employee-data migration, system access, records management, and reporting with appropriate privacy controls Establish integration governance and reporting, monitor progress and outcomes, partner across the People function for consistent experience, and plan sustainable handover with documented accountabilities Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates) S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $126,676 to $221,434. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here .

Basic Required Qualifications: 10+ years of relevant People experience in a global