Global Head of Communications, Mobility

About the Role

Grade Level (for internal use): 15

The Role: Global Head Communications, Mobility

Location: Centreville, VA (plans to relocate to Reston, VA in 2026)

The Team: Operating in 22 countries with accounting in 17 countries and 27 operating entities with offices in APAC, EMEA and North America (primarily Centreville VA and London, Ontario Canada). You will build your team as we evolve to a public company.

S&P Global announced the intent to separate our Mobility Segment into a standalone public company. For more information, visit

This role is based in Centreville, Virginia, with plans to relocate to Reston, Virginia, in 2026.

As the Global Head Communications, Mobility you will serve as the key Communications strategist and lead the Mobility’s Communications team. This role will involve advising the Mobility Executive Leadership Team, fostering a high-performance team culture while developing a strong leadership bench. You will shape and execute communication strategies that enhance and protect the company’s reputation and effectively engage with stakeholders including media, employees, investors, and customers.

This role reports to the S&P Global Chief Communications Officer for an interim timeframe and will ultimately report to the Mobility Chief Strategy Officer.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Driving strategic external and internal communications for the business lines and functions, leading a global team of communicators around the world.
• Working closely with the Mobility Executive Leadership Team and support functions including marketing, finance, people, and legal.
• Leading external communications for the division, developing strategic plans to enhance the business’s reputation and showcase Mobility to media globally.
• Connecting our people to our purpose by communicating divisional strategy and elevating the employee experience through internal communications.
• Building communication strategies that drive engagement in support of major strategic, financial, people and customer initiatives and change communications, aligned with business priorities.

Responsibilities, qualifications and other expectations are described below in the structured sections.

• Develop and execute the Mobility communications strategy, encompassing internal and external communications, aligned with Mobility’s strategy and goals.
• Build out the communications function for scale, effectiveness and results.
• Provide strategic thinking and direction to the CEO, leadership team and senior leaders in planning and executing external and internal communication programs.
• Lead communications in partnership with Investor Relations for earnings and investor days.
• Draft and secure approval for key messages delivered to regional, business, or large functional area employees, including change management and growth content.
• Provide hands-on support for leadership communications, coaching senior leaders, creating communication plans, publishing content across channels (e.g., intranet, email), and organizing town halls and events.
• Use employee feedback and metrics to identify trends and address engagement fluctuations.
• Create and lead the Mobility external communication strategy, overseeing global implementation of regional programs.
• Collaborate with spokespeople on high-profile external placements, including op-eds and broadcast opportunities.
• Identify market trends that influence communication programs and align accordingly.
• Lead reputational risk and crisis communications strategy to protect the company’s reputation with approved messaging.
• Create a metrics-driven reporting framework to demonstrate progress against the communications strategy to Mobility leadership.
• Manage media share of voice and tailor the program based on metrics.
• Manage the Communications team and support ongoing career development.

Basic

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Business, Finance, or related fields;
  Master’s degree preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in corporate or strategic communications in a related industry, preferably in a regulated and/or publicly…