Managing Editor

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

11

The Role: Managing Editor, Atlantic LNG

The Team/The Business: The Atlantic LNG team, with market reporters based in London, Houston and Mexico City, is responsible for producing price assessments, market-related news and analysis, and deep customer engagement for the Atlantic Basin.

The Atlantic Basin LNG trade is a major part of the global trade of this rapidly-growing commodity market-- with constant changes in LNG flows, contracts and market structure. The team is passionate about markets and market evolution. It is nimble in engaging market participants and developing industry sources, and collaborative as a team and across S&P Global Commodity Insights.

The Impact: We are looking for a dynamic and energetic individual to help enhance LNG benchmarks in the Atlantic, and explain SPGCI’s role in the regional LNG markets. LNG is one of the fast-growing part of the Market Reporting and Trading Solutions (MRTS) business and has a high degree of industry focus.

What’s in it for you:

• Be at the heart of benchmark development

• Engage senior market stakeholders

• Increase expertise in the world’s fastest-growing hydrocarbon market

• Manage a dynamic and energetic team

Responsibilities:

Manage regional markets coverage

The Managing Editor leads the development of LNG benchmarks for Europe and US and expands market coverage in Atlantic LNG markets. This senior role will lead the development of strategies around Atlantic LNG market coverage to build and strengthen new and existing benchmarks that drive growth and create customer value. Additionally, the role holder will ensure thorough and innovative coverage of markets, including leading innovation and coverage of new market spaces, and will be responsible for engaging with customers, senior stakeholders across the markets, regulators and senior members of the company.

Regular responsibilities involve driving change and evolution of our assessment specifications and methodology, staying closely engaged with our key benchmark initiatives, leading critical projects and ensuring all editorial standards are closely followed. In addition, the Managing Editor will spur improvements in coverage. The Managing Editor will help develop sources and step in to cover where necessary.

Develop Staff and Talent on the team

The Managing Editor will coach and provide a sounding board for the Atlantic LNG team, encouraging high standards and enabling the team to operate to its capacity. The Managing Editor will foster a culture of execution, collaboration and productivity by providing regular constructive insights to the team. The individual will conduct managerial performance reviews, coach managers, empower team, foster collaboration, and encourage innovation—particularly in the use of Artificial Intelligence in daily workflow.

Develop data and content leadership

The Managing Editor should aim to become a thought leader in the Atlantic LNG market, contributing to commentaries, leading writing initiatives within the team such as longer-form stories, blogs and strategic output. The Managing Editor should help coach the team to ensure market-related news angles are well-covered, and ensure collaboration with all aspects of the MRTS content team. The manager will implement new content and support development of products aligned to Platts business goals and ensure relevance of content for customers

Engage with the industry:
The Managing Editor is responsible for leading market engagement with market sources (existing and prospective) around the EMEA and Americas regions. Act as global ambassador for LNG. Engage with regulators, customers, industry and media to educate the groups on the value Platts offers to the commodity markets. The Managing Editor should find and nurture new market sources; maintain a good relationship with existing sources as well as ensure all source contacts are handled according to editorial standards and best practices. The manager will also represent SPGCI to its customers to ensure relevance, customer growth & loyalty and an improved understanding of the business.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications

• Experience of relevant market reporting, analysis or consultancy background in the European energy (LNG, oil, gas) industry

• Proven strong interpersonal and relationship building skills and ability to influence at the highest levels within organisations. Able to work with globally distributed market participants, senior level regulators and internal (highly matrixes) teams.

• Clear, concise English writing skills. Any additional language skills are a plus

• Strong numeracy skills and the ability to apply basic math functions in Excel

• Ability to identify talent and nurture development within and across teams to ensure succession plans are actionable as needed.

• Excellent at identifying improvements and efficiencies and implementing processes that continually promote productivity and quality improvements.

• Solid understanding of economics principles and of risk management principles

• Minimum 4-6 years’ experience of global commodity markets

• Ability to react quickly to changing market conditions, and perform well with tight deadlines

• Fluency in one or more of the following languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic preferred

• Experience in speaking with external media preferred

• Degree in Journalism, Business or Finance preferred

About S&P Global Commodity Insights
At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.

We’re a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators to co-create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights’ coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.

S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

For more information, visit http://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights.

What’s In It For You?

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

We’re more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we’re able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:
 

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world’s leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• 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: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at S&P Global:
At S&P Global, we believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation – Powering Global Markets. Our commitment centers on our global workforce, ensuring that our people are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. It doesn’t stop there, we strive to better reflect and serve the communities in which we live and work, and advocate for greater opportunity for all.
 

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