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Position Overview:

IHS Markit’s Issuer Solutions team is seeking a highly consultative ESG expert to join its dynamic team in New York to support our global ESG strategy in the Americas. The role focuses on expanding on our existing ESG offerings, creating new, unique value to our clients with innovative products and services and ultimately achieving a compelling identity in the market.

The main mission is to establish our status as the leading provider of ESG data and advisory services to the issuer community among our peers in the top tier of information services and ESG advisory specialists. Success in this role will be determined by the candidate’s ability to support the development and launch of uniquely valuable ESG product offerings that differentiate us from our competitors and partner internally to define and commit to measurable sustainability and ESG goals for the company.

As ESG touches multiple aspects of our business, the selected candidate should have excellent judgment about market trends and client requirements and understand when to lead and push the company forward (into new ESG products, new business strategy), and when to support in the background (for example, facilitating consistent messaging in Investor Relations and Marketing materials, or advising on the expansion of existing ESG data and advisory offerings to complement reporting to industry standards that apply to our clients).

In addition, the successful candidate will navigate the emergence of regulatory activity and monitor the dynamic development of industry best practice around ESG with an eye towards positioning IHS Markit to build targeted, profitable products and advisory services, with a goal to link, liaise and integrate the Issuer Solutions ESG services with the other business units within the firm.

Responsibilities

• Proactively develop and support the global build of IHS Markit’s ESG service offering, function and structure for Issuer Solutions together with the Global Head of ESG to define the program and roles, and create framework for ESG advisory, products and messaging across the company with a focus on Issuer Solutions
• Create a business plan for scaling platform related ESG businesses as well as ESG advisory services including product, people, messaging, and corporate KPIs
• Analyze the competitive market and define IHS Markit’s best ESG opportunities to focus efforts for success in line with the global strategy.
• In close collaboration with sales, strategy and product teams across the organization, identify new products that will accelerate sales and drive the plan to achieve these milestones
• Lead and/or facilitate cross-functional teams on ESG messaging, products, pricing & packaging
• Liaise across the company as needed to facilitate profitable, impactful and holistic ESG activities and communications incl. our sustainable finance, ECR, energy, chemicals, agribusiness, automotive, financial service and regulatory teams
• Attend and speak at conferences, create a compelling public identity for IHS Markit on ESG to include speaking in public, writing or overseeing the writing of thought leadership, serving as a resource to sales, marketing and account management
• Partner with and train sales and account management as needed to use ESG to accelerate growth

Experience & Skills

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in corporate advisory positions, serving companies and their investor relations, sustainability or strategy departments in advisory capacity which also focused on ESG and sustainability related topics
• Deep understanding of the ESG market and their stakeholders (corporates, investors, NGO’s, legislation, third-party organizations) and their needs from a specialty data provider and advisory specialist in this area
• Preferably a proven rack record of successfully leading teams, ramping up and leading a new function and/or new team
• Rapport-building skills with senior decision makers as well as broader sales and consulting stakeholders
• Experience and understanding of ESG landscape, competition, regulatory and industry trends incl. understanding of TCFD, SASB, GRI, MSCI, Sustainalytics frameworks and datasets
• Strong work ethic, proactive, motivated self-starter and learner
• Capacity for differentiated thinking and ability to problem solve
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience in a collaborative, team based and results oriented environment
• Passionate about Sustainable Finance and ESG as an opportunity
• Commitment to team building and competitive success
• Motivated by challenges and a strong desire to learn
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with team members in other offices
• Attention to detail along with the ability to see the big picture
• Extensive knowledge of FactSet, Advanced MS Excel, Bloomberg Workstation, Microsoft PowerPoint and the motivation to learn new applications
• Fluent in English, additional language is an advantage