Head of Developer Experience

S&P Global

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Work type
On-site
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$220,000–$350,000 / yr
Posted
21 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 6, 2027

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About S&P Global

S&P Global delivers Essential Intelligence® that shapes decision making. We provide the world’s leading organizations with the right data, connected technologies and expertise they need to move ahead.

S&P Global currently has 39 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Head of Developer Experience

JOB TITLE: Head of Developer Experience The Head of Developer Experience leads the Developer Experience and Product Enablement function within the Enterprise Technology & Platforms team. This leader will own the enterprise product and software development lifecycle toolchain, integrating product management and engineering into a single agentic PDLC. Key responsibilities include setting the enterprise strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities while managing the full lifecycle of software development platforms and product management tools. The role involves consolidating fragmented tooling, establishing a scalable support ecosystem, and governing AI-native development practices. Required expertise includes managing source code management, CI/CD, build engineering, and cloud development infrastructure. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency with tools like GitHub, Jira, Azure DevOps, Figma, and Playwright to solve the business problem of reducing fragmentation and closing handoff gaps between product intent and shipped software.

What you'll do

  • Set the enterprise Developer Experience and Product Enablement strategy, vision, and investment priorities.
  • Own the full lifecycle of enterprise software development platforms including CI/CD, source code management, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Manage the full lifecycle of enterprise product management tools including roadmapping, requirements authoring, and analytics.
  • Integrate product and engineering toolchains into a single agentic PDLC to create a traceable thread from insight to release.
  • Lead the consolidation of fragmented tooling, licenses, and support processes across the engineering and product estates.
  • Establish a scalable support ecosystem including developer portals, knowledge management, and AI-assisted triage.
  • Define and govern the enterprise approach to AI-native development, including approved tools and reusable agent workflows.
  • Create an enterprise measurement system for productivity using DORA metrics, cycle times, and practitioner sentiment.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a minimum of 15 years of progressive technology leadership experience.
  • Must have a proven track record of building and operating large-scale Developer Experience, DevSecOps, or software engineering enablement functions.
  • Must have held enterprise decision rights over tooling used by teams outside their own reporting line.
  • Must have direct ownership of modern product and software development lifecycle platforms in production.
  • Must have experience consolidating overlapping toolchains across multiple business units.
  • Must have experience rolling out AI-assisted development tooling to a developer population at scale.
  • Must have experience hiring and leading a globally distributed organization across platform engineering, product management, and analytics.
  • Must have an undergraduate degree; advanced degree or equivalent relevant experience is preferred (preferred).
  • Must have an indefinite right to work in the United States.

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