Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Timeline
Generic

Jamie Blakey

Virginia Beach

Summary

Head of Leadership Development and Performance with over 15 years of experience in driving enterprise strategy and performance initiatives. Responsible for designing scalable leadership solutions for 7,000+ leaders, enhancing organizational capability aligned with transformation goals. Recognized for excellence in program management and executive partnerships.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Leadership Development and Performance

S&P Global
04.2025 - Current
  • Enterprise people leader accountable for leadership development and performance strategy across S&P Global, serving 7,000+ People Leaders.
  • Owned enterprise leadership and performance initiatives aligned with business priorities and transformation goals, enhancing long-term capability.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to division heads and senior leaders, translating enterprise strategy into scalable leadership and performance solutions.
  • Lead and develop a high-performing team with full accountability for performance management, strategic direction, prioritization, and delivery excellence.
  • Led performance management enhancements, implementing feedback frameworks and evaluation tools to strengthen accountability.
  • Drove alignment across complex stakeholder groups through governance, executive communication, and senior-leader partnership.
  • Established and served as Product Owner for a strategic partnership with Harvard Business Impact, launching a flagship People Leader Development program recognized as the organization’s #1 priority initiative.

Head of Enterprise Learning

S&P Global
11.2023 - 04.2025
  • As Head of Enterprise Learning, led the strategic direction and execution of performance management, learning and development, and leadership development initiatives across S&P Global.
  • Led enterprise strategy for leadership development, performance management, and learning across a global workforce.
  • Developed leadership team to execute enterprise learning strategy and drive continuous improvement.
  • Designed and delivered leadership programs for high‑potential talent and senior leaders, strengthening succession and inclusive leadership capability.
  • Collaborated with HR, business leaders, and vendors to align learning investments with enterprise priorities and maximize impact.
  • Empowered talent growth and prepared workforce for future through organizational excellence initiatives.
  • Utilized analytics and stakeholder feedback to measure impact and optimize program effectiveness.
  • Received the CEO Excellence Award for launching an enterprise AI literacy program in partnership with Accenture.

Program Manager-Leadership Development

S&P Global
03.2022 - 11.2023
  • Manage enterprise leadership development programming for 7,000+ People Leaders.
  • Lead people leadership responsibilities for direct reports, supporting career growth, capability building, and stretch assignments.
  • Managed stakeholder relationships across divisions and business leaders to align programming with leader needs.
  • Coached and facilitated live workshops, curating learning experiences to meet divisional needs.
  • Oversaw program operations, including LMS, analytics, marketing strategy, measurement, and vendor management.

People Agile Senior Consultant

S&P Global
09.2019 - 03.2022
  • Created a holistic development strategy for 3,000+ global managers post-merger for IHS Markit.
  • Led enterprise onboarding project, creating a virtual experience for global team members.
  • Collaborated with divisional partners, aligning people, partners, and IT support for project success.
  • Conducted design thinking workshops to address global nuances and strategize execution.
  • Developed a change management plan to inform key stakeholders and presented updates regularly. change
  • Supported cohort-based program for new to mid-level leaders, managing content marketing and analytics.

Onboarding Senior Specialist

S&P Global
11.2017 - 09.2019
  • Partner with divisional onboarding leads to create division-specific new-hire onboarding content.
  • Developed onboarding content and facilitated orientation sessions to improve new-hire integration.
  • Enhanced the onboarding experience to align with business requirements.
  • Design and create training materials, online learning modules, and course materials for various initiatives.
  • Provide support to the Manager, Employee Engagement, on the administration of global company surveys.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

S&P Global
04.2016 - 11.2017
  • Work with Hiring Managers on Recruitment strategies and onboarding.
  • Sourced candidates on LinkedIn to assist recruiters in identifying high-quality talent.
  • Led initiatives to enhance recruitment workflows, focusing on efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Proposed and implemented improvements to recruitment processes, collaborating with the operations team to resolve workflow disputes.
  • Served as a company brand ambassador for the TA team, representing the organization to clients and vendors.
  • Delivered LinkedIn presentations at local universities and the SIP program, sharing insights with interns in Charlottesville.

Auto Underwriter

State Farm Insurance Inc
05.2014 - 04.2016
  • Evaluated insurance applications to determine risk levels and coverage eligibility.
  • Assessed customer risks and determined insurance eligibility by reviewing applications, existing business, statistical data, reports, and customer information.
  • Clarified underwriting guidelines and addressed client inquiries in collaboration with agents to enhance understanding and streamline processes.
  • Communicated decisions effectively to agents, ensuring a clear understanding of terms.
  • Monitored team production and inventory while participating in quality control checks to ensure compliance with underwriting standards.

Agency Recruiting

State Farm
11.2009 - 05.2014
  • Conducted behavior-based interviews to select candidates for the Agency Approval Candidate Pool and participated in information sessions to attract new Agency candidates.
  • Cultivated relationships with agency field leaders, agents, and centers of influence to align recruiting efforts with market strategies.
  • Analyzed zone and enterprise goals to diversify and strengthen agency force.
  • Assisted agency recruiters and agency career track specialists in defining and achieving business goals while contributing to new agency initiatives.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Management

Averett University

CO-Active Professional Coach Certification -

Co-Active Training Institute

Skills

  • Leadership development
  • Performance management
  • Change management
  • Learning impact measurement
  • Talent acquisition
  • Program and portfolio oversight
  • Enterprise stakeholder management
  • Executive partnership and collaboration
  • Executive governance
  • Vendor and strategic partnership leadership
  • Coaching facilitation

Accomplishments

CEO Circle of Excellence 1H 2025 - People Forward Award

Timeline

Head of Leadership Development and Performance

S&P Global
04.2025 - Current

Head of Enterprise Learning

S&P Global
11.2023 - 04.2025

Program Manager-Leadership Development

S&P Global
03.2022 - 11.2023

People Agile Senior Consultant

S&P Global
09.2019 - 03.2022

Onboarding Senior Specialist

S&P Global
11.2017 - 09.2019

Talent Acquisition Specialist

S&P Global
04.2016 - 11.2017

Auto Underwriter

State Farm Insurance Inc
05.2014 - 04.2016

Agency Recruiting

State Farm
11.2009 - 05.2014

Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Management

Averett University

CO-Active Professional Coach Certification -

Co-Active Training Institute
Jamie Blakey