Alpha Chief Product Officer, EVP

State Street•Boston, MA

15h

About The Position

State Street is seeking an accomplished product executive to own the integrated product strategy and roadmap across State Street Alpha and its businesses. The role sets priorities and makes investment trade-offs that balance client needs, platform scalability, and long-term growth as Alpha moves toward a standardized, product-led platform model. The successful candidate will bring experience scaling enterprise software and data products in the investment management industry and unify front-, middle-, and back-office product lines into a coherent front-to-back offering. Alpha Platform & Software is central to State Street’s growth strategy. Its front-to-back offering combines investment servicing, data, and markets with Charles River’s front-office capabilities. The Chief Product Officer sets the product agenda to turn this differentiation into client outcomes, revenue growth, and platform scale. The Chief Product Officer leads product strategy, portfolio investment decisions, lifecycle execution, governance, commercialization, and a global product management organization. The role partners with technology, Charles River Development, client and growth, and service delivery leaders; advances AI and data capabilities; and represents the product agenda with clients, prospects, regulators, and the State Street Operating Group. The position is a member of the Alpha Platform & Software leadership team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
At least 15 years of progressive product leadership experience in enterprise software, financial technology, or asset servicing, including significant executive-level experience.
Demonstrated ownership of a large, multi-product platform portfolio with full lifecycle and commercial accountability.
Direct experience with front-to-back investment operating models, order management and portfolio management systems, investment data platforms, or comparable institutional capabilities.
Proven record of scaling a global product organization and leading product transformation in a complex, regulated environment.
Experience as a member of a senior leadership team with board- and executive-level exposure.
Executive presence and credibility with sophisticated institutional clients and senior internal stakeholders.
Strong prioritization judgment, including the ability to decline work and sustain a focused roadmap.
Deep commercial acumen, including P&L orientation, pricing strategy, and revenue accountability.
Ability to lead through a global matrix and build alignment across technology, operations, delivery, and sales.
Collaborative, One State Street mindset focused on reducing fragmentation and strengthening ownership of client outcomes.
Strong risk excellence orientation and sound judgment on controls, regulatory expectations, and platform resilience.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Own the integrated, multi-year product strategy and roadmap across Alpha and Charles River Development, aligning priorities across front office, middle office, data, interfaces, and platform.
Make and defend portfolio investment trade-offs, balancing client commitments, platform scalability, technical debt, and long-term growth.
Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle, including strategy, definition, development, release readiness, and commercialization, with measurable KPIs and ownership of outcomes.
Partner with the Alpha Chief Technology Officer on architecture, engineering quality, modernization, and platform resilience.
Partner with the President & Head of Charles River Development on CRD product innovation and its integration into the Alpha platform.
Partner with the Chief Client & Growth Officer and the Head of Service Delivery to turn client demand and delivery feedback into roadmap priorities and improve the client experience.
Embed AI and data capabilities across the product set to advance client value responsibly and at scale.
Establish product governance, pricing and packaging discipline, and release readiness standards across the portfolio.
Lead, develop, and scale a global product management organization, including regional product leadership across EMEA, APAC, and Wealth.
Serve on the Alpha Platform & Software leadership team and represent the product agenda with clients, prospects, regulators, and the State Street Operating Group.

Benefits

Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match.
Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and optional additional coverages.
Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and family care responsibilities.
Access to an Employee Assistance Program.
Incentive compensation, including eligibility for annual performance-based awards, with certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans.
Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans.
Inclusive development opportunities.
Flexible work-life support.
Paid volunteer days.
Employee networks.