Application Manager, VP - State Street Investment Management

State Street • Boston, MA

11d

About The Position

State Street Investment Management (IM), formerly known as State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), is seeking an application manager to govern Aladdin, a critical front office platform supporting the Active Fixed Income business. As SSIM continues to grow strategically and deliver new investment vehicles, there is continued product growth on this platform. We are seeking a Vice President, Application Manager to play a central role in maintaining and growing this platform. This individual will be responsible for the operational excellence of this platform for 200+ users, driving issue resolution, user adoption, and strategic growth to support new products and enhanced workflows. The position will engage with business and technology partners across State Street to ensure outcomes are delivered in line with IM’s strategic objectives. The VP will act as a key coordinator across internal teams and State Street affiliates to ensure business and process excellence of the platform. Candidate Profile Execution-Focused: Operates with a bias towards action in a complex environment while keeping broader strategic goals in view Collaborative Leader: Builds trust and drives alignment across business, technology, and partner teams Risk- and Control-Minded: Strong understanding of how to integrate risk frameworks into transformation programs Detail-Oriented & Disciplined: Brings rigor and structure to technical and operational tasks.

Requirements

• 10 years of experience in financial services technology
• Experience supporting Blackrock’s Aladdin platform.
• Deep understanding of investment management front-to-back investment lifecycle including portfolio management, trading, investment operations, and IBOR.
• Strong knowledge of risk and control frameworks, service-level oversight, and operational resiliency practices
• Demonstrated ability to drive complex, cross-functional projects
• Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

• Drive process excellence ensuring a smooth, timely, and accurate start of day.
• Work with internal support teams as well as Blackrock Solutions to provide support to Portfolio Managers, Traders, Operations, Risk, and Investment Oversight teams to prioritize, track and resolve issues with appropriate urgency.
• Support the Platform and Program Delivery teams with the on-boarding of new products and the delivery of new integrations to support additional workflows.
• Ensure risk excellence, including compliance with State Street regulatory requirements, third party monitoring, risk assessments, and DR/failover testing.

Benefits

• Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees