AWS Cloud Product Manager, Vice President

State Street•Princeton, NJ

8d•$120,000 - $217,500

About The Position

State Street is seeking a senior product leader for AWS Cloud Platform Engineering within its Cloud Platforms organization and Technology Platform Engineering and Operations function. Reporting directly to the Head of AWS Cloud platform, this role leads the vision and strategy for the firm’s enterprise AWS cloud platform in alignment with its hybrid multi-cloud strategy. The platform supports secure, scalable, resilient digital capabilities and operates under stringent governance, security, and regulatory expectations. The AWS Cloud Product Manager will lead the platform’s evolution toward a product-centric operating model through thoughtful, incremental change. The role partners closely with platform engineering and senior leaders to embed product thinking, improve developer and client experience, and promote shared ownership while maintaining delivery commitments. The position also balances innovation with platform stability, risk management, resilience, and cost efficiency. The role is based in a highly regulated financial-services context and involves setting platform priorities and investment direction, establishing reusable platform services, and improving outcomes across reliability, risk posture, developer experience, and cost. The stated annual salary range is $120,000–$217,500, with the applicable range potentially differing for work outside the primary location. Employees may participate in State Street’s benefits program, including a retirement savings plan with company match; insurance coverage; paid time off; access to an Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation eligibility; and certain tax-advantaged savings plans. State Street also describes inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and employee networks.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, information systems, management information systems, or an engineering discipline; equivalent work experience is also accepted.
15+ years of overall IT industry experience.
At least 5 years in product management, including experience with an IT platform, preferably cloud, in a highly regulated financial-services institution.
At least 3 years in a leadership role.
Strong product management experience owning platform products.
Demonstrated ability to lead gradual, large-scale operating-model transformations and manage change pragmatically and patiently.
Strong influencing skills in complex, federated organizations and ability to operate at executive level across engineering, security, risk, and finance.
Experience delivering in regulated financial environments and working with global regulatory bodies such as FRB, FCA, PRA, or MAS on cloud controls and compliance.
Working knowledge of a cloud platform and foundational compute, networking, security, and storage constructs.
Working knowledge of NIST 800-53, the Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix 4.0, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and regulatory frameworks such as GDPR and DORA.
Proven experience using Agile methodologies.
Customer obsession.

Nice To Haves

Cloud platform product-management experience, preferably with AWS.
Cloud platform transformation expertise.

Responsibilities

Define and own the long-term product vision and multi-year roadmap for the AWS cloud platform.
Lead the evolution toward a product-centric model through incremental, well-sequenced changes that maintain delivery stability.
Build trust-based partnerships with platform engineering teams to co-create the product operating model.
Balance transformation goals with current organizational maturity using a patient and pragmatic approach.
Enable teams to adopt product practices sustainably, including roadmaps, backlogs, and customer feedback loops.
Establish engagement mechanisms such as developer forums, feedback loops, and usage insights to refine platform priorities.
Represent the needs of AWS platform consumers at executive level across application, SRE, infrastructure, security, and other cross-functional teams.
Set product strategy for AWS platform capabilities, including account vending, networking, IAM, security guardrails, observability, automation, and service enablement.
Prioritize work by balancing enterprise risk, resilience, cost, and developer velocity.
Partner with senior engineering, architecture, security, risk, and finance leaders to align platform investments with business outcomes.
Establish platform success metrics and report outcomes regularly to executive technology leadership.
Embed security, compliance, and operational resilience as default capabilities across the AWS platform.
Influence enterprise cloud standards, operating models, and governance forums as the AWS platform product leader.

Benefits

401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
Basic life insurance
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Long-term disability insurance
Other optional insurance coverages
Paid vacation
Paid sick leave
Short-term disability
Family-care leave
Employee Assistance Program
Eligibility for annual performance-based awards, except 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