Corporate Strategy, VP

State Street • Boston, MA

3d

About The Position

We are seeking a highly motivated, intellectually curious Vice President to join the Corporate Strategy team. Applicants will participate in complex strategy projects, working with senior leaders across the organization. Strong candidates for this role will have an ability and desire to think critically and problem solve. Typical projects could include strategy development, analyzing fintech opportunities for partnerships/acquisitions, market entry or exit, market segmentation, product / customer positioning and profitability, and capital investment decisions.
Why this role is important to us
The Corporate Strategy team plays a central role in shaping State Street’s future and ensuring its overall success. Across the globe, institutional investors rely on State Street to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. To make that happen, the Corporate Strategy team is at the center of setting the firm-wide strategic direction and evaluating some of the organization’s most critical strategic questions. State Street’s Corporate Strategy team provides strategic support and insight across State Street’s diverse business lines (e.g., investment management, custody services, data & analytics solutions, FX & treasury) to drive effective decision-making and action by senior management and the Board. This is a great opportunity to join a small, high-impact team with direct exposure to State Street’s senior management and Executive Committee. The group has a strong track-record of people migrating from Global Strategy to leadership roles across the firm.
Join us if making your mark in the financial services industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.

Requirements

• Intellectual curiosity
• Excellent critical-thinking skills with ability to structure and solve complex business problems
• Strong quantitative and qualitative problem-solving skills
• Highly motivated with a strong work-ethic
• Ability to clearly articulate ideas, both written and orally, to internal and external audiences
• Financial analysis skills consistent with MBA training
• Strong communication skills with the ability to use experience and analysis to gain support
• Proven leadership skills and ability to work independently and as a team member and coach to less-experienced team members
• Ability to manage multiple priorities at once in a fast-paced environment, including quick turn-around on high-priority items
• 6+ years of work experience. Top-tier strategy consulting experience preferred, particularly with exposure to Financial Services
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint and experience with generative AI tools

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred

Responsibilities

• Understanding the strategic issues faced by the business
• Running projects designed to assess and address those strategic issues: from framing up-front work plans to developing a project storyline to executing on the analyses and steps outlined in the plans
• Developing hypotheses and distilling complex information into clear, actionable insights for senior management
• Communicating results and findings to senior management
• Forming and owning relationships with key business and finance partners
• Engaging in “quick hit” deliverables for senior leadership
• Identifying business investment needs for purposes of financial planning and subsequent tracking
• Managing work across the team and mentoring less-experienced team members in a collaborative and challenging team environment focused on development and growth

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: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees