Global Head of Data & AI Strategy and Product Management, SVP
About The Position
Act as the enterprise product and portfolio leader for Data & AI, defining strategy, owning the roadmap, and ensuring disciplined execution and value realization—while delivering clear, compelling communication to internal and external stakeholders. The Head of Data & AI Strategy, Portfolio & Value serves as the central product and portfolio management authority for all Data & AI initiatives across State Street. This role operates at the intersection of strategy, product management, and executive communication, ensuring that Data & AI investments are strategically aligned to business priorities, structured as coherent, product-oriented roadmaps, transparently tracked and measured for value, and effectively communicated to employees, clients, and investors. The role requires a leader who combines deep understanding of data and AI platforms with modern product management discipline and the ability to deliver high-quality executive narratives and artifacts. This leader will run a small, high-impact team responsible for managing the end-to-end Data & AI portfolio, driving roadmap clarity, and producing high-quality materials for executive, board, client, and investor consumption. Success is measured by clarity of strategy, portfolio discipline, roadmap execution, and quality of internal and external communication.
Requirements
- Senior leadership experience in product management, strategy, or portfolio leadership, preferably in leading technology firms or financial services/peer institutions.
- Strong background in data platforms and data strategy.
- Strong background in AI/ML, Generative AI, and emerging AI capabilities.
- Proven track record as a product-oriented leader, not just a strategist.
- Proven track record as a portfolio operator managing complex, cross-functional initiatives.
- Exceptional ability to create executive-level and external-facing content.
- Strong understanding of product roadmaps, user journeys, and platform adoption dynamics.
- Product-first thinker with strong strategic orientation.
- Highly structured, detail-oriented, and execution-focused.
- Exceptional communicator with ability to influence at the executive level.
- Comfortable operating across business, technology, and client contexts.
- Brings a high bar for quality, clarity, and storytelling.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the enterprise Data & AI strategy aligned to business priorities across State Street, platform-led transformation objectives, and emerging industry and technology trends.
- Translate strategy into clear product-aligned roadmaps across Data platforms, AI platforms (ML, GenAI, Agentic AI), and Enterprise AI use cases.
- Act as the enterprise product manager for the Data & AI portfolio, owning the end-to-end lifecycle including intake, shaping, prioritization, sequencing, and roadmap definition/maintenance.
- Structure initiatives as products and capabilities, not one-off projects, ensuring alignment across Platform teams (Data & AI Platforms) and Enablement teams.
- Maintain a single, integrated enterprise roadmap for Data & AI and drive deep tracking of delivery against roadmap commitments, including milestones, dependencies, and outcomes.
- Establish strong portfolio discipline through regular reviews, progress reporting, and issue escalation/resolution.
- Define and implement clear value realization frameworks, including revenue growth, cost efficiency, productivity gains, and client impact/experience, tracking outcomes at both initiative and portfolio levels.
- Own the creation of high-quality strategic and product narratives for executive leadership, Board, investor communications, and client engagement.
- Develop polished artifacts including strategy decks, roadmaps, capability models, and progress/value realization reports.
- Partner with Lines of Business to identify high-value opportunities, shape them into well-defined product use cases, and ensure strong linkage between business outcomes, platform capabilities, and roadmap priorities.
- Establish a lightweight but rigorous portfolio management operating model to drive consistency in initiative definition, prioritization criteria, tracking, and reporting.
- Build and lead a small, high-performing team covering product and portfolio management, strategy and roadmap planning, and executive communication/content development.
- Foster a culture of precision, clarity, strong execution discipline, and high-quality, polished output.
Benefits
- 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
- eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
- inclusive development opportunities
- flexible work-life support
- paid volunteer days
- vibrant employee networks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
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