Head of AWS Cloud Platforms, Managing Director

State Street•Quincy, MA

2d•$170,000 - $282,500

About The Position

We are seeking a senior technology leader to head AWS Cloud Platform Engineering within State Street’s broader Cloud Platforms organization. As a core component of our Technology Platform Engineering and Operations (TPEO) function, this role will report directly to the Head of Cloud Platforms. Our cloud platforms serve as the backbone for business innovation, enabling secure, scalable, and resilient digital capabilities across the firm. The successful candidate will partner closely with senior leadership to shape and execute strategic plans, while engineering and operating best-in-class AWS platforms that are secure, highly performant, and resilient in support of our business strategy. This Managing Director will serve as a pillar leader within the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), translating enterprise strategy into AWS-specific platform capabilities. The role is accountable for ensuring consistent execution of platform standards, controls, and product offerings across the firm while driving a product-centric, platform-as-a-service mindset. This leader brings: Deep AWS platform engineering expertise Strong product mindset (platform-as-a-product, service catalog, developer experience) Proven ability to create and scale high performing global engineering organizations in regulated environments. State Street’s cloud platforms are foundational to delivering modern, resilient financial services. The AWS Cloud Platform: Is a core component of the firm’s multi-hybrid cloud strategy Enables application modernization, developer velocity, and operational scale Must operate with strong governance, security, and regulatory compliance. This role ensures AWS platform capabilities: Align to enterprise platform strategy Are delivered consistently as reusable, scalable platform products Continuously improve in reliability, risk posture, developer experience, and cost efficiency.

Requirements

Proven experience leading large-scale AWS platform engineering organizations
Strong alignment to platform-as-a-product operating model
Deep expertise in: AWS landing zones and multi-account architecture, Identity, networking, and security controls, Observability and operational tooling
Demonstrated ability to: Deliver in regulated financial environments; Proven experience of working with global regulatory bodies like FRB, FCA, PRA, MAS etc around cloud controls and compliance
Balance speed, risk, and compliance
Align engineering execution to enterprise strategy
Strong stakeholder management across: Technology, Risk, Audit and Security, Lines of Business, Enterprise architecture and governance
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (CS, CE, CIS, IS, MIS, or engineering discipline) or equivalent work experience
15+ years overall IT industry experience with at least 5+ years in a role driving Cloud Strategy or Cloud platform engineering in a highly regulated financial services institution with a minimum of 3 years in a leadership role
Extensive working knowledge with AWS
Well versed with foundational constructs around Compute, Networking, Security and Storage
Experience with Entra as an IDP; Cloud Posture Management Tools like JupiterOne, Wiz; SIEM tools like Splunk.
Experience with IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD tooling viz Jenkins; Harness and other DevSecOps tooling.
Deep working knowledge of NIST 800-53, Cloud Security Alliance(CSA) Cloud control matrix (CCM 4.0), NIST CyberSecurity framework and knowledge of regulatory frameworks like GDPR, DORA etc
Proven execution experience using Agile methodologies.

Nice To Haves

Product Management experience will be an additional plus.

Responsibilities

Execute the AWS platform strategy aligned to the enterprise cloud roadmap
Own and evolve the AWS platform roadmap and service catalog, ensuring alignment with multi-cloud standards
Single threaded ownership of AWS cloud platforms with a product mindset. Drive adoption of platform services across application teams with clear business value
Establish and track metrics across: Platform adoption, Developer experience, Reliability and performance, Cost optimization
Own delivery and evolution of the AWS landing zone, consistent with enterprise guardrails and Cloud Security Alliance’s Cloud Control Matrix (4.0)
Proactively identifying and managing risks in the environments and driving hygiene in the environment through appropriate preventative and detective controls
Implement and enforce: Policy-as-code controls, Logging, monitoring, and compliance baselines, Multi-account governance and provisioning
Ensure AWS platform remains audit-ready and aligned to global regulatory expectations
Build and operate AWS platform products enabling self-service consumption: Compute, storage, networking, observability, and integration patterns
Deliver automation-first capabilities: Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD enablement, Zero click-ops provisioning
Partner with application and product teams to: Translate demand into standardized patterns, Improve developer productivity and reuse
Own AWS platform operational health and resilience
Lead: Incident management and root cause elimination, SLO/SLA definition and adherence, Resilience and DR/BCP readiness
Ensure strong observability, telemetry, and operational transparency
Manage AWS platform cost model, consumption, and optimization
Partner Finance/FinOps on: Budget alignment, Cost transparency and efficiency
Identify; build and nurture strategic partnerships with AWS and other third-party service providers to enhance platform capabilities and align to latest innovations in the market
Lead a global high performing AWS platform organization including: Platform engineering, SRE / operations, Architecture
Drive: Engineering excellence and automation-first culture, Clear accountability across engineering and operations, Alignment with enterprise governance and decision frameworks

Benefits

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)
eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
inclusive development opportunities
flexible work-life support
paid volunteer days
vibrant employee networks