Head of Strategic Transformation, EVP

State Street • Boston, MA

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About The Position

Head of Strategic Transformation, EVP Across the globe, State Street operates at the core of the international financial system as a Global Systematically Important Bank (G‑SIB) and leading global trust bank. We partner with the world’s foremost asset owners, asset managers, and official institutions, safeguarding and servicing capital at true institutional scale. State Street oversees approximately $54 trillion in assets under custody and administration, underscoring the criticality, complexity, and systemic importance of our role. We are seeking an exceptional Head of Strategic Transformation to lead enterprise‑wide change and define how a globally systemic institution evolves its operating model, execution discipline, and strategic capabilities. Reporting into the firm’s senior leadership, this role will drive large‑scale, multi‑year transformation across State Street, partnering closely with the Executive Leadership Team, business and corporate function leaders, and Global Technology Services to deliver the enterprise transformation agenda. The mandate includes strengthening operational excellence and enabling sustainable growth, ensuring the firm continues to operate with resilience, agility, and competitive advantage in an increasingly complex regulatory, technological, and market environment. Why this role is important to us State Street is executing a multi-year enterprise transformation to modernize platforms, processes, and ways of working while maintaining the highest standards of risk management, resiliency, and client service. The Head of Strategic Transformation serves as a central catalyst for this change, ensuring enterprise initiatives are aligned to business outcomes, regulatory expectations, and evolving client needs. This role is instrumental in positioning State Street as a next-generation financial services institution by applying industry leading practices and responsibly leveraging advanced technologies such as cloud, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and automation.

Requirements

• 20+ years of progressive experience in financial services, management consulting, or enterprise transformation roles within complex, highly regulated environments.
• Demonstrated success leading and execution large-scale, global transformation programs with measurable business outcomes.
• Deep expertise in operating model transformation, digital strategy, data, automation, AI, and modern delivery practices.
• Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks, risk management, and control environments.
• Exceptional executive presence, communication, and ability to influence large, matrixed organizations.
• Proven ability to implement Agile and SDLC/PDLC practices at scale, including defining and operationalizing governance, standard delivery practices, and end-to-end lifecycle controls across multiple teams with significant interdependencies; drives continuous improvement through metrics, coaching, and disciplined execution
• Proven ability to engage, manage, and influence senior stakeholders, including the Board of Directors, regulators, and other external authorities, with credibility, sound judgment, and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise transformation strategy → executable roadmap
• Execute global change across Technology, Data, and Operations
• Stand up and run a world-class Transformation Management Office
• Scale Agile and product-centric ways of working
• Embed data, AI, and emerging technologies—safely and at scale
• Operate in a highly regulated, client-critical environment

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
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees