IT Delivery Lead, VP

State Street • Boston, MA

5d

About The Position

The IT Delivery Lead will serve as the technology delivery lead for State Street’s Agency Lending Data & Reporting application portfolio. The role leads strategic initiatives across data, reporting, analytics, application modernization, and business intelligence, and helps define and execute the portfolio’s technology roadmap. Working closely with business leads and SMEs, the role translates business priorities into technology initiatives and partners with engineering, architecture, data engineering, quality assurance, infrastructure, cybersecurity, operations, and other technology teams to deliver them.

The position supports the modernization of legacy reporting and Oracle data warehouse platforms, broader adoption of Databricks, cloud migration, API integrations, and development of scalable reporting and business intelligence capabilities. It also leads a global onshore and offshore team, develops staffing and organizational capabilities, and balances people leadership with program delivery, stakeholder management, and strategic planning. The work is intended to support trusted data and reporting for business users, clients, regulators, and downstream applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• 10 or more years of experience delivering enterprise technology solutions and complex business initiatives.
• 5 or more years of experience leading large-scale technology programs and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Strong technology delivery and program management skills, including the ability to establish clear plans and execute strategic objectives.
• Experience delivering enterprise data and reporting solutions and modernizing legacy data warehouse and reporting platforms while supporting ongoing business needs.
• Understanding of cloud architecture, data platforms, integration frameworks, and reporting technologies.
• Experience leading cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Working knowledge of AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
• Experience delivering solutions using Databricks or comparable cloud-based data platforms.
• Experience supporting Oracle databases and Oracle-based enterprise data warehouse environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data warehousing, Oracle database technologies, data lakehouse architectures, enterprise reporting, and data modeling concepts.
• Experience implementing API-based integrations and enterprise data services.
• Experience supporting BI platforms such as Cognos, Power BI, Tableau, or similar technologies.
• Understanding of semantic data models, business-layer views, reusable reporting frameworks, and self-service reporting architectures.
• Experience enabling self-service reporting and analytics for business users.
• Experience leading application development, data engineering, reporting, and production support teams.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Strong communication, leadership, stakeholder management, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated success leading geographically dispersed onshore and offshore teams.
• Proven experience hiring, developing, and leading teams supporting enterprise data, reporting, analytics, or application platforms.
• Experience managing employees and vendor resources in a global delivery model.
• Ability to balance people leadership with program delivery, stakeholder management, and strategic planning.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in financial services, securities services, asset management, banking, capital markets, or a related financial technology environment.
• PMP, SAFe, Scrum Master, AWS, Azure, or related certifications.
• Experience managing distributed teams across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific regions.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agency Lending data, reporting, analytics, and technology initiatives from planning through implementation and production support.
• Manage project scope, budgets, timelines, resource planning, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.
• Serve as the primary technology delivery lead for the Agency Lending Data & Reporting application portfolio.
• Prioritize initiatives, align technology investments, manage delivery commitments, and execute the portfolio strategy.
• Define and execute the Agency Lending Data & Reporting technology roadmap.
• Coordinate delivery across architecture, engineering, data engineering, QA, infrastructure, cybersecurity, production support, and operations teams.
• Drive modernization involving Oracle-based data warehouses, Databricks, reporting platforms, cloud technologies, and enterprise data solutions.
• Partner with architects and engineers to design scalable data and reporting solutions.
• Support development of a common reporting framework that enables Cognos, Power BI, and other BI platforms to consume consistent, governed data from Databricks.
• Lead API integration initiatives between Agency Lending applications and upstream and downstream enterprise platforms.
• Ensure compliance with technology standards, SDLC processes, operational controls, security requirements, and audit standards.
• Provide executive-level reporting on program status, risks, milestones, and delivery outcomes.
• Build, lead, and manage a global onshore and offshore team supporting Agency Lending data and reporting applications.
• Participate in recruiting, hiring, onboarding, performance management, coaching, and career development.
• Establish a high-performing team culture focused on accountability, collaboration, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Develop staffing strategies, resource plans, and organizational capabilities for current and future business priorities.
• Partner with vendors and offshore teams to meet delivery commitments, service levels, and quality standards.

Benefits

• Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match.
• Basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and optional additional insurance coverage.
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and leave for family care responsibilities.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Incentive compensation, including eligibility for annual performance-based awards, with stated exclusions for certain sales roles.
• Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans.
• Inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and employee networks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior