Middle Office Data Lead, Managing Director

State Street•Quincy, MA

1d•$170,000 - $252,500•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Data Integration Lead to lead an engagement, and corresponding execution, with one of State Street’s largest clients. This individual will serve as a senior integration leader responsible for shaping the target-state integration model between STT and the client, translating complex business and technical requirements into a clear, scalable, and well-governed integration strategy. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience leading large-scale integration programs in complex enterprise environments. This person must be equally comfortable engaging senior client stakeholders and internal teams across product, operations, architecture, technology, and delivery. The successful candidate will combine strong executive presence with deep technical and business fluency, including a strong grasp of data models, data schemas, integration architecture, workflow orchestration, and enterprise data strategy. This role requires a candidate who can lead thoughtful, structured discussions with a sophisticated client, define a pragmatic future-state roadmap with tangible milestones, and ensure that integration decisions support both client outcomes and State Street’s broader strategic objectives. The individual must also be able to distinguish between generic data requirements and proprietary State Street intellectual property, and navigate the engagement in a manner that protects STT’s strategic assets while advancing the client relationship. This role is critical to State Street as we work with a strategic client to define a target-state integration model that enables a more connected, scalable, and forward-looking operating environment. The Client Integration Lead will play a central role in shaping how STT and the client interact across data, workflows, and integration services, ensuring that the model is commercially credible, technically sound, and aligned with long-term enterprise direction. Success in this role will require balancing current-state realities with future-state aspirations. The Client Integration Lead will help define an integration approach that accounts for both traditional enterprise data integration patterns and more modern integration capabilities, while also incorporating bi-directional workflow interactions where operational processes must move seamlessly across organizational boundaries. This is a high-visibility role with meaningful impact across client strategy, integration design, enterprise architecture, delivery planning, and commercial engagement.

Requirements

Experience leading large-scale integration efforts in complex financial services or enterprise environments
Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, including batch-based, file-based, API-based, event-driven, and workflow-enabled integration models
Strong knowledge of data architecture principles, including data models, schemas, mapping strategies, canonical design, and business-versus-technical data requirements
The ability to connect business priorities with technical integration design in a way that is practical, scalable, and strategically aligned
Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to lead discussions with sophisticated clients and senior internal stakeholders
A disciplined and thoughtful approach to roadmap development, including the ability to define tangible milestones, dependencies, and sequencing across complex workstreams
Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and drive progress in a complex, matrixed environment
Strong commercial judgment, including the ability to engage clients constructively while protecting State Street intellectual property and strategic interests
High emotional intelligence, resilience, and the ability to maintain momentum in high-visibility client situations
A collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively across business, product, operations, architecture, and technology teams
Demonstrated alignment with State Street’s Enterprise Culture traits: Choose to Own It Break Through Silos Deliver Results Through Integrity Do Better Every Day Care for Colleagues, Clients, and Community
Bachelor’s degree in technology, engineering, business, finance, data management, or a related field required
12 years + experience in financial services presently in a leadership role, having managed large scale integration efforts
Extensive experience leading complex integration programs, enterprise architecture initiatives, or strategic client transformation efforts
Strong understanding of data strategy, data modeling, schema design, data mapping, and enterprise integration frameworks
Demonstrated experience working across both business and technical teams to translate client needs into structured solution roadmaps
Experience leading integration discussions with large, complex clients in a consultative and commercially aware manner
Proven ability to define target-state designs and phased implementation approaches for multi-year strategic programs
Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills, with the ability to build clear, executive-ready materials
Willingness and ability to travel as required

Responsibilities

Lead client-facing discussions to define the target-state integration model between STT and the client, including the data, workflow, and architectural principles that will govern the relationship
Act as the senior integration partner for the engagement, bringing structure, clarity, and leadership to discussions with client executives and internal stakeholders
Translate client business requirements into a coherent integration strategy, roadmap, and milestone-based execution approach
Define integration approaches that accommodate both traditional data integration patterns and modern integration models, including API-led, event-driven, and service-based approaches where appropriate
Shape integration designs that support bi-directional workflow capabilities between State Street and the client, ensuring that data movement and process interaction are aligned end to end
Lead discussions on data models, data schemas, canonical structures, data ownership, and data strategy from both business and technical perspectives
Assess client requirements against State Street’s current capabilities, strategic direction, and architectural guardrails to ensure proposed solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with enterprise priorities
Establish a clear distinction between generic client data requirements and State Street intellectual property, ensuring that engagement, design, and documentation practices appropriately protect STT proprietary assets
Partner closely with product, operations, architecture, security, legal, and technology teams to align internal stakeholders around the integration strategy and engagement approach
Drive the development of interim, transitional, and target-state integration concepts that support client objectives while minimizing unnecessary complexity and long-term rework
Create clear, concise materials that support executive discussions, integration governance, decision-making, and roadmap alignment
Provide transparent reporting on progress, risks, dependencies, issues, and decisions to senior leadership and key stakeholders
Identify critical integration dependencies, sequencing considerations, and milestone commitments needed to advance the target-state model in a disciplined and measurable way
Support a repeatable and scalable integration approach that can strengthen strategic client engagement while reinforcing State Street’s architectural and commercial guardrails
Ensure all integration planning and engagement activities comply with internal policy, legal, regulatory, security, and risk requirements

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
flexible Work Programs
development programs and educational support
paid volunteer days
matching gift programs
access to employee networks