Product Implementation Specialist, VP II - State Street Investment Management

State Street • Boston, MA

4d • $110,000 - $188,750

About The Position

State Street Investment Management is seeking a Product Implementation Specialist to join the Product Implementation team within the Chief Operating Officer organization. This hands-on, delivery-focused role supports operational design and the launch of new investment products, working closely with Product Innovation, Technology and Operations, Risk, Compliance, strategic partners, and service providers. The specialist contributes to implementation workstreams and solution design, progressing products from design through launch within established governance and direction set by senior leadership.

Requirements

• 8–15 years of experience in financial services, with practical experience in investment management product implementation, technology, operations, or change delivery.
• Detailed working knowledge of investment fund structures and vehicles, such as mutual funds, trusts, ETPs, alternatives, and interval funds.
• Strong expertise in exchange-traded products, including legal and fund structures, creation/redemption workflows, service-provider ecosystems, and regulatory and governance requirements.
• Experience contributing to operating model design, process definition, or complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong project execution skills, with high attention to detail and follow-through.
• Clear, structured communication skills and comfort working with stakeholders at varying levels of seniority.
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment while managing multiple workstreams concurrently.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Visio for documenting workflows and operating model designs.
• Undergraduate degree required.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to digital assets, tokenization, or technology-enabled product structures.
• Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to hands-on delivery of new product implementations, including operating model design, readiness assessments, and launch execution.
• Assess new product proposals against operational, technology, risk, and control capabilities; identify gaps and required actions; and recommend implementation timelines.
• Help define and document end-to-end product operating models, solution blueprints, and process flows, using knowledge of current-state application usage and data flows across the front, middle, and back office.
• Coordinate implementation activities across product, technology, operations, risk, compliance, and external service providers.
• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues, escalating as appropriate to senior team members or management.
• Maintain detailed implementation plans and support governance forums and delivery reporting.
• Support product launches through testing coordination, documentation readiness, and operational hand-off activities.
• Contribute expertise on fund structures, vehicles, and lifecycle events, including emerging digital or tokenized structures where relevant.
• Identify opportunities to improve implementation processes, templates, and tooling based on execution experience.

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
• Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and optional additional coverages.
• 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 certain sales roles excluded and subject to sales incentive plans.
• Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans.
• Inclusive development opportunities.
• Flexible work-life support.
• Paid volunteer days.
• Employee networks.

What This Job Offers

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