Product Manager - Enterprise Data Management Platform Services, Charles River Development, Assistant Vice President

State Street•Burlington, MA

2d•$90,000 - $157,500

About The Position

State Street Alpha is seeking an Assistant Vice President Product Manager to shape the next generation of its Enterprise Data Management (EDM) platform services. The role focuses on cloud-native, independently deployable data services that help investment firms master, govern and distribute data at scale. The product manager owns requirements and delivery for significant capability areas, including entity and identifier resolution, reference data management, extensible data models and release management. The role reports to the EDM product lead and works closely with engineering, architecture and client teams to translate business needs into prioritized features that deliver client value. State Street Alpha’s Data Platform is a SaaS platform supporting front-to-back investment workflows for global financial institutions. The position helps evolve data management services to be more modular, scalable and flexible to deploy, supporting business growth and safer, faster client releases. The role involves owning one or more EDM service capabilities from requirements through delivery; supporting the capability roadmap; defining requirements and acceptance criteria; establishing configurable data matching, resolution and mapping standards; preparing clients for new capabilities; gathering and validating client needs; managing priorities, trade-offs, dependencies and risks; facilitating design reviews and user acceptance testing; reporting delivery progress and outcomes; and guiding business analysts and junior product team members. Travel for client engagements is required as needed, approximately 20%, including internationally.

Requirements

At least 5 years of combined experience in product management or business analysis for software products.
Enterprise data management experience, including exposure to security master, entity resolution, identifier cross-referencing or reference data.
Strong knowledge of financial markets and the investment lifecycle, including securities, issuers, pricing, portfolios and transactions.
Proven ability to write high-quality requirements and lead requirements gathering with business and technical stakeholders.
Working understanding of cloud-native, API-driven and multi-tenant architectures.
Experience with Agile delivery and tools such as Jira and Confluence.
Polished communication skills and credibility engaging senior stakeholders and clients.
Ability to work as part of a global, distributed organization.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance or a related field.
Ability to travel as required for client engagements, approximately 20%, including internationally.

Nice To Haves

Experience in financial services or enterprise SaaS.
SQL and data analysis skills.
Familiarity with market data providers such as Bloomberg, Refinitiv, ICE or MSCI.
Progress toward CFA or CAIA.
Experience with investment management platforms such as Charles River IMS.

Responsibilities

Own one or more EDM platform service capabilities, such as entity and identifier resolution or reference data management, from requirements through delivery.
Partner with the product lead to shape and communicate capability roadmaps to internal and external stakeholders.
Lead requirements definition, including epics, user stories and acceptance criteria, and ensure features align with business objectives.
Define configurable matching and resolution rules, data mappings and reference data standards across securities, issuers, accounts and related domains.
Contribute to data model extensibility and release readiness requirements so clients can adopt new capabilities with minimal disruption.
Lead client calls and workshops to gather insights and validate requirements that inform product decisions.
Prioritize competing needs and manage trade-offs, dependencies and risks across engineering, architecture and client delivery teams.
Facilitate design reviews and working sessions, and guide the user acceptance testing approach for owned capability areas.
Track delivery progress and report status, risks and outcomes to product leadership.
Guide business analysts and junior product team members on requirements quality and domain knowledge.

Benefits

Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match.
Basic life, medical, dental, vision and long-term disability insurance, with optional additional coverages.
Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability and family care responsibilities.
Employee Assistance Program.
Eligibility for annual performance-based incentive awards, excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans.
Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans.
Flexible Work Program and flexible work-life support.
Paid volunteer days.
Matching gift program.
Employee networks.
Development programs and educational support.