Business Management Office - Project Delivery Analyst, Assistant Vice President, State Street Investment Management
About The Position
State Street Investment Management is hiring a Project Delivery Analyst in its Business Management Office. The role leads end-to-end delivery of initiatives across Finance, Workforce, and vendor onboarding programs, from initiation through execution and closure. It develops and maintains project plans and milestones, defines scope and success criteria with stakeholders, tracks progress, and drives timely decisions and accountability. The analyst partners with senior leaders and functional owners across Finance, HR, Technology, Procurement, Legal, and Vendor Management. The position establishes governance forums and status reviews, provides executive reporting, coordinates workstreams and dependencies, and manages risks, issues, and scope changes. It also supports vendor onboarding and applies project management standards, controls, and internal policies. The role identifies process improvements and develops operational metrics dashboards using a Red Amber Green framework. Employees are eligible for State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes retirement savings with company match, insurance coverage, paid time off, access to an Employee Assistance Program, incentive compensation eligibility, and certain tax-advantaged savings plans. The company also describes inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and employee networks.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- 12–15+ years of experience in project management, preferably within financial services or a highly regulated environment.
- Proven experience managing cross-functional initiatives involving multiple senior stakeholders.
- Strong experience developing and managing milestone-driven project plans.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and drive accountability without direct authority.
- Strong project planning, execution, and delivery discipline.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to manage complexity, ambiguity, and competing priorities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Executive-ready written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency with standard project management tools and reporting methods.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working across Finance, Workforce/HR, Technology, and vendor-related initiatives.
- Project Management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent.
- Experience with large-scale transformation or enterprise programs.
- Familiarity with vendor onboarding, procurement, and third-party risk processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of Finance, Workforce, and vendor onboarding initiatives from initiation through execution and closure.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans covering milestones, dependencies, critical paths, and deliverables.
- Define and document project scope, timelines, and success criteria with stakeholders.
- Draft, socialize, and baseline initiative milestones in alignment with broader program objectives.
- Track milestone progress and identify risks, issues, and dependencies early.
- Hold stakeholders accountable for milestones and agreed actions, escalating as appropriate.
- Drive timely decision-making to unblock execution and maintain delivery momentum.
- Partner with senior leaders and functional owners across Finance, HR, Technology, Procurement, Legal, and Vendor Management.
- Establish and run project governance forums, status reviews, and executive updates.
- Report clearly and transparently on progress, risks, and outcomes.
- Align multiple workstreams and manage cross-program dependencies.
- Identify, assess, and manage project risks and issues; drive mitigation plans and ensure risks are communicated and owned.
- Manage scope changes through appropriate change-control processes.
- Support vendor onboarding with Procurement, Legal, Risk, and Vendor Management teams.
- Coordinate vendor-related milestones and ensure stakeholders meet onboarding requirements.
- Track and report vendor onboarding progress and readiness.
- Apply standard project management methodologies, tools, and controls, and ensure compliance with internal policies, risk standards, and governance expectations.
- Identify opportunities to improve delivery practices, templates, and reporting.
- Develop operational metrics dashboards for initiatives using the Red Amber Green framework and publish necessary dashboards.
Benefits
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
- Basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and optional insurance coverages.
- Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and family-care responsibilities.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program.
- Eligibility for annual performance-based incentive awards, except for certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans.
- Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans.
- Inclusive development opportunities.
- Flexible work-life support.
- Paid volunteer days.
- Employee networks.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
