Alpha Product Implementation Strategy and Standards, Senior Vice President

State Street•Boston, MA

7d•$225,000 - $337,500

About The Position

Alpha Product Implementation Strategy and Standards, Senior Vice President. This role is responsible for owning the global delivery of Middle Office product implementations for Alpha, leading multi-regional teams across core vertical practice areas. The position involves designing and executing operating models, acting as the primary execution interface to Product and Technology, and ensuring delivery discipline, operational readiness, and risk mitigation. The role also includes building and leading a global implementation organization, standardizing delivery governance, and scaling execution capacity. Furthermore, it entails assuming enterprise accountability for Alpha implementation strategy, expanding into the definition, standardization, and governance of how middle-office products and services are industrialized, deployed, and scaled globally. This includes leading a significantly expanded global organization, growing from approximately 100 professionals to nearly 200 employees, and owning cross-practice vertical and horizontal functions. The role also involves setting firmwide Alpha implementation standards that influence sales, partnering with Sales, Product, and Solutions to shape commercially viable offerings, and acting as an enterprise connector across Product, Technology, Operations, and market infrastructure to reduce duplication, accelerate onboarding, and drive implementation cost efficiencies. Finally, the role focuses on driving ROI realization and value capture for Alpha implementations, ensuring platform investments and client implementations deliver measurable outcomes.

Requirements

Experience leading multi-regional teams.
Experience in core vertical practice areas including Account Services, Cash Services, Front Office Support, Trade Lifecycle Management, Investment Accounting, Corporate Actions, Collateral Management, and Performance for asset managers and asset owners.
Experience designing and executing operating models.
Experience shaping functional requirements and integration needs.
Experience ensuring delivery discipline, operational readiness, and risk mitigation.
Experience building and leading a global implementation organization.
Experience developing senior talent.
Experience standardizing delivery governance.
Experience scaling execution capacity.
Experience with enterprise accountability for implementation strategy.
Experience in the definition, standardization, and governance of product and service industrialization, deployment, and scaling.
Experience leading a large global organization (e.g., ~100-200 employees).
Experience owning cross-practice vertical and horizontal functions.
Experience setting firmwide implementation standards.
Experience partnering with Sales, Product, and Solutions.
Experience shaping commercially viable offerings.
Experience acting as an enterprise connector across Product, Technology, Operations, and market infrastructure.
Experience driving ROI realization and value capture.
Experience with AI-enabled transformation of implementation and operating models.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Complex Instruments (OTCs and Bank Loans).
Experience with Environment Strategy (technology environments, platform sequencing, and integration readiness).
Experience with Business Integration (external market connectivity with custodians, counterparties, and third-party data providers).
Experience with Workstream Project Management.
Experience with Alpha Implementation Standards & Best Practices.

Responsibilities

Own global delivery of Middle Office product implementations for Alpha, leading multi-regional teams across core vertical practice areas including Account Services, Cash Services, Front Office Support, Trade Lifecycle Management, Investment Accounting, Corporate Actions, Collateral Management, and Performance for asset managers and asset owners.
Design and execute operating models that translate sold Alpha platform capabilities and services into operationally sound middle-office solutions aligned with State Street’s defined market practices and control frameworks.
Act as the primary execution interface to Product and Technology, shaping functional requirements and integration needs based on real-world client implementations and regulatory, asset-class, and market-structure complexity.
Ensure delivery discipline, operational readiness, and risk mitigation across complex, multi-asset implementations, meeting contractual commitments while maintaining service quality, resilience, and regulatory compliance.
Build and lead a global implementation organization, developing senior talent, standardizing delivery governance, and scaling execution capacity to support Alpha client growth and geographic expansion.
Assume enterprise accountability for Alpha implementation strategy, expanding beyond delivery into the definition, standardization, and governance of how middle-office products and services are industrialized, deployed, and scaled globally.
Lead a significantly expanded global organization, growing from ~100 professionals to nearly 200 employees, while owning cross-practice vertical and horizontal functions, including: Vertical Practices: All existing Middle Office practices plus Complex Instruments (OTCs and Bank Loans), extending Product Implementations' capability to support high-complexity, high-value asset classes under a standardized framework. Horizontal Functions: Environment Strategy (technology environments, platform sequencing, and integration readiness), Business Integration (external market connectivity with custodians, counterparties, and third-party data providers), Workstream Project Management, and Alpha Implementation Standards & Best Practices.
Set firmwide Alpha implementation standards that influence what is sold, partnering with Sales, Product, and Solutions to shape commercially viable offerings aligned to platform maturity, operational feasibility, regulatory readiness, and repeatable delivery models.
Act as an enterprise connector across Product, Technology, Operations, and market infrastructure, reducing duplication, accelerating onboarding, and driving implementation cost efficiencies through standardization, reuse, and disciplined execution governance.
Drive ROI realization and value capture for Alpha implementations, ensuring platform investments and client implementations deliver measurable outcomes including faster time-to-value, lower cost-to-serve, improved operational leverage, and sustainable margin expansion—supported by AI-enabled transformation of implementation and operating models.

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 Employee Assistance Program
Incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards
Eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
Inclusive development opportunities
Flexible work-life support
Paid volunteer days
Vibrant employee networks