SSIM

State Street•Boston, MA

7d•$110,000 - $188,750

About The Position

As a IM COO Program Manager you will: Be the primary face-off with the COO Investment Management Product, Platform and Services pillars and the IM CAO Strategic Program Management organization to deliver Strategic initiatives and drive to achieving IM Objective Key Results (OKRs). The Program Manager should be able to work with the technology and business to define, document and implement appropriate program governance and execution. Understand/document requirements including the products being used in IM organizations to determine how they can be leveraged or eliminated. Ensuring the target state solution supports IM business requirements. Drive the joint and internal governance with all stakeholders. This includes the development and maintenance of project plans, status reports, issue and action logs and scope and requirements documents. Ensuring active issue management and facilitating decision-making are critical to the role. Drive closure on all aspects of the program with support from the functional teams and SME’s, including: contracts and commercials, scope and solution, project sequencing and planning, development, testing, conversion and post conversion activities. Manage subject matter experts and project managers supporting workstreams to deliver the end-to-end solution. Lead and support governance meetings - set meeting agendas and document meeting minutes for meetings to discuss progress and address issues to achieve milestones and objectives for the execution of the plans Track resources, hours and hiring for resources, and rolling up globally with inputs from Global teams. Compile resource plans and program budgets. Actively communicate the status of work with other team members to ensure that everyone involved is fully informed. Partner across technology teams such as: (Engineering, Storage, Security, Cloud, and Application teams) to ensure on-time delivery. Manage dependencies across technology teams and workstreams to insure coordinated/successful delivery. Identify of project / delivery Risks and mitigation strategies Identify conflicts as they arise and engage the appropriate parties to resolve them. Define Path to Green when projects are At Risk and/or Off Track, successful management of path to Green

Requirements

Project management experience on large complex programs
Agile certifications; scrum master
Initiative and the ability to work independently or with a team
Creative problem solving skills
Strong sense of urgency when performing tasks and projects; ability to respond to shifting priorities
Leadership and strong communications/relationship-management skills
Business/Industry knowledge, information technology acumen
Experience establishing an organized and structured approach to change initiatives, with a strong awareness of business & technology risk
Ability to deliver professional documents - strong knowledge of “off the shelf” (PowerPoint, Excel, Word ).
Strong knowledge of MS Project, Jira and Clarity preferred.
Undergraduate degree – with demonstrated interest in Business, Finance or Computer Science
Excellent writing skills
6-8 years of Financial Services experience

Nice To Haves

PMP certification preferred

Responsibilities

Be the primary face-off with the COO Investment Management Product, Platform and Services pillars and the IM CAO Strategic Program Management organization to deliver Strategic initiatives and drive to achieving IM Objective Key Results (OKRs).
Define, document and implement appropriate program governance and execution.
Understand/document requirements including the products being used in IM organizations to determine how they can be leveraged or eliminated.
Ensuring the target state solution supports IM business requirements.
Drive the joint and internal governance with all stakeholders.
Develop and maintain project plans, status reports, issue and action logs and scope and requirements documents.
Ensure active issue management and facilitate decision-making.
Drive closure on all aspects of the program with support from the functional teams and SME’s, including: contracts and commercials, scope and solution, project sequencing and planning, development, testing, conversion and post conversion activities.
Manage subject matter experts and project managers supporting workstreams to deliver the end-to-end solution.
Lead and support governance meetings - set meeting agendas and document meeting minutes for meetings to discuss progress and address issues to achieve milestones and objectives for the execution of the plans.
Track resources, hours and hiring for resources, and rolling up globally with inputs from Global teams.
Compile resource plans and program budgets.
Actively communicate the status of work with other team members to ensure that everyone involved is fully informed.
Partner across technology teams such as: (Engineering, Storage, Security, Cloud, and Application teams) to ensure on-time delivery.
Manage dependencies across technology teams and workstreams to insure coordinated/successful delivery.
Identify of project / delivery Risks and mitigation strategies.
Identify conflicts as they arise and engage the appropriate parties to resolve them.
Define Path to Green when projects are At Risk and/or Off Track, successful management of path to Green.

Benefits

our 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 (excluding 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
vibrant employee networks