Software Engineering & Development, Vice President

State Street•Quincy, MA

2d•$120,000 - $202,500•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a strategic technology leader to serve as Vice President, Asset Servicing Application Development and Maintenance. This leader will be responsible for managing a critical settlement application. This role requires interaction and support for an external settlement depository and related vendors. The successful candidate will manage development, oversee technology execution, engineering, delivery and modernization. They will drive innovation by leveraging AI capabilities, automation, and modern engineering practices, while ensuring operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and exceptional client outcomes. This application manager will partner closely with business, product, operations, risk, and enterprise technology leaders to accelerate growth, modernization, improve scalability and productivity, and enhance the overall client experience. The team you will be joining is part of Global Technology Services (GTS), which delivers enterprise technology capabilities that support State Street’s global businesses. Within GTS, this role is aligned to the Custody value stream. The position plays a pivotal role in shaping technology strategy and execution, ensuring solutions are built for reliability, scalability, and strong controls while meeting stringent regulatory, operational, and client expectations.

Requirements

Strong domain expertise in securities settlement.
Expertise building and operating highly resilient technology platforms.
Strong knowledge of modern application architectures, artificial intelligence, public cloud technologies, DevOps practices, automation, and software engineering excellence.
Deep understanding of technology risk, cybersecurity, controls, and governance frameworks.
Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence across the organization.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
10+ years of technology leadership experience, including significant experience within financial services.
Proven track record delivering application solutions for our business partners.
Experience operating effectively and managing across multiple geographies.
Experience with institutional securities settlement
Experience with MQ, Oracle, PL/SQL, Shell scripting, J2EE, Java web development.
Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
Willingness to engage across multiple regions and time zones.

Responsibilities

Execute the technology strategy and roadmap for Core Custody aligned to business priorities, client needs, and enterprise objectives.
Ensure delivery excellence through highly resilient, scalable, secure, and efficient technology solutions.
Accountable for platform stability, operational resiliency, service quality, regulatory adherence, and achievement of business and client outcomes.
Partner closely with Product, Risk, and Client-facing teams to enhance capabilities, enable new products, support client growth, and improve competitive differentiation.
Drive adoption of modern architectures, engineering practices, data platforms, and automation capabilities across the application.
Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and technology excellence.

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