T26-9772;Software Engineering & Development, VP
About The Position
We are seeking a strategic technology leader to serve as Vice President, Core Accounting Application Development and Maintenance. This leader will be responsible for helping us modernize our technology stack for our global Accounting distributed applications, delivering mission-critical systems that support back office accounting for our internal and external clients. The successful candidate will manage development of multiple applications and oversee technology execution, engineering, delivery and modernization. They will drive innovation through cloud-native architectures, data and 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 Accounting 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
- Expertise building and operating highly resilient, cloud-native technology platforms.
- Strong knowledge of modern application architectures, artificial intelligence, public cloud technologies, DevOps practices, automation, and software engineering excellence.
- Strong domain expertise in Accounting.
- Deep understanding of technology risk, cybersecurity, controls, and governance frameworks.
- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence across the organization.
- Strategic mindset with a demonstrated ability to translate vision into execution and measurable business outcomes.
- 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 Public Cloud
- Experience with the C++, J2EE, PL/SQL, Perl and Shell scripting, 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 Accounting aligned to business priorities, client needs, and enterprise objectives.
- Drive application architecture, platform simplification, cloud adoption, and technology lifecycle management across the portfolio.
- 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 cloud-native architectures, modern 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
