VP, Environments & Data Strategy Leader

Ciwmjobs; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street’s Alpha team in the UK seeks a seasoned leader to drive environment and data strategy for our front-to-back servicing platform across global clients. This role requires strong program management, architecture design, and stakeholder engagement at executive levels.

You will manage end-to-end programs, lead regional teams, and deliver strategy documents, playbooks, and data insights while advancing client relationships and revenue opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher with 15+ years in financial industry across front, middle, and back-office systems.
• Strong environment strategy, architecture design, data mining, ETL, and visualization/reporting tools.
• Experience integrating with industry providers for platform interoperability (e.g., Deloitte, Accenture, PWC, Bloomberg PORT, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end environment and data strategy programs onboarding new clients onto State Street's front-to-back platform.
• Lead regional and functional teams for workflow analysis, data analysis, requirements analysis for current and future state models and architecture.
• Create and deliver internal and client-facing documents (strategy documents, playbooks, architecture documentation, data insights).
• Navigate complex client relationships, build strong business relationships, and manage client stakeholder expectations.
• Lead various stages of the implementation lifecycle across multiple simultaneous global clients.
• Support business development and sales through consultative client engagement.
• Provide regular status updates and support program management reports as needed.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Team management

Communication skills

Documentation

Reporting

Presentation

Program management

Stakeholder management

Client engagement

Agile methodologies

JIRA Rally RTC

Front/Middle office experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or above

CFA/ FRM charters appreciated

Tools

JIRA

Rally

RTC

Job description

State Street’s Alpha team in the UK seeks a seasoned leader to drive environment and data strategy for our front-to-back servicing platform across global clients. This role requires strong program management, architecture design, and stakeholder engagement at executive levels.

You will manage end-to-end programs, lead regional teams, and deliver strategy documents, playbooks, and data insights while advancing client relationships and revenue opportunities.