Alpha Cash Services Product Owner / Analyst - Vice President

State Street; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Healthcare coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

State Street is seeking a Vice President to lead Cash Product development within the Middle Office. The role focuses on product lifecycle, business analysis, and strategy to mature cash services offerings and adoption. Collaborate with internal stakeholders and technology partners to drive execution.

You will build strategic solutions, influence product roadmaps, and align business goals with data and tech investments. Strong communication and leadership are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, MIS, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in data analysis, Operations, or Product management.
• Strong knowledge of front-to-back Investment management with focus on cash services.
• Experience leading cross-functional product development and strategy.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market research to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape.
• Establish partnerships with Sales, Operations, Technology, and implementation teams.
• Act as a liaison between business and technology to support product demand.
• Drive product strategy, design, and execution across front, middle, and back office.
• Communicate recommendations to senior leaders and assist with pricing strategies.

Skills

Product ownership

Business analysis

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder communication

Strategic thinking

User experience design

Education

Bachelor’s degree (finance/MIS/IT)

Tools

Jira

Confluence

MS Office

Visio

PowerPoint

MS Access

Job description

VP – Cash Product Analyst

Job Description

What are we looking for?

State Street Middle Office product team is seeking a versatile individual in a Vice President role with strong product development, product life cycle management and business analysis skills to lead the development and support of services and product offerings within Middle Office Cash Services team. This qualified individual will develop and deliver products, business solutions, and strategies aligned with our Middle Office Cash services product roadmap, will collaborate with cash product implementation, product partners and E2E solutions for the success in product execution and adoption. This leader will be expected to build relationships and collaborate with both business stakeholders and technology partnership order to contribute to the timely execution of long term strategic plans for building out sophisticated intra company solutions.

Why this job is important to us?

State Street brings together data and capabilities across the investment lifecycle to help our clients make better decisions, grow at scale, and deliver returns for their clients. We partner with clients to optimize their operations, data, and technology footprint by leveraging the our Platform and outsourced services. The successful candidate must be skilled in analyzing our complex business service flows across front, middle, and back office operating models for our Front & Middle Office Clients, with a focus on cash management and liquidity support services. They will also be driving the strategic solution design, business architecture, and business solutions/services while driving program/project execution and reporting.

What you will be responsible for?

• Conduct market research to identify emerging trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape and generate innovative product ideas and concepts that address key market opportunities and challenges supporting Alpha cash service.
• Establish strong partnerships with internal stakeholders in Sales, Operations, Technology, Cash service product implementation, other product development service family and E2E architecture teams to influence and coordinate cross-functional business solutions and products, in support of client and business goals.
• Act as a liaison between business and technology teams to support product demand opportunities as part of product strategy and development.
• Possess strong knowledge of front-to-back Investment management/Investment services with focus on user digital experience.
• Work with business and technology partners to establish clear connections between business goals, strategies, and the data and technology investments required to achieve them
• Communicates recommendations to management/senior Alpha business leaders through effective written and oral communication.
• Assist with pricing strategies and product policies

What we value?

These skills will help you succeed in this role:

• Strategic thinker with strong business analysis and planning skills. Capable of identifying and interpreting wider-ranging issues: ‘Big picture’ understanding.
• Creation of business process flows and defining the business problem, solution, and design using various tools.
• Proven experience with business requirements analysis to meet critical business needs, must display an ability to drive tasks through to completion.
• Experience with design and optimization of user experience across different interfaces to maximize engagement and adoption
• Excellent time management and organization skills, with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Ability to think creatively and strategically with a focus on achieving outcomes. - Experience with writing features/requirements.
• Product Owner role experience using Agile Methodologies.
• Proven related financial services experience. Good understanding of State Street businesses.
• Demonstrate understanding of Operations processes and procedures and an ability to learn quickly.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, facilitation, presentation and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office Products; MS Access, Visio; Jira, Confluence, PowerPoint. - Demonstrated excellence in business writing, development of business process flow diagrams, making comparisons regarding current and future processes, and effective communication.

Education & Preferred Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, MIS, Information Technology, or a related field of study.
• 12+ years of experience in data analysis, Operations, or Product management.

Salary Range:

$110,000 - $188,750 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: 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); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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About State Street

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We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

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