Alpha Product - Interoperability Manager - AVP

State Street; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Health insurance

Job summary

State Street is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Alpha Product – Interoperability Manager in a hybrid setup. You will oversee governance, control execution, and service delivery alignment between BRS and State Street Alpha across global operations.

The role emphasizes stakeholder management, audit readiness, and continuous improvement of the Aladdin Provider operating model. You will coordinate governance forums, manage escalations, and ensure data integrity and timely reporting for Back

Qualifications

• Experience with governance, controls, audit readiness, and service delivery routines.
• Experience coordinating with global stakeholders across North America, Europe, and beyond.
• Strong understanding of post-trade operations and reconciliation metrics.

Responsibilities

• Provide product support for the Aladdin Provider operating model at State Street, with a working understanding of the investment operations functions performed by State Street.
• Act as the primary relationship lead for Aladdin Provider / BRS, managing day-to-day engagement and issue escalation across Back Office functions.
• Establish and execute governance frameworks supporting Global Delivery and attestation activities.
• Drive compliance for audits, regulatory reporting, and third-party risk management.
• Lead governance forums, incident reviews, and service reviews with transparent KPI reporting.
• Coordinate escalation management across operations, technology, and global stakeholders.
• Provide North America continuity support for reporting teams in Poland.
• Identify and implement process improvements and straight-through-processing enhancements.

Skills

Governance & controls

Stakeholder management

Analytical problem solving

Operational risk awareness

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Aladdin Platform

Job description

Assistant Vice President, Alpha Product – Interoperability Manager

Who we are looking for

We are looking for an Assistant Vice President, Alpha Product – Interoperability Manager reporting directly to the Managing Director, Alpha Product / Interoperability. You will support the Aladdin Provider operating model by managing governance oversight, control execution, relationship management, and service delivery alignment between BlackRock Solutions (BRS), State Street Alpha, Global Delivery, and investment operations stakeholders.

Why this role is important to us

The team you will be joining is part of Investment Services / Alpha Aladdin Product, a function that is vital to State Street because Aladdin interoperability is central to the provider operating model. The role helps align BRS, Alpha, Middle Office and Back Office operations, PDX implementation, controls, audit readiness, data integrity, and client delivery for State Street Back Office clients on Aladdin.

What you will be responsible for

• Provide product support for the Aladdin Provider operating model at State Street, with a working understanding of the investment operations functions performed by State Street.
• Act as the primary relationship lead for Aladdin Provider / BRS, managing day-to-day engagement, service delivery alignment, and issue escalation across Back Office functions, PDX implementation, and State Street Back Office clients on Aladdin.
• Establish and execute governance frameworks supporting Global Delivery across Application Inventory Warehouse (AIW), Aladdin intellectual property attestations for licensed Middle Office / Back Office users, and related control routines.
• Drive Alpha compliance for Aladdin Provider audit readiness, including support for internal audits, external audits, regulatory reporting, third‑party risk management, documentation, and control evidence.
• Lead governance forums, incident reviews, and service reviews, providing transparency into volumes, exceptions, key risk indicators, SLAs, KPIs, and STP reporting.
• Coordinate escalation management across operations, technology, BRS stakeholders, and global teams to support timely issue resolution and clear stakeholder communication.
• Provide North America continuity and support to the Aladdin Provider reporting team in Poland responsible for reporting on Aladdin Back Office transactions and related data sets.
• Identify and implement process improvements and straight-through-processing enhancements to reduce manual intervention and strengthen controls.

What we value

• Strong governance, control, and operational risk mindset.
• Client and stakeholder relationship management across senior, operational, technology, and vendor-facing audiences.
• Analytical problem solving, data integrity focus, and reconciliation oversight.
• Cross-functional leadership and clear communication across global teams.
• Continuous improvement mindset, with a focus on operational resilience, automation, and STP.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5–8+ years of experience in fund accounting, custody operations, investment operations, securities processing, or capital markets operations.
• Strong understanding of State Street Back Office and Middle Office operations; experience with the Aladdin operating model or comparable front-to-back investment platform preferred.
• Experience with governance, controls, client relationship management, audit readiness, third-party risk management, and service delivery routines.
• Familiarity with post-trade architecture, financial transaction messaging standards, reconciliation, exception management, and reporting metrics.

Additional requirements

• Ability to work effectively across North America, Poland, and broader global stakeholder groups.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment while maintaining strong documentation, control evidence, and audit trails.
• Occasional flexibility may be required to support global governance forums, operational issue escalation, and stakeholder meetings.

Work Requirement

• Hybrid work arrangement in line with State Street policy and hiring-manager guidance.
• Standard U.S. business hours, with flexibility to support global stakeholder engagement as needed.

Salary Range:

$80,000 - $140,000 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)
• eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans

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