Alpha Technology Implementations, Interfaces & Platform Readiness, SVP

State Street; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 338,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street seeks a strategic technology executive to lead Alpha Technology Implementations, Interfaces and Platform Readiness, defining vision, standards, and operating models to scale deployments globally.

You will align product, engineering, operations, and client delivery to improve scalability, reduce risk, and drive faster onboarding with stronger platform economics across client programs.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or related tech discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of technology delivery and implementation leadership experience.
• Proven track record leading global teams and modernizing delivery models.
• Experience with Investment servicing, SaaS, data, or platform implementation ecosystems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define the vision and operating model for Alpha implementations across technology.
• Drive standardization of interfaces, environment readiness, and governance across delivery and readiness.
• Partner with Sales, Solutions, Product and senior client leaders to align platform strategy with commercial goals.
• Lead transformation toward an industrialized, automated, globally scalable delivery model.
• Mentor senior leaders while building a high-performing, globally distributed organization.

Skills

Global tech impl

Platform readiness

Governance & risk

Executive leadership

Education

Master’s degree in tech

15+ years technology delivery experience

Tools

SaaS platforms

Data platforms

Job description

Who we are looking for

We are seeking a strategic, global, and transformational technology executive to serve as Senior Vice President, Alpha Technology Implementations, Interfaces and Platform Readiness. This leader will define the vision, standards, and operating model required to scale Alpha implementations, strengthen platform readiness, and align technology execution with commercial growth and long-term business value.

What you will be responsible for

Technology Implementation Leadership

• Set the strategy and operating model for Alpha implementation across technology, ensuring consistent standards across delivery, integration, readiness, and governance.
• Shape firmwide implementation practices that improve scalability, predictability, quality, and speed across global client programs.
• Drive standardization of interfaces, integration patterns, environment and platform readiness, and batch capabilities to reduce complexity, improve scalability, and support long-term growth.
• Establish enterprise-grade batch stability and observability practices, ensuring dedicated monitoring capabilities validate SLOs, SLAs, and operational readiness across Alpha client implementations.
• Align Product, Engineering, Operations, SaaS, Data Services, and Client Delivery priorities to remove systemic barriers and improve implementation outcomes.

Client, Growth and Commercial Leadership

• Partner with Sales, Solutions, Product, Technology and senior client leaders to ensure commitments are commercially sound, executable, and aligned to platform strategy.
• Serve as a senior technology voice in shaping strategic deals, client expectations, delivery feasibility, and investment priorities.
• Establish disciplined technology readiness practices that give senior stakeholders clear visibility into implementation risks, dependencies, milestones, and execution priorities.
• Convert implementation technology investments into measurable outcomes, including faster onboarding, improved delivery quality, increased capacity, and stronger platform economics.

Transformation Leadership

• Lead the transformation of implementation delivery towards a more industrialized, technology-enabled, and globally scalable model.
• Champion automation, AI, agentic workflows, engineering acceleration, and data-driven transparency to improve productivity, quality, and repeatability.
• Define modernization roadmaps that strengthen implementation capacity, operational resilience, and long-term platform scalability.

Risk, Governance and Talent Leadership

• Maintain a strong global risk, control, compliance, and governance framework across the Alpha implementation technology portfolio.
• Serve as the executive escalation point for strategic delivery risks, cross-platform dependencies, client commitments, and readiness decisions.
• Develop and mentor senior leaders while building a high-performing, accountable, globally distributed, and innovative organization.
• Drive succession planning, talent development, and organizational capability to support long-term growth and transformation.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role:

• Deep expertise in global technology implementation, platform delivery, integration strategy, readiness, governance, and scalable operating models.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence deal shaping, solution feasibility, platform strategy, and delivery economics.
• Demonstrated success driving transformation through standardization, modernization, automation, AI, and engineering-led operating models.
• Strong risk and control mindset within regulated financial services and large-scale client delivery environments.
• Executive presence, strategic judgment, and communication skills required to influence senior leaders and drive enterprise outcomes.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree, preferably in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related technology discipline.
• Minimum of fifteen years of experience in technology delivery, implementation leadership, financial services technology, or related fields.
• Proven track record leading global teams, driving cross-functional alignment, modernizing delivery models, and delivering measurable client and business outcomes.
• Experience with Investment servicing, SaaS, data, or platform implementation ecosystems preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to operate effectively within a global matrix organization and influence outcomes across functions, regions, and senior stakeholder groups.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, executive presence, and influencing skills.
• Willingness to engage across multiple regions and time zones and travel as required.

Salary Range:

$225,000 - $337,500 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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