Project Manager, Charles River Development, Assistant Vice President

State Street Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan

Insurance coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Performance bonuses

Tax-advantaged savings plans

Job summary

State Street Corporation seeks a Project Manager (AVP) to lead cross‑functional product initiatives within Middle Office and Investment Accounting, driving delivery across Product, Engineering, and Operations with governance and execution discipline.

You will coordinate with Product, Engineering, QA, and Operations; manage dependencies, risk, and stakeholder updates; and champion agile planning while ensuring traceability from requirements to releases.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of project or program management experience in financial services.
• Strong understanding of investment management workflows and middle/back-office processes.
• Experience delivering complex cross-functional initiatives in a structured environment.
• Experience managing dependencies and multi-workstream programs.
• Strong stakeholder management, including engagement with senior and executive audiences.
• Experience with Agile or hybrid delivery models.
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence.
• Knowledge of product development lifecycle processes.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of complex product and development initiatives from scoping through testing and release.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans with milestones and dependencies across workstreams.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure aligned and on-track delivery.
• Drive issue resolution and risk mitigation to maintain timelines.
• Partner with engineering to align delivery with product and client expectations.
• Lead planning and execution within Agile delivery frameworks.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Agile / Hybrid delivery

Jira & Confluence

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking a Project Manager (AVP) to lead complex, cross‑functional product initiatives within Middle Office and Investment Accounting. This role is responsible for driving delivery across multiple workstreams spanning Product, Engineering, and Operations, with a strong focus on governance, dependency management, and execution discipline. The Project Manager acts as the central point of coordination for product development initiatives, ensuring alignment between business requirements, product strategy, and engineering delivery. The role combines hands‑on execution with strong stakeholder engagement and delivery oversight.

Why this job is important to us

Charles River Development 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. Our diverse team of highly skilled technologists and professionals are agile thinkers and problem solvers, committed to our end users and engineering excellence. We use mentorship and teamwork to impact and drive our business forward every day. By joining the Middle Office team, you will use advanced technology and critical thinking to challenge the status quo and drive results. At Charles River Development (CRD) we’ve been creating some of the most insightful and complex asset management technologies since 1997. Through our commitment to product quality and operating through a client‑focused lens, we’ve experienced continuous growth. Charles River IMS is strategically aligned to innovate the future of investment management technologies. Together with State Street’s middle and back office capabilities, Charles River’s cloud‑deployed software technology forms the foundation of State Street Alpha.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of complex product and development initiatives from initial scoping through testing and release
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, ensuring milestones, dependencies, and deliverables are clearly defined and tracked across Middle Office and Investment Accounting workstreams
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams, including Product, Engineering, QA, and Operations, to ensure aligned and on‑track delivery
• Drive issue resolution and risk mitigation, escalating where appropriate to maintain delivery timelines
• Partner with engineering teams to align delivery timelines with product and client expectations
• Drive planning and execution within Agile delivery frameworks, coordinating closely with scrum teams
• Maintain traceability between business requirements, feature development, and release deliverables
• Provide regular, concise project health updates to stakeholders
• Lead project governance activities, including status reporting, milestone tracking, and structured stakeholder updates
• Prepare and facilitate governance forums, ensuring clear visibility into progress, risks, and dependencies
• Enforce delivery standards and project management best practices across workstreams
• Drive corrective actions and interventions where delivery is off‑track
• Act as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders on project status, risks, and key decisions
• Build alignment across business, product, and technology stakeholders
• Communicate complex project status clearly and concisely to management and executive audiences

Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years of project or program management experience within financial services
• Strong understanding of investment management workflows, including middle‑and back‑office processes
• Proven experience delivering complex, cross‑functional initiatives in a structured development environment
• Proven ability to manage dependencies and drive delivery across multi‑workstream programs
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior and executive audiences
• Experience working closely with engineering teams in Agile or hybrid delivery models
• Experience with Agile tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Familiarity with product development lifecycle processes

Salary Range

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.

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.

About State Street

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success. 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. For a full overview, visit https://hrportal.ehr.com/statestreet/Home.

Equal Opportunity Employer

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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