Job Title: Alternatives Product Leader
This is a leadership role within the Alternatives Product organization, overseeing and coordinating program management for our alternatives private markets product.
The successful candidate will report to the Managing Director responsible for managing the overall Alternatives Program and bring strong experience in Alternatives and program/project management to manage complex business transformation and technology development.
The individual must interact directly with key stakeholders across the business, technology and within the product organization, including senior management, and have excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
Responsibilities:
* Manage project status meetings, ensuring ability to communicate status to internal, senior management and external stakeholders.
* Independently manage key stakeholders and maintain complete and accurate reporting.
* Provide regular status updates and support program management updates as needed.
* Effectively communicate, collaborate and develop relationships with diverse stakeholders with varied interests.
* Support annual planning and funding prioritization activities where required.
* Understand the firm's strategic plans, business, process and architecture and apply that knowledge in the solution design and development phases.
* Produce reporting and updates to senior management and key stakeholders around issues, risks, progress and accomplishments.
Requirements:
* Demonstrate strong understanding of Alternatives products.
* Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects with a large number of dependencies and stakeholders - ability to lead as well as roll up your sleeves as needed.
* Strong organization, communication and interpersonal skills, written and oral, including interaction with senior stakeholders.
* Ability to organize, prioritize, balance key tasks and manage time effectively.
* Comfortable facilitating working groups and large discussions to drive decisions.
* Strong presentation skills to both internal and external stakeholders, including client interaction.
* Ability to utilize facts and date to inform decision making.
* Ability to distill complex information into clear, concise actionable insights for senior management.
* Strong problem-solving skills
Experience: Minimum of 7-10 years of alternatives industry experience, with knowledge of or experience leading programs related to the financial services industry being an advantage. Experience interacting and presenting to senior management around status and strategy reporting is also preferred.
About State Street:
We are one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive, and we make all efforts to create a great work environment.
We value diversity and inclusion, and believe that our employees' diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential. We also engage actively with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader.