Technology Portfolio Manager, Vice President (Finance)
Who we are looking for
State Street Global Technology Services (GTS) is seeking a skilled and proven Technology Portfolio Manager, Vice President to uplift its regulatory portfolio governance while bringing connectivity and consistency of execution through dependency management, transparent reporting and improved overall accountability. The candidate should have experience in understanding of a technology organization in a regulated financial services organization, strong program management, excellent communication skills (written and verbal), as well as governance and execution.
Why this role is important to us
Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We're driving the company's digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.
We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We're looking for top talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.
Join us if you want to be part of a great team, grow your technical & governance skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.
What you will be responsible for
- Formulating, organizing and monitoring inter-connected programs
- Overseeing consistent and horizontal governance mechanisms across all initiatives
- Ensuring consistent governance and RAG status management across all programs
- Managing cross-dependencies and critical path items
- Measuring program performance using OKRs, appropriate systems, tools and techniques to maximize ROI
- Managing dependencies across programs to ensure no surprises come up and outcomes across a variety of sources and jurisdictions can be achieved through the most effective manner
- Providing clear and succinct reporting in alignment with our standards to our committees, regulators, and senior management
- Helping turn gap findings into effective remediation plans
- Driving a culture of risk excellence and risk management to minimize program risks
- Constructively and confidently challenging the status quo, critical tollgates, etc.
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and third parties/vendors
- Creating and maintaining comprehensive program documentation
- Developing control deadlines, change management, resource management and budget oversight
What we value
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders across different organizational lines and manage strong execution against an evolving environment with competing priorities
- Ability to take data and input from others to foresee potential challenges; threats to the program or unintended circumstances and able to head off potential impacts as a result
- Program management experience including agile methodology
- Excellent knowledge of change management principles
- Experience and expertise in technology
- Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills
- Strong interpersonal communication, collaboration, facilitation, and presentation skills
- Demonstrated experience working in an environment managing multiple, concurrent deliverables with shifting priorities, demands, and timelines
- Results-oriented ownership mentality and attention to detail and accuracy
- Outstanding leadership and organizational skills
- Working knowledge of JIRA, Power BI, and Clarity PPM tools
Education & Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science / information technology, Business, or a related field
- Graduate degree preferred
- Minimum of 12-15+ years of related experience within the financial services industry including time spent as part of a leadership team
- Demonstrated experience managing complex transformation / remediation programs.
- Relevant regulated financial service expertise, with an understanding of challenges of running a large-scale technology transformation program
Salary Range:
$110,000 - $177,500 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.
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Salary Minimum: 110000Salary Maximum: 177500