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State Street Corporation is one of the world''s largest custodian banks and asset managers, providing investment servicing, investment management, and investment research to institutional investors. Industry: Financial Services & Asset Custody
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As the COO Investments Global Head of Front Office Re-Engineering, Senior Vice President, you will lead a distributed global engineering organization across North America, EMEA, and APAC. This hands-on leadership role focuses on the modernization of front-office technology to support portfolio management, trading, real-time investment data, risk, and analytics for various asset classes. You will execute a multi-year strategy to simplify fragmented platforms, reduce workflow complexity, and implement AI-enabled engineering capabilities. Key responsibilities include driving solution architecture using API-first, event-driven, cloud-native, and microservices patterns while ensuring resilient, secure, and data-enabled systems. The role requires expertise in design thinking, design-for-failure mindsets, and SDLC-led AI integration to improve software quality and delivery predictability. You will manage the transition of complex investment workflows into scalable platforms while providing executive transparency on architecture trade-offs and measurable business outcomes.
Translate multi-year modernization strategies into scalable platforms, resilient operations, and measurable business outcomes across all asset classes.
Execute technology strategy and investment priorities while maintaining accountability for delivery, risk reduction, and value realization.
Drive solution architecture using API-first, event-driven, cloud-native, and design-for-failure engineering patterns.
Build and manage a high-performing distributed global engineering organization across APAC, North America, and EMEA.
Lead engineering disciplines for portfolio management, trading, real-time investment data, risk, and analytics.
Implement SDLC-led AI capabilities to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and testing automation.
Simplify and scale portfolio management platforms while reducing fragmented data and manual workflows.
Provide executive-level transparency on delivery progress, architecture trade-offs, and measurable enterprise outcomes.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
25+ years of experience in asset management technology, front-office engineering, portfolio management, trading platforms, investment data/IBOR, AI-enabled engineering, or large-scale transformation.
Expertise in solution architecture including design thinking, API-first, event-driven, cloud-native, and resilient engineering patterns.
Proven track record of delivering complex, multi-year technology modernization programs with measurable business value.
Experience leading a distributed global engineering organization across multiple regions.
Proficiency in leveraging AI to improve investment workflows, engineering productivity, and software quality.
Ability to influence executive stakeholders while maintaining a player-coach leadership style.
MBA, Master’s degree, CFA, PMP, Agile, SAFe, or relevant professional certifications (preferred).
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Data Engineering
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