below marketmost similar roles pay hereabove market
This role pays less than
54%
of similar roles. Most pay
$205,150–$266,062
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$226k
versus about
$236k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About State Street
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
State Street currently has
351 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$115,000–$195,944
across 199 roles with salary data.
The Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) Technology Delivery Lead – Managing Director leads engineering and delivery for a strategic ETF platform. This executive role oversees globally distributed teams responsible for mission-critical platforms and emerging cloud-native solutions. The leader manages architecture, engineering, quality assurance, and production support while driving platform stability, operational resilience, and technology modernization. Key responsibilities include executing transformation roadmaps for application simplification, technical debt reduction, and cloud migration. The role requires expertise in AWS, microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, data platforms, and intelligent automation. The position addresses complex technical problems within the asset servicing and capital markets domain, specifically focusing on large-scale batch-processing environments, trade lifecycle management, fund accounting, and investment operations to ensure high-availability, regulatory compliance, and reliable client outcomes in a highly regulated financial environment.
Own the end-to-end delivery of ETF applications, including architecture, quality assurance, release management, and production support.
Ensure platform stability and operational resilience by leading initiatives to reduce incidents and improve service reliability.
Execute transformation roadmaps for application simplification, technical debt reduction, and cloud migration to AWS.
Establish comprehensive governance frameworks for delivery health, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
Lead globally distributed engineering, DevOps, and QA teams to deliver high-quality software against business priorities.
Drive the adoption of microservices, APIs, and AI-enabled engineering to improve scalability and productivity.
Act as the executive escalation point for critical incidents and maintain transparent communication with senior stakeholders.
What we're looking for
15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience in asset management, capital markets, banking, or other highly regulated financial institutions.
Demonstrated success leading large-scale, mission-critical technology platforms with demanding client, operational, and regulatory requirements.
Proven experience managing both legacy technology environments and modern cloud-native architectures.
Experience leading modernization and cloud transformation initiatives leveraging AWS, APIs, microservices, automation, and DevOps practices.
Track record of improving operational resilience, reducing incidents, strengthening controls, and enhancing production stability.
Deep expertise in engineering delivery, production support, service management, change governance, and risk management.
Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder management skills, including direct engagement with senior client executives.
Experience leading geographically distributed organizations across onshore, offshore, and vendor delivery models.
DevSecOps
CI/CD
Microservices
APIs
Event-Driven Architecture
Distributed Systems
Relational Databases
Agile
Automated Testing
Cybersecurity
Data Governance
Infrastructure
Production Support
Java
J2EE
JEE
Multithreading
Low Latency Optimization
Solace
Data Pipelines
Graph-based Data Structures
Agile Methodology
Business Data Analysis
Business Process Modeling