Transition Management Engineering Lead, VP

State Street

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust

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Work type
On-site
Location
Boston, MA
Salary
$120,000–$202,500 / yr
Posted
37 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Nov 11, 2026

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $207k
This role $161k
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This role pays less than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $168,750–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $161k versus about $207k for comparable roles.

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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 176 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $120,000–$202,500 across 172 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Transition Management Engineering Lead, VP

Transition Management Engineering Lead, VP - State Street Investment Management serves as the owner of the Transition Management and Trading technology platform. This role is responsible for the design, delivery, and production support of systems covering execution, workflow orchestration, and post-trade processes across multiple asset classes including Equity, Fixed Income, FX, and derivatives. The leader will drive platform modernization toward cloud-native, API-first architectures while implementing proactive monitoring, observability, and automation to reduce operational risk. Key responsibilities include managing a global engineering team, defining the platform roadmap, and integrating data platforms and advanced analytics. The role requires expertise in microservices, distributed systems, and SRE models to ensure high availability and scalability. The position addresses critical trading workflows and execution processes to improve cost transparency and performance within the investment management domain.

What you'll do

  • Own the end-to-end Transition Management technology platform including execution, workflow orchestration, and post-trade processes.
  • Define and execute the platform roadmap to align with business growth and operational efficiency goals.
  • Drive modernization toward cloud-native, API-first architectures to improve system agility and interoperability.
  • Implement proactive monitoring, observability, and automation to minimize production incidents and manual interventions.
  • Develop core capabilities for trade execution, cost modeling, analytics, and multi-asset reporting.
  • Automate manual workflows to reduce operational risk and increase throughput.
  • Lead and mentor a high-performing global engineering and analyst team.
  • Establish performance KPIs and provide transparent health reporting to senior leadership.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of experience in front-office technology and trading platforms.
  • Proven leadership in mission-critical platform engineering and operations within asset management or investment banking.
  • Strong understanding of trading workflows and execution processes.
  • Experience driving platform reliability, scalability, and operational risk reduction.
  • Expertise in cloud platforms, microservices, APIs, and distributed systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead global teams and cross-functional delivery.
  • Experience supporting trading and transition management platforms is preferred.
  • An advanced degree such as an MBA, MS, or CFA is preferred.

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