Alpha Data Services

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of high-profile projects, including integrations, and operational change programmes.
• Establish and maintain governance, cadence, and reporting frameworks, ensuring clarity, accountability, and timely decision-making.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Product, Operations, Technology, and Finance to align on objectives and execution.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-Suite executives, providing clear and concise updates that distil complex detail into actionable insight.
• Manage risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring appropriate escalation and resolution.
• Map and document end-to-end business and technology processes, ensuring integration is delivered in a consistent and scalable manner.
• Act as the glue between functions, facilitating communication, resolving conflicts, and maintaining delivery momentum.
• Engage with third-party partners and vendors (e.g. Deloitte, PwC, technology providers) to align deliverables with internal requirements.
• Manage and integrate vendor, third-party, and client-directed data across key domains (reference, pricing, benchmark, ESG, holdings), centralised via the Alpha Data Platform—a cloud-native data warehouse enabling a single source of truth.
• Ensure compliance with time tracking tools across ADS business areas to support accurate resourcing, productivity monitoring, and departmental forecasting, contributing to P&L health and profitability.
• Contribute to the design and rollout of best practice frameworks and standards for project and programme delivery.

Required Experience & Skills

• 10+ years' experience in project or programme management within asset management, investment services, or financial services.
• Demonstrated expertise in front-to-back operating models, with a clear understanding of investment lifecycle processes.
• Proven ability to engage with and present to C-Suite executives both internally and externally.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex, detailed issues into simple, actionable messages for executive audiences.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with experience in matrixed organisations and influencing without direct authority.
• Track record of delivering projects involving multiple functions, geographies, and external partners.
• Experience in establishing governance frameworks, reporting, and risk management in fast-paced environments.
• Professional project management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, Agile).
• Experience with Confluence, Jira, Clarity and AI tools such as Atlassian Rovo
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, data services, and system integrations an advantage.

About State Street

What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation we're making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we've been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.

Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in locations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You'll have access to flexible Work Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.

Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees' diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome the candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.

State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

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