Alpha TLM Product Solutions Senior Analyst, VP

About the position

State Street’s Alpha Services Solutioning and Product Team is looking for an Alpha TLM Product Architect and Strategy-Transaction Lifecycle Management, Vice President. This qualified individual will develop and deliver product, business solutions and strategy aligned with our Alpha Transaction Lifecycle Management vision. This leader will focus on driving front, middle and back-office service innovations that support and streamline end-to-end integration, servicing and interoperability for our Alpha clients, across our Transaction Management product suite.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement client agnostic solutions that support and streamline end to end transaction servicing and interoperability for our Alpha clients
• Drive the end to end product design solution for large projects for Alpha TLM; requirements gathering cross platform coordination for optimal design and delivery.
• Understand/drive and execute on Alpha’s strategic plans, business/service architecture within Transaction Management domain
• Establish strong partnerships with project sponsors and stakeholders in Operations, Technology and other product teams within the State Street to influence and coordinate cross-functional business solutions and products, in support of client and business goals
• Act as liaison between business and technology teams to support product demand opportunities as part of the Transaction Management product strategy and development
• Create detailed and accurate documentation of business requirements, process flows, and project deliverables including project charter deck, architecture diagrams, project tracker, RAID log
• Participate in special projects, e.g., conducting research, collecting, and providing requested data, etc.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of existing State Street organizational constructs and teams required, in addition to deep business acumen across middle and back-office systems, functions and services supported at State Street
• Strong industry experiences inclusive of complex business process and instruments best practices across transaction lifecycle –Required working knowledge of financial products Bonds, Equities, FX orders/executions, listed derivatives and others
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills including expressing complex ideas and concepts
• Ability to multitask and navigate competing priorities, drive client expectations and deliverables to project milestone dates
• Ability to think creatively and strategically with a focus on achieving outcomes
• Excellent analytical skills, time management and organizational skills – with ability to manage multiple competing priorities
• Expertise in MS Office including MS Visio, MS/Project and PowerPoint
• Competency in SDLC & Agile Methodology and tools (i.e. JIRA, Rally, RTC)
• Understanding of Alpha TLM business systems & financial industry to support projects through their life cycle, with the emphasis on the design architect/analysis stage

Nice-to-haves

• A BA/BS degree in a business including Finance, Economics, Engineering or Computer Science.
• Experienced in driving architecture, design and delivery of transactional data and processing platform using Agile practices and processes, with a focus of establishing continuous delivery, culture and process
• Minimum 7 to 10 years’ experience as an Analyst/Architect lead or related experience, driving solution design and successful executions of complex projects

Benefits

• Generous medical care
• Insurance and savings plans
• Flexible Work Programs
• Development programs and educational support
• Paid volunteer days
• Matching gift programs
• Access to employee networks