VP: Product Management - Alternatives Data Warehouse
The Alternatives Product organization seeks a qualified leader with strong experience and interest in overseeing and coordinating the development of the data warehouse across the applications servicing Alternatives clients. This role will report to the Managing Director responsible for managing the overall Alternatives Program.
The individual plays a key role in aligning to the enterprise data strategy and coordinating the development across the underlying specific workstreams for each application. The role will own the oversight of the development process, including coordination of individual product owners for specific applications and working closely with other dependent teams within State Street. This role will interact directly with clients and internal senior management.
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The successful candidate must be highly organized, self-motivated and be able to move seamlessly between multiple Product Owners and changing technology requirements at times. This individual will be the key representative to drive a unified methodology across multiple workstreams, including working closely with partners in technology to drive solutions.
Responsibilities
- Partner with technology, product owners and operations to deliver product and infrastructure aligned with our strategic goals
- Work with technology to drive solutions and deliverables to meet requirements, including ensuring transparency and escalation as needed to identify delays or deviations from original strategy
- Manage business partner demand and help resolve competing priorities
- Build relationships with key stakeholders and ensure they understand the business needs to create robust and sustainable solutions
- Act as a subject matter expert related to best practices
- Identify and frame risks and issues as well as ensure their timely resolution or escalation
- Effectively communicate, collaborate and develop relationships with diverse stakeholders with varied interests
- Participate in project status meetings, ensuring ability to communicate status to internal, senior management and external stakeholders.
- Support annual planning and funding prioritization activities where required.
- Understand the firm's strategic plans, business, process and architecture and apply that knowledge in the solution design and development phases.
- Produce reporting and updates to senior management and key stakeholders around issues, risks, progress and accomplishments
Skills
- Demonstrate strong understanding of data management, agile development and experience with asset servicing for Alternatives, is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to lead development life cycle, complex projects or client engagements and driving outcomes
- Excellent project management and analytical skills - ability to lead as well as roll up your sleeves as needed
- Strong organization, communication and interpersonal skills, written and oral, including interaction with senior stakeholders.
- Ability to organize, prioritize, balance key tasks and manage time effectively.
- Comfortable facilitating working groups and large discussions, including internal and external stakeholders, to drive decisions.
- Strong presentation skills to both internal and external stakeholders, including client interaction
Experience
- Minimum of 7-10 years of experience industry experience
- Knowledge of or experience leading product development programs/processes related to the financial services industry is an advantage.
- Experience interacting and presenting to clients around status and strategy reporting
- Demonstrated success working closely with technology partners to drive successful outcomes would be an advantage
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