PMO/Implementation Lead, Assistant Vice President

State Street

PMO Lead at State Street responsible for program governance and high-level stakeholder management. Leading a team and ensuring successful project delivery in technology transformations.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timeBoston • Massachusetts, New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $80,000 - $140,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and continuously evolve the program governance framework
Enforce governance cadence, including meeting rhythm, pack production timelines, and action follow‑through
Structure standard processes and frameworks for PMO teams to leverage with their clients
Chair cross‑workstream governance and coordination forums and resolve blockers that cannot be addressed at workstream level
Review and challenge all governance content prior to Program Director approval, including: RAG statuses, RAID entries, Milestone and deliverable status
Draft, own, and present escalation papers to the Program Board and Steering Committee
Actively challenge workstream leads, test leads, and client counterparts when reported status is inconsistent with delivery evidence
Own the go‑live readiness assessment and present formal readiness recommendations to the Board
Maintain a single, authoritative source of truth for program status, risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies
Lead, manage, and develop the PMO team, including: Senior PMO Analyst, PMO Analyst, PMO Coordinator

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience leading PMO functions on complex, multi‑year technology or transformation programs
Strong asset servicing or financial services domain knowledge, with understanding of front‑to‑back operating models
Extensive experience operating at senior governance levels, including Program Boards and Steering Committees
High‑impact communicator with the confidence to professionally challenge senior stakeholders and delivery leads
Deep understanding of program governance, risk management, and escalation frameworks
Demonstrated experience building, leading, and developing high‑performing PMO teams
Strong proficiency in JIRA and Confluence — able to maintain trackers, dashboards, and data quality, not just consume outputs
Sound delivery judgment and the ability to identify when reported program status does not reflect underlying delivery reality — and the confidence to act

Benefits

Comp & perks

our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
access to our Employee Assistance Program
incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans

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Hard Skills & Tools

Program GovernanceRisk ManagementEscalation FrameworksGovernance CadenceDelivery JudgmentPMO Team DevelopmentMulti-Year Program LeadershipStandard Process StructuringRAG Status ReviewRAID Entry Review

Soft Skills

High-Impact CommunicationProfessional ChallengeStakeholder ManagementTeam LeadershipConflict Resolution