Senior Vice President, COO Investments – Global Head of Front Office Re-Engineering

State Street

Global Head of Front Office Re-Engineering leading modernization initiatives at State Street. Overseeing scalable platforms and enterprise execution across all asset classes with a focus on technology strategy.

Posted 7/22/2026full-timeBoston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 £160,000 - £280,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in front-office re-engineering, technology strategy execution, and building high-performing engineering organizations. Proficient in portfolio management, trading platforms, and AI-enabled software delivery within asset management technology.

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Front-Office EngineeringPortfolio ManagementAI-Enabled EngineeringCloud-Native ArchitectureTechnology Transformation

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Hard Skills

API-First DesignEvent-Driven ArchitectureResilient Engineering PatternsInvestment Data/IBORAnalytics

Soft Skills

Talent DevelopmentLeadershipSuccession Planning

Tools & Technologies

Cloud PlatformsEngineering StandardsShared-Services

Certifications & Qualifications

MBACFAPMPAgileSAFe

Industry Keywords

Asset Management TechnologyTrading PlatformsLarge-Scale Technology Transformation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudPMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own enterprise execution of front-office re-engineering priorities, translating the multi-year strategy into scalable platforms, resilient operations, measurable adoption, and business outcomes across all asset classes.
Execute technology strategy and investment priorities established by the Global Head of Investments and Business Services with senior stakeholders, maintaining accountability for delivery outcomes, adoption, risk reduction, and value realization.
Drive solution architecture and design thinking across the investment platform, applying API-first, event-driven, cloud-native, shared-services, design-for-failure, and resilient engineering patterns.
Build a high-performing distributed global engineering organization across APAC, North America, and EMEA through talent development, succession planning, workforce modernization, engineering standards, and a player-coach leadership model.
Lead engineering disciplines aligned to portfolio management, trading, investment data including real-time IBOR, risk, analytics, platform modernization, and AI-enabled software delivery.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline required.
25+ years of experience in asset management technology, front-office engineering, portfolio management and trading platforms, investment data/IBOR, AI-enabled engineering, or large-scale technology transformation
MBA, Master’s degree, CFA, PMP, Agile, SAFe, architecture, cloud, engineering, or AI-related professional certifications preferred.

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