GTS Chief Business Office - Head of Strategic Initiatives, MD at State Street in Quincy, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Why this role is important to us

The Chief Business Officer oversees business operations across State Street Global Technology Services (GTS), and thus this organization is integral to the overall success of the firm. Working directly for the Chief Business Officer, this role will have responsibility for driving the overall strategic planning process. The role will offer strategic insights to the GTS CIO, facilitate communication with senior technology leadership and drive key strategic initiatives within the overall portfolio.

What you will be responsible for

The ideal candidate will have a combination of both technical and operational understanding:

• Drives the development of the business unit strategy on both a multi-year and periodic basis in support of the company's individual business unit's long-term strategic plans including those related to products and services


• Assess technology portfolio - design and drive an execution framework to assess strategic progress against our 3 year plan, including setting operational objectives (OKRs) and tracking performance to identify risks to plan


• Define, articulate and help enforce a standard operating model of developing strategy across the various functional units within GTS


• Providing analytical insights to the GTS Leadership on a regular basis on the health of execution against the defined strategy


• Partner closely with most senior executives in GTS to develop the plans to deliver the most critical strategic initiatives
  


• Collaborate with senior management team to improve articulation and communication of our strategic plans with the wider stakeholder areas both external and internal to technology


• Driving engagement with State Street COO function to ensure alignment on Technology and Operations strategic vision


• Serving as a Subject Matter Expert and thought leader on strategic plan updates and formal communication on the progress of its execution

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and oral with the ability to communicate effectively to executive level audiences


• Credible business advisor that is able to build consensus


• Ability to think strategically, managing complexity, change and multiple priorities


• Highly collaborative work style and ability to effectively work with leaders who have a range of management styles


• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to simultaneously manage a wide range of activities

• Bachelor degree strongly preferred


• Minimum of 10+ years of related experience within the financial services industry including time spent managing in an executive capacity


• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in driving and shaping business strategies, with an understanding of the challenges of running large transformation change


• Consulting experience within IT preferred


• Proven people leadership skills and executive presence, comfort in interacting with senior executives on a frequent basis


• Understanding of the current regulatory landscape and emerging technology themes is strongly preferred


• Advanced capabilities in Microsoft Office suite of applications

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

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