Alpha Services Business Management, MD

Who we are looking for
State Street Alpha Services business unit is seeking an experienced Business Management leader to support organizational effectiveness globally. You will build a deep understanding of Alpha products, services, and business models, play a key role in driving strategic initiatives, and deliver on strategic goals in an evolving organization. This includes driving results by executing key initiatives, developing, and maintaining key messaging and materials and aligning the organization through effective communications.

Why this role is important to us
State Street Alpha is the industry’s first front-to-back platform that powers better outcomes at every point on the investment lifecycle. It harmonizes data, technology, and services across trusted providers to help our clients better manage their businesses. The Business Management role supports Alpha Services business globally, with a primary focus on supporting the Head of Alpha Services and the Head of Alpha Services Strategy & Transformation. The Business Management lead will report into the Head of Alpha Services Strategy & Transformation and will also grow a dedicated team.  This role is of critical importance to successful business management and execution. Join us if making your mark in an ever-changing, increasingly complex, and competitive industry is a challenge you are up for.

What you will be responsible for
The Alpha Services Business Management lead is responsible for managing a wide range of activities for the business, including: 

• Business Administration and Communications: Management of activities such as OKR (Objectives & Key Results) drafting, tracking and communication, internal travel approvals/budgets, implementation acceleration tracking, training plans, and other EVP/SVP support activities (as assigned).
• Alpha Services Materials Management: Oversight over the development and ongoing maintenance of collateral in support of Alpha Services – Alpha Professional Services (APS), Alpha Services Product and Alpha Data Services (ADS). Tracking and review schedule and coordination/sync with other governance teams/committees to ensure updates are executed and cascaded properly where required.
• Presentations and Communications: Lead the development and ongoing management of materials, presentations, and other collateral support of Alpha Services regularly scheduled meetings and ad-hoc requests.
• Client Events: Planning and management of client advisory board (CAB), pre-CAB preparatory activities, post-CAB summaries and follow-up and coordination with other groups/teams/functions, as required.
• Manage a range of strategic initiatives and partner with Corporate Groups and BU representatives where required in support of firmwide initiatives, policies and systems
• Develop and manage a small team to support business administration activities as described

What we value 
These skills will help you succeed in this role:

• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to simultaneously manage a wide range of on-demand, planned, and periodic activities    
• Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills 
• Willingness to jump into challenging situations or problems and drive to solutions
• Highly collaborative work style and ability to work well with the various Alpha leaders whose styles are quite disparate
• Executive presentation preparation, creation, or editing for executive audiences and verbal communication skills
• Strong people leadership skills and mature presence
• Strong presentation and communications skills – including MS Office productivity software and Business Intelligence tools.
• Grace under pressure and consistency in managing to deadlines and balancing priorities
• Ability to identify options, manage trade-offs and lead group(s) to the best possible outcome
• Ability to collaborate and work across multiple stakeholders
• Knowledge of asset servicing and/or asset management experience a plus

Education & Preferred Qualifications
•    Undergraduate degree minimum and graduate degree preferred
•    8-15+ years of related experience

About State Street
What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we are making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we have been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management t