Platform Solutions Product Analyst, Assistant Vice President

Who we are looking for

The Platform Solutions team sits within Financing Solutions. The team delivers technology solutions to clients and internal stakeholders that accelerate and improve business outcomes through increased transparency, robust intelligence and seamless execution. The core responsibility of this role is the creation and scaling of the market-leading treasury and financing platform, Venturi.

This is a cross-functional role, that requires a dynamic communicator and leader to interact with clients and various teams within the organization to achieve our goals. We are looking for an experienced product analyst with a strong understanding of business process analysis. Details are the differentiator for top notch products and the ability to translate client feedback to the offering is paramount. To those ends, we are looking for someone to enjoy the specifics while also thinking creatively on solutions that will transform how our clients do business. An ability to understand and apply quantitative methods to business problems is a must!

Why this role is important to us

The team you will be joining is a part of State Street Global Markets (SSGM). When owners and managers of institutional assets need research, trading, securities lending and innovative portfolio strategies, they turn to SSGM business unit. As our investment research and trading arm, SSGM’s number one goal is to enhance and preserve our clients’ portfolio values by applying technology, optimizing trading, and linking asset classes and markets across the world.

Join us if making your mark in the capital markets industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.

What you will be responsible for

As Platform Solutions Product Analyst, Assistant Vice President you will be

• Taking a leadership role in integrating new products and technologies into the Financing Solutions Venturi platform to improve client outcomes

• Working directly with clients and stakeholders to understand needs and design solutions

• Responsible for researching, analyzing, and documenting business/system requirements and working with supporting teams to ensure that these requirements can be translated to efficient compliant solutions

• Responsible for identifying and implementing effective internal controls to ensure solutions operate efficiently within corporate policies and guidelines

• Participating in business user testing and deployments and end user trainings

• Managing roadmaps, timelines, risks and proactively preparing and communicating audience-appropriate project status

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Experienced working under tight deadlines with multiple deliverables

• High standard of quality which includes attention to detail, problem solving, analytics and accountability

• Strong communication, organization and time management skills

• Strategic thinking and ability to influence, collaborate and interact comfortably with multiple levels of the organization

• Self-motivated, adaptable, and willing to take on new challenges

• Intellectual curiosity and an enthusiasm for learning and development

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above

• Minimum of 5+ years experience in a product role within financial services or a technology related field

• Experience in securities financing (Prime Services, Agent Lending, Repo, etc.) and collateral preferred

• Previous experience working with analytics and execution platforms

• Experience leading and working with Agile teams

• Strong analytical skills with an ability to read and prototype in object oriented programming (preferably Python) a plus

• Outstanding communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills; ability to interact professionally with business leaders and technical teams alike across multiple levels of the organization

Additional requirements

• This is a hybrid role with an expectation of 4 days a week in the office

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’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve 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 to institutional clients.