Alpha - Complex Instruments Solutions Solutions Architect - Managing Director
State Street22 hours ago
Base Salary
$170k - $253k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute implementation strategies for OTC derivatives and complex instrument solutions across the Alpha platform.
- Lead solution architecture for strategic client implementations, platform migrations, and transformation programs.
- Design target operating models and end-to-end servicing solutions for front-, middle-, and back-office workflows.
- Oversee lifecycle processing, valuation, collateral management, margin processing, settlements, accounting, reporting, reconciliations, and investment operations solutions.
- Establish governance, delivery oversight, risk management, escalation frameworks, testing, migration, conversion, and operational-readiness processes.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across Product, Technology, Operations, Data, Client Service, and Implementation organizations.
- Build executive-level client relationships and act as a trusted advisor throughout onboarding, conversion, and post-production stabilization.
- Develop implementation standards, solution frameworks, operating-model templates, and global delivery best practices.
- Partner with Product Management, Sales, and Relationship Management on roadmap feedback, pre-sales engagements, and scalable client solutions.
- Provide governance updates to executive stakeholders and identify opportunities to reduce operational risk and accelerate delivery.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in financial services, capital markets, derivatives operations, implementation management, consulting, product delivery, or client solutions.
- Deep expertise in OTC derivatives across rates, credit, foreign exchange, equity, commodity, and structured derivatives.
- Strong understanding of derivatives and complex-instrument lifecycles from trade capture through settlement, accounting, and reporting.
- Extensive experience designing target operating models and delivering complex client onboarding, migration, and transformation programs.
- Strong solution architecture skills spanning business processes, operating models, data, workflows, and technology integration.
- Experience with OTC derivatives servicing, middle-office operations, collateral processing, investment operations, implementation governance, testing, conversion planning, and operational readiness.
- Experience supporting asset managers, institutional investors, pension funds, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, and alternative investment firms.
- Strong client-facing consulting, advisory, stakeholder-management, presentation, communication, and influencing skills.
- Ability to influence outcomes across matrix organizations without direct management responsibility and manage multiple strategic initiatives.
- Strong understanding of investment-servicing platforms, related technology ecosystems, global operating models, regional market practices, and cross-border requirements.
- MBA, CFA, or equivalent qualifications are advantageous.
- Up to 10% travel is required for client and business engagement purposes.
Benefits
- Retirement savings plan with company match.
- Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and optional additional coverage.
- Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and family-care leave.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Eligibility for incentive compensation and annual performance-based awards, excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans.
- Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans.
- Inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and employee networks.
- Up to 10% travel required; specific work arrangement is not stated.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About State Street
State Street is a global custodian bank and asset manager serving institutional investors with investment servicing, fund accounting, trading/FX, data, and index/active strategies. Its products include State Street Global Advisors’ funds and ETFs, the Charles River Investment Management Solution, and the front-to-back State Street Alpha platform. Founded in 1792 and headquartered in Boston, the company is publicly traded on the NYSE (ticker: STT) and operates across major markets worldwide.