State Street
Financial Services
AlphaImplementationTestLead,VicePresident
“Alpha Implementation Test Lead, Vice President at State Street. Skills: testing, implementation, stakeholder management, project management, financial services domain knowledge. managing a client implementation program globally to onboard the client to State Street’s Alpha platform. Representing State Street Alpha and presenting to clients on the testing journey, testing standards, and managing overall expectations at the onset and during the implementation”
What You'll Achieve.
accelerating implementation timelines; providing reliable and consistent delivery of data and functionality; delivering a seamless and repeatable implementation experience for our clients
Industry & Context.
analytical and organizational skills
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
track record of success in testing within large, complex, client facing transformation programs, experience and proven success in managing senior client and internal stakeholders, overseeing, and driving complex project plans, managing change, understanding and testing data models, business workflow, and systems architecture, 18+ years of financial and/or technology transformation experience, 10+ years’ experience leading and managing project teams consisting of employees, contractors, and partner organizations, 8+ years experience directly engaging clients at senior levels of their organizations, excellent verbal, written and presentation skills, understand global portfolio management and financial including portfolio construction, trading, compliance, and risk across all major asset classes, Deep client engagement and expectation management across project life cycles, analytical and organizational skills, Ability to work in a fast-paced, globally structured, and team-based environment, ability to work independently, Risk management skills, especially those acquired at G-SIFI organizations and/or large public accounting firms, Knowledge of key risk indicators, governance, oversight and escalation practices, Presentation preparation and delivery for business risk committees and cross organizational, executive and board of directors’ committees, execution management skills for delivery of programs and initiatives, Ability to collaborate and work across multiple stakeholders
Nice to Have
experience in agile methodology and tools (e. g. , JIRA, Confluence), Electronic trading platforms experience is useful but not essential, Experience in portfolio management theory and application is useful but not essential
What You'll Do.
managing a client implementation program globally to onboard the client to State Street’s Alpha platform
Representing State Street Alpha and presenting to clients on the testing journey
and managing overall expectations at the onset and during the implementation
Financial planning and resource management for the testing team including estimation
and change management
Strategic thought leadership and active engagement in end-to-end implementation delivery model
Senior client and internal stakeholder management
Managing a global testing team of functional and automation testers who design
and execute testing for all in scope workflows
and the overall platform architecture
Adoption and continuous improvement of best practices and testing standards
Managing creation and delivery of internal and client facing documents (client proposals
Leading the planning and execution of all testing activities and providing regular status updates to senior leaders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
managing a global testing team of functional and automation testers; Ability to collaborate and work across multiple stakeholders
Communication Scope
excellent verbal, written and presentation skills; presentation preparation and delivery for business risk committees and cross organizational, executive and board of directors’ committees
Process & Methodology
managing complex project plans, Financial planning, resource management, estimation, budget to actual, change management, execution management skills for delivery of programs and initiatives, leading the planning and execution of all testing activities
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