Alpha Data Solution Architect, Vice President Job Description
State Street Alpha Data Services (ADS) is the data-as-a-service provider that is the back bone of the Alpha front to back both technology and service provision to deliver significant data management value to our clients. We're looking for a candidate to take on the role of Data Solutions Architect supporting pre-sales due diligence and implementation.
Why this role is important to us
The team you will be joining is part of a global, cross-divisional group supporting State Street AlphaSM. State Street AlphaSM redefines themon definition of 'alpha' to mean powering better performance and oues at every point on the investment lifecycle and is the first open platform from a single provider that connects the front, middle and back office. It harmonizes data, technology and services across trusted providers to help our clients better manage their businesses. Join us if making your mark in an ever-changing, increasinglyplex andpetitive industry is a challenge you are up for.
What you will be responsible for
1. Be the face of the ADS organization to take the client's Chief Data Architect and Data teams through the Alpha journey/adoption. Provide thought leadership to the client during the due diligence and through the entire implementation journey by understanding the Alpha architecture and client's architecture.
2. Responsible for the end to end solutioning of Front-to-Back ("F2B") Alpha Data Platform ("ADP")/ADS solutions to the client, starting with helping with pre contract due diligence and client presentations, documenting Target Data Solution Architecture and Future State Operating model of Data services, Solution Design, Environment Setup, Development of any Customponents, Go Live activities and Post Go live hyper care support. Will manage the data solutioning and shared ownership of at least one large client implementation or multiple medium to small clients concurrently.
3. Collaborate with upstream application and system owners within State Street to integrate into ADP using the standard model.
4. Design and execution of process engineering to 'bring to life' the data solution epassing data flows from multiple sources to target client consumption layer.
5. Identify ADP product and data service gaps and partner with Product and Service Practice managers to solution the gaps and propose interim or tactical solutions.
6. Partner with broader State Street Application/Service Owners to provide solutions in support of any new client requirements that are extension of the standard set of services or in some select cases a client specific bespoke data solution.
7. Support the defect resolution process by collaborating with the development team in understanding the root cause of data issues and ensuring all defects are fixed. Collaborating with all internal technical and business teams including GTS, SaaS Ops, Alpha Cloud Ops, Alpha Platform Engineering, Alpha Product, ADS Implementation, Alpha Data Ops and clients to resolve issues.
8. Collaborate with Client Implementation Executives and Leads to align on the Alpha implementation activities.
9. Contribute to standard operating procedures and ensure adoption, including any client specific requirements that might be custom bespoke processes. Engage with the L2/L4 Support teams to ensure proper coverage.
10. Collaborate with external vendors as needed for a given client implementation, this will include vendors like Bloomberg, Refinitive, MSCI, Factset, Axioma etc.
These skills will help you succeed in this role:
11. Demonstrate excellentmunication skills across all channels and levels of recipients including team members, colleagues, clients at all levels including C suite.
12. Experienced hands-on ETL, Snowflake, CI/CD Pipelines, SQL, Data Quality rules and Data-Readiness design and implementation of data platforms
13. Experience in designing and implementing relational data models for a variety of data sets which include audit, time series,plex relationships, and high-volume
14. Experience and understanding of system performance and profiling techniques ofplex data model for storage and consumption
15. Influencing the staff in a matrixed organization is required
16. Support a culture ofmitment, team work and productivity alongside diversity and work life balance.
17. Ability to rationalize problems and use judgment and innovation to define clear and concise solutions
18. Extensive experience with Financial Services data domains - Security Master, Entity Master, Benchmarks, Positions, Transactions, Cash, Performance, Analytics, ESG etc.
19. Knowledge of Data Management, Dataernance, Service Catalogue, Data Lineage tools, Operational Dash boards, Process Monitoring tools
20. Working knowledge in Azure / AWS cloud platforms and Snowflake is a huge plus
21. Knowledge about internal and external integrations, triage issues and implement/rmend solutions to data problems and anomalies.
22. Experience and/or knowledge of application of Machine Learning and AI in Data Management within Financial services is a plus.
23. Prior experience with State Street and Charles River Development (CRD) or other OMS is considered a plus
Education & Preferred Qualifications
24. University degree in the field ofputer science, data management or other financial services technical field
25. 15+ years in data management, data architecture, product and market data roles and responsibilities
About State Street
What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligencepanies 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.
Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages arepetitive andprehensive. Details vary in locations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You'll have access to flexible Work Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.
Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees' diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly wee the candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with ourmunities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.
Job ID R-749883