Alternatives Product Business Analyst – Real Assets– Assistant Vice President

The Alternatives Product organization seeks a qualified leader with strong experience and interest in leading alternatives projects for our alternative's product organization, primarily within Real Assets.  The individual must bring strong experience in Alternative Asset Classes and program/project management to manage complex business transformation and technology development.  This role will interact directly with key stakeholders across the business, technology and within the product organization, including senior management. The successful candidate must have excellent verbal, written and presentation skills, be highly organized, and have a good understanding of our Alternatives business. 

Responsibilities                            

• Lead and/or perform the execution of specified Alternative development programs, with a focus on Real Assets, including partnering with other members of the client facing, product, global delivery and technology teams. 

• Use latest AI technology to manage project documentation including business case creation, requirements, development plans.
• Facilitate program governance including compliance with policies, best practices, oversight of issues, risks, audit and compliance items in support of program reporting.
• Participate as product owner or business analyst for agile development programs including prioritization, epic & story creation, status tracking, execution status meetings, issue escalation/resolution, testing & implementation
• Collaborate globally across business units to share approaches, develop best practices and improve the teams capabilities to successfully execute and deliver new capabilities or better serve clients.

• Manage project status meetings, ensuring complete and accurate reporting and updates for senior management and key stakeholders around issues, risks, progress and accomplishments.

• Understand the firm’s strategic plans, business, process and architecture and apply that knowledge in the solution design and development phases.

Skills

• Highly proficient in AI
•  Highly organized, strong analytic skills, ability to operate independently and to move seamlessly between multiple projects/implementations with changing client requirements
• Ability to organize, prioritize, balance key tasks and manage time effectively.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills and the ability to develop and define clear business requirements for various project documentation e.g. use cases, business requirement document.
• Comfortable facilitating working groups and large discussions to ensure common understanding and drive decisions.
• Strong presentation skills to both internal and external stakeholders, including client interaction.
• Ability to evidence facts and back up with data to validate decision making.
• Ability to distil complex information into clear, concise actionable insights for senior management.
• Demonstrate the ‘Risk Excellence’ culture in your behaviour and a high level of Code of Conduct

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree on business, accounting or related experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Yardi essential
• Experience in implementing AI process solutions

• Minimum of 5-8 years within Alternative industry;

• Working knowledge of SDLC, Jira, Clarity and other development related tools.
• Knowledge of or experience leading projects related to the financial services industry is an advantage.
• Experience interacting and presenting to senior management around status and strategy reporting.

Salary Range:

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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