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State Street · 2 weeks ago

Alternative Investments Project Management Office, Vice President

Clifton, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$125K/yr - $208K/yr

5+ years exp

State Street is a global leader in institutional investment services, and they are seeking a Vice President to support their Alternative Investment Solutions business. This role involves managing project plans, risk logs, and collaborating with various stakeholders to drive project execution and transformation across the AIS business lines.

BankingFinanceFinancial Services

Responsibilities

Support AIS Project Management Office (PMO) activities through management of project artifacts as needed, including managing, tracking, and reporting on projects and program functions to drive successful execution

Lead the end-to-end planning and management of a medium to large project and/or lead a work stream within a very large strategic initiative

Ensure that project scope and requirements and mandates are fully scoped out and documented, including coordinating project scope control

Assess, identify and mitigate the risk areas for each project activity and actively working on activities to manage the risk

Prepare PMO management reports, dashboards and presentations related to the program and/or activities

Interface and collaborate across key internal stakeholders (business, IT and project teams) and external parties to deliver results and ensure consistent service delivery, client solutions and client satisfaction

Participate in structuring, analyzing ad executing projects across the full breadth of AIS’s geographic markets and business lines

Facilitate working group sessions, as needed, to drive initiatives forward, including obtaining consensus and approval from all stakeholders

Support and work with the business leads to accomplish the project plan activities, including managing risks and issues as required

Support analysis on current and target state operating models, organizational designs, workflow and restructuring functions to determine optimal operating model strategy to drive the execution on target state models

Provide quantitative and qualitative analysis to inform strategic and transformation planning and decisions

Qualification

Analytical SkillsProject ManagementFinancial Markets KnowledgeProject Management CertificationMS Office SuiteRisk ManagementCommunication SkillsDocumentation SkillsTeam CollaborationAdaptability

Required

Minimum 5-10+ years of business experience, preferably in financial markets, business analysis and project management

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or equivalent

Strong analytical, project/time management, documentation skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and solid working knowledge of financial markets

Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals in all time zones including Business Sponsors, Executive Leadership, Business Users, IT stakeholders, Project Managers and Subject Matter Experts – internal and external to State Street

Strong communication skills both verbal and written to communicate across various levels of the organization

Ability to work under pressure and deliver on tight schedules

Ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously

Excellent MS Office Suite (Powerpoint, Excel and Word), SharePoint and Collaborate Community Sites

Highly motivated self-starter willing and able to learn a great deal of information in a short period of time

Ability to work independently or as a team member on projects of varying size and scope, including client-facing initiatives

Ability to quickly adapt to constantly changing requirements and business needs