Job Description

We are currently in need of a Solutions Architect who can design, develop, and deliver market-leading end-to-end solutions between CRD/Alpha and our growing number of clients and integrations. Our customer base requires full support across

• Trading (listed instruments, private assets, and OTC derivatives)
• Post Trade and Execution Management
• Portfolio Management Workflows
• Single security analytics
• Risk models/factor exposures/ex-ante risk
• Scenario analysis/what-if/stress tests
• Performance measurement and attribution
• Value at Risk
• Liquidity risk
• Reporting/data delivery

The Solutions Architect is a senior-level role helping drive product design, development, and market demand. This role will interface with clients, the sales team and market participants to understand and design products and processes. The Solutions Architect also drive requirements analysis, functional design and user interfaces to ensure our products are compelling and demonstrate value to our customers and the market. Further, the Solutions Architect is required to engage with our partners in terms of understanding their product delivery and technical solutions to ensure that integration and workflow needs are met.

Responsibilities:

• Performs market analysis and builds product plans
• Gathers requirements from internal & external parties (clients, partners, vendors, etc.) and creates business requirement specifications
• Prepares product impact assessment, reviews with engineering groups, estimates effort
• Summarizes the task for wider internal & external reviews and funding decisions
• Analyzes priorities, maintains the product calendar and works with engineering to ensure that development calendar is progressing according to plan
• Creates functional specifications and reviews with relevant parties
• Reviews development process on an ongoing basis
• Demonstrates prototypes to interested parties, assesses usability
• Reviews the QA and documentation process on an ongoing basis
• Prepares product literature and placement strategy
• May speak at public events or author industry articles as appropriate
• Coordinates training and support resources

Requirements:

• Ability to research, analyze and develop product plans
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and inter-personal skills
• Ability to develop and manage cross functional processes and project timelines
• Understanding of the technology development lifecycle
• Proven ability to do requirements analysis, functional design and user interface design
• Specific knowledge of the investment industry (financial instruments, workflows, major players, trends, etc.)
• Strong contributor with high motivation, with the ability to take initiative, set priorities and perform tasks with minimal guidance
• Bachelors Degree
• 10+ years of experience

Qualifications:

• Experience in either product management or systems analysis developing and delivering a multi-tier financial applications
• Specific experience with leading trading, risk and analytics vendors such as Bloomberg, BRS Aladdin, MSCI, Qontigo/Axioma, FactSet, or engagement with such vendors as a client.
• Proven experience in managing development of similar products
• Technical and architectural experience (coding, architecture, tech design)
• Consulting skills and experience

Equal Opportunity Employment Resources
As an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider applications for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
As an equal opportunity employer, State Street Corporation is committed to a diverse workforce and is also committed to a barrier-free employment process. In order to ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans\xe2\x80\x99 Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, individuals that require accommodation in the job application process for a posted position may contact us at or (617) 664-0007 for assistance.

Salary Range: $110,000 - $185,000 Annual

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.

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