Business Integration Lead in London

State Street Alpha Implementation team is looking for an EMEA Business Integration Lead to interact with the Client and our internal Operations Teams from Service Definition to Go Live. We’re looking for professionals with experience across front and middle office operating models, business analysis, data management and project management disciplines. The role will be client facing, including interaction with program team and the wider STT teams including senior management.

State Street AlphaSM 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, increasingly complex and competitive industry is a challenge you are up for.

What You Will Be Responsible For

• Plan, scope and manage Business Integration led events (DITL, Production Parallel and Hypercare) to conclusion, including agreeing entry, success and exit criteria, governance model, runbooks, MI and shaping the team to support.
• Work with the Business leads to update changes to the Service Level Agreements and Future State Operating and support Models throughout the implementation period.
• Support on events like Day in the Life and Production Parallel that lead up to the Go-Live event including hypercare (defining governance structure, issue management, scope, entry & exit criteria).
• Review completed conversions for lessons learnt to apply to future implementations for process improvement.
• Gain an understanding of target operating models.
• Prepare our operations teams for Business Integration events with regular meetings with the workstreams.
• Leverage influence across business areas and project team members to drive toward a common goal of onboarding the client.
• Ensure practice is aligned to programme activities and governance; leverage the ASIS standards and feedback on changes/improvements.
• Review risks and issues within the Business Integration framework, communicate effectively within the program, drive solutions and options.

What We Value

• Excellent Communication Skills with ability to effectively run meetings and collaborate across teams and functions.
• Ability to proactively identify potential issues and drive resolution across teams.
• Leadership and ability to bring together teams across different levels and disciplines within the organization.
• Ability to work in a high paced environment, be flexible, follow tight deadlines, organize and prioritize work. Weekend work required.
• Displaying our Culture traits and behaviours – Choose to own it, Break through Silos, deliver results through integrity, Do Better Every Day, Care for colleagues, clients and community.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant Financial Industry Experience required, preferably Investment Management / Asset Management.
• Strong understanding of financial markets and investment management processes, including back‑office functions.
• Experience in implementation of client onboardings with complex architecture, multiple teams and functionalities.
• Intermediate to advanced with Microsoft Office tools; familiarity with Jira and Confluence is a plus.

Equal Opportunity Statement

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, 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.