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Head of Strategic Business Partners & Initiatives – Managing Director
| Company | State Street |
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| Location | Boston, MA, USA |
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| Salary | $115000 – $190000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Minimum 12 years of experience in the financial services industry, ideally within asset management.
- BA/BS or equivalent degree, preferably with a financial or business discipline; completion of CFA is a plus.
- Proven experience in developing and leveraging relationships across multiple stakeholders.
- Strong ability to motivate, mentor, and engage a high-performing team.
- Ability to orchestrate a complex and evolving strategic agenda, aligning senior leadership and driving execution across a matrixed organization.
- Gravitas to engage and drive C-suite level engagements with credibility.
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage expectations in a fast-paced, complex environment.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and comfort with ambiguity.
- Ability to work as part of a team, creating an environment of cohesion and engagement.
- Strong active listening skills, highly collaborative, and transparent.
Responsibilities
- Developing and executing a partnership strategy to accelerate product ideation and maximize commercial outcomes, which involves working alongside Product Pillar Heads to identify the highest priority opportunities to pursue, developing go-to-market commercial plans, negotiating strategic alliance agreements, and ongoing relationship management.
- Maintaining and cultivating active relationships with executive partners internally and externally, driving end to end relationship ownership across index and sub-advisors, serving as a thought partner and escalation point, and steering C-level engagements.
- Overseeing high-impact partnership and/or product initiatives, working cross-functionally with key stakeholders including product, investments, legal, marketing, client coverage, funds management and finance.
- Growing, nurturing, and maintaining a high-performing team providing coaching, mentoring, and professional development opportunities.
- Setting and driving the appropriate operating model across business relationships within a complex matrixed environment.
- Creating enhancements of our existing processes to drive continuous improvements and more impactful outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
