Global Head of Data & AI Strategy and Product Management, SVP

Who We Are Looking For

Act as the enterprise product and portfolio leader for Data & AI
, defining strategy, owning the roadmap, and ensuring disciplined execution and value realization—while delivering clear, compelling communication to internal and external stakeholders.

The Head of Data & AI Strategy, Portfolio & Value serves as the central product and portfolio management authority for all Data & AI initiatives across State Street.

This role operates at the intersection of strategy, product management, and executive communication
, ensuring that Data & AI investments are:

• Strategically aligned to business priorities
• Structured as coherent, product-oriented roadmaps
• Transparently tracked and measured for value
• Effectively communicated to employees, clients, and investors

The role requires a leader who combines deep understanding of data and AI platforms with modern product management discipline and the ability to deliver high-quality executive narratives and artifacts
.

This leader will run a small, high-impact team responsible for managing the end-to-end Data & AI portfolio, driving roadmap clarity, and producing high-quality materials for executive, board, client, and investor consumption.

Success is measured by clarity of strategy, portfolio discipline, roadmap execution, and quality of internal and external communication
.

• Define and evolve the enterprise Data & AI strategy aligned to:
  • Business priorities across State Street
  • Platform-led transformation objectives
  • Emerging industry and technology trends
• Translate strategy into clear product-aligned roadmaps across:
  • Data platforms
  • AI platforms (ML, GenAI, Agentic AI)
  • Enterprise AI use cases

• Act as the enterprise product manager for the Data & AI portfolio
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of the portfolio, including:
  • Intake and shaping of initiatives
  • Prioritization and sequencing
  • Roadmap definition and maintenance
• Structure initiatives as products and capabilities, not one-off projects
• Ensure alignment across:
  • Platform teams (Data & AI Platforms)
  • Enablement teams
  • Lines of Business

• Maintain a single, integrated enterprise roadmap for Data & AI
• Drive deep tracking of delivery against roadmap commitments, including:
  • Milestones
  • Dependencies
  • Outcomes
• Establish strong portfolio discipline through:
  • Regular reviews
  • Progress reporting
  • Issue escalation and resolution
• Ensure transparency across senior stakeholders

• Define and implement clear value realization frameworks, including:
  • Revenue growth
  • Cost efficiency and productivity gains
  • Client impact and experience
• Track outcomes at both:
  • Initiative level
  • Portfolio level
• Establish fact-based reporting of realized vs. expected value

• Own creation of high-quality strategic and product narratives for:
  • Executive leadership and Board
  • Investor communications
  • Client engagement and differentiation
• Develop polished artifacts including:
  • Strategy decks
  • Roadmaps and capability models
  • Progress and value realization reports
• Translate complex Data & AI capabilities into clear, compelling business stories

• Partner with Lines of Business to:
  • Identify high-value opportunities
  • Shape them into well-defined product use cases
• Ensure strong linkage between:
  • Business outcomes
  • Platform capabilities
  • Roadmap priorities

• Establish a lightweight but rigorous portfolio management operating model
• Drive consistency in:
  • Initiative definition
  • Prioritization criteria
  • Tracking and reporting
• Enable faster decision‑making through structured portfolio insights

• Build and lead a small, high-performing team covering:
  • Product and portfolio management
  • Strategy and roadmap planning
  • Executive communication and content development
• Foster a culture of:
  • Precision and clarity
  • Strong execution discipline
  • High-quality, polished output

• Senior leadership experience in product management, strategy, or portfolio leadership, preferably in:
  • Leading technology firms
  • Financial services or peer…