Head of AWS Cloud Platforms, Managing Director

Who we are looking forWe are seeking a senior technology leader to head AWS Cloud Platform Engineering within State Street’s broader Cloud Platforms organization. As a core component of our Technology Platform Engineering and Operations (TPEO) function, this role will report directly to the Head of Cloud Platforms.

Our cloud platforms serve as the backbone for business innovation, enabling secure, scalable, and resilient digital capabilities across the firm. The successful candidate will partner closely with senior leadership to shape and execute strategic plans, while engineering and operating best-in-class AWS platforms that are secure, highly performant, and resilient in support of our business strategy.

This Managing Director will serve as a pillar leader within the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), translating enterprise strategy into AWS-specific platform capabilities. The role is accountable for ensuring consistent execution of platform standards, controls, and product offerings across the firm while driving a product-centric, platform-as-a-service mindset.

This leader brings:

Deep AWS platform engineering expertise

Strong product mindset (platform-as-a-product, service catalog, developer experience)
Proven ability to create and scale high performing global engineering organizations in regulated environments

Why this role is important to us State Street’s cloud platforms are foundational to delivering modern, resilient financial services.

The AWS Cloud Platform:

Is a core component of the firm’s multi-hybrid cloud strategy

Enables application modernization, developer velocity, and operational scale

Must operate with strong governance, security, and regulatory compliance

This role ensures AWS platform capabilities:

Align to enterprise platform strategy

Are delivered consistently as reusable, scalable platform products

Continuously improve in reliability, risk posture, developer experience, and cost efficiency

What you will be responsible for1) AWS Platform Strategy Execution & Product Ownership Execute the AWS platform strategy aligned to the enterprise cloud roadmap

Own and evolve the AWS platform roadmap and service catalog, ensuring alignment with multi-cloud standards

Single threaded ownership of AWS cloud platforms with a product mindset.

Drive adoption of platform services across application teams with clear business valueo Establish and track metrics across:o Platform adoptiono Developer experienceo Reliability and performanceo Cost optimization2) Governance & Compliance (Aligned to Enterprise Standards)
Own delivery and evolution of the AWS landing zone, consistent with enterprise guardrails and Cloud Security Alliance’s Cloud Control Matrix (4.0)
Proactively identifying and managing risks in the environments and driving hygiene in the environment through appropriate preventative and detective controls

Implement and enforce:o Policy-as-code controlso Logging, monitoring, and compliance baseline so Multi-account governance and provisioning

Ensure AWS platform remains audit-ready and aligned to global regulatory expectations3) Platform Engineering & Developer Enablement Build and operate AWS platform products enabling self-service consumption:

Compute, storage, networking, observability, and integration patterns

Deliver automation-first capabilities:

Infrastructure-as-CodeCI/CD enablement

Zero click-ops provisioning

Partner with application and product teams to:

Translate demand into standardized patterns

Improve developer productivity and reuse4) Operational Excellence & Platform Reliability Own AWS platform operational health and resilience

Lead:

Incident management and root cause elimination

SLO/SLA definition and adherence

Resilience and DR/BCP readiness

Ensure strong observability, telemetry, and operational transparency5) Financial Stewardship & Vendor Management (Fin Ops Alignment)
Manage AWS platform cost model, consumption, and optimization

Partner Finance/Fin Ops on:

Budget alignment

Cost transparency and efficiency

Identify; build and nurture strategic partnerships with AWS and other third-party service providers to enhance platform capabilities and align to latest innovations in the market6) Organization…