Senior Application Transformation Manager, Vice President

This position requires a highly specialized blend of application knowledge and strong experience, enabling effective collaboration with both business stakeholders, development team and external vendors. The role plays a pivotal part in ensuring alignment between business objectives and technology delivery, thereby directly influencing and running the overall transformation of the Italian application landscape with the aim to open-up for offshore support. The successful candidate will take initiative, exercise independent thinking, multi-task activities, set priorities, and meet aggressive deadlines in a fast-paced environment with accountability for supporting modernization and operational resilience. Must have strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills and be interested in working in a professional and team-oriented environment.Why this role is important to usOur technology function is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We’re driving the company’s digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation. We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We’re looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company. Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.Role overview/Roles and responsibility:Leads the end-to-end planning and management of a small to medium project on vendor and application managementLead modernization initiatives, including cloud-native development, application simplification, legacy transformation, and platform rationalization.Support the Italian Head of Investment Services Technology on application management and administrationDrive adoption of automation, DevOps, and engineering best practices to improve speed, quality, and resilience.Plans, organizes and controls the activities of cross-functional project teamsDevelops and maintains an end-to-end project plan (preferably in Jira), manages resource forecasts and cost plans.Vulnerability management and Ensure alignment with enterprise risk, cyber, and regulatory expectations.Coordinates communication with sponsors and management concerning the project status, risks, and issues resolution.Act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders across business, technology, operations, and risk.Identifies and uses best practices for project managementDemonstrates an understanding of the impact of problems across the organization and facilitates a collaborative solutionCoordinate across many teams with different responsibilities and goals to communicate, negotiate, and manage tasksRequirements:Strong experience working with applications in a vendor landscape within the Investment Services industry.Strong Project Management skill set. Strong understanding of current technologies with past experience in a technical role.Outstanding communication skills with confidence to deliver difficult messages to senior and executive management when necessary.Fluency in EnglishMinimum Salary:85,000 AnnualThe minimum salary quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the successful candidate ultimately works outside of this primary location, the applicable minimum salary may differ.Salary will be determined based on factors such as the position, type of work performed, individual skills, job description, working hours, diligence, initiative, self-management, length of employment, availability, and the quantity and quality of work delivered, as well as other objective and non-discriminatory criteria relevant to State Street employees.In addition to base salary, employees may, subject to applicable local laws, company policies, and plan terms, be eligible for a country-aligned benefits package and may be considered, at the Company’s sole discretion, for discretionary annual performance-based awards.About State StreetAcross the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.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.Discover more information on jobs at StateStreet.com/careersRead our CEO StatementSummaryLocation: Milan, ItalyType: Full time