Job Description

Who we are looking for:As a member of the India Transition team, you will be responsible for executing various transition initiatives across Global Delivery and Corporate Functions. Our responsibility is to enable the business to drive the change necessary within the organization, whether it is driven by growth ambitions, regulatory or industry change, client needs, or internal efficiency needs. Projects are managed within a Transition Management Framework to provide adherence to the relevant governance and oversight controls.We are hiring for AVP-Transitions within the team based out of India. The role is for an experienced project manager with strong understanding of transitions preferably in BFSI domain and would lead multiple projects concurrently and/or a large program with multiple workstreams. This is a full-time role with at least 3/4 days in the office expected per week.Why this role is important to us:The team you will be joining is responsible to execute transitions for Global Delivery business which are time-critical and in compliance with the risk requirements.What you will be responsible for:As AVP - Transitions you will

• This role is responsible to manage and execute a critical program and all associated transitions.
• It requires deep transition management experience as well as program planning and management experience.
• It is expected to ensure and demonstrate tremendous discipline in the transition planning and transition governance process.
• It also owns all aspects of transition reporting across various stakeholders. Also, maintain control of all transitions related data, create management reporting for consumption across levels and for driving the transitions forward.
• Transforms transitions data into analytical insight resulting in impactful actions and outcomes
• Identify, communicate and resolve thematic issues.
• Identify delays, fix accountabilities and proactively communicate with all stakeholders to drive the execution plan.
• Ability to deep dive where needed, perform detailed analysis, out of the box thinking and solution orientation.
• Exceptional organizational skills with emphasis on prioritizations. Excellent communication skills written and verbal.
• Hold various stakeholders accountable and escalate delays in a timely manner. Also continuously find alternate ways of driving resolution.
• Maintain required stakeholder communication at all times through various channels.
• Responsible for providing strategic consulting view around transitions in an effort to ensure all transfer decisions are in line with the business strategy.
• Collaborate with wide range of senior stakeholders to improve pace of delivery and quality of execution by increasing efficiency through digitization and adoption of transformative technologies.
• Strong management skills who can lead a team in all aspects of transitions, data analysis and business intelligence reporting.
• Strong knowledge of custody and accounting operations and state street wide systems & processes will be useful
• Report status on assigned program/ project workstream as per defined frequency to ensure alignment of goals and activities across work streams and initiatives
• Research, create, and compile materials needed for effective discussion and planning; Support and maintain tools and templates used in the reporting function.
• Manage logistics of initiative (e.g. meeting and schedule coordination, documentation including agendas, minutes, dashboards and executive reporting maintenance).
• Collaborate with departments to ensure completion of all required transition documentation, check lists, training, reporting and go-live management
• Ensure the global transition framework is followed with strict tollgate adherence
• Identify, report and mitigate transition risks, issues and critical barriers
• Ensure all tasks are completed according to State Street standards, procedures and policies
• Perform other duties as required

What we value:

• Demonstrated experience with planning and leading cross-functional initiatives
• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills
• Experience with establishing an organized and structured approach to change initiatives with a strong awareness of business risk
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with our business and technology partners
• Comfort interacting with all levels of the organization
• Experience in establishing clear accountability and ownership for project deliverables across other teams while taking accountability for own work and being a self-motivated, productive colleague
• Act with urgency to ensure essential plans remain on course and issues are effectively communicated
• Talent to drive creative thinking and collaboration to surface strategic solutions
• Ability to solve complex problems

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 10-12 years of relevant experience within the finance industry
• Prior project/transition management experience of 6-8 years required
• Strong MS Office skills are preferred
• Relevant certifications (e.g., PMP), would be a plus

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