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Define and establish a unified One State Street data architecture, including enterprise data domains, reusable data assets, and a clear multi-year roadmap—enabling consistent, AI-ready data across all businesses and functions.

The Head Of Data Architecture is accountable for creating a cohesive enterprise data architecture that spans State Street’s full business landscape, including:

• Investment Services
• Investment Management
• Wealth
• Alpha platform
• Global Markets
• Corporate and control functions

This role works deeply across business and technology to understand domain-level data structures, flows, and usage, and synthesize them into a single, integrated enterprise architecture view.

A core focus is to identify, standardize, and drive adoption of reusable data assets and enterprise definitions, ensuring that the organization benefits from shared, consistent, and high-quality data across use cases, platforms, and business lines.

The role defines both the target-state architecture and the practical transformation journey, ensuring that current fragmented data landscapes evolve into a well-structured, scalable, and AI-ready ecosystem.

Success is measured by clarity and adoption of enterprise data architecture, reuse of data assets across domains, and enablement of scalable data and AI platforms.

• Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture vision and target state.
• Develop a unified One State Street data architecture blueprint, integrating:
  • All business domains
  • Cross-functional data flows
  • Platform-aligned data structures
• Create clear architectural representations that simplify the enterprise data landscape.

• Partner closely across:
  • Investment Services
  • Investment Management
  • Wealth
  • Alpha platform
  • Global Markets
  • Control functions (Finance, Risk, Compliance, Operations, etc.)
• Build deep understanding of:
  • Business processes
  • Domain data models
  • Data usage and dependencies
• Translate domain complexity into standardized enterprise data models and structures.

• Define and standardize:
  • Enterprise data domains and sub-domains
  • Domain ownership boundaries
  • Conceptual and logical data models
• Ensure consistency and interoperability across domains.
• Enable domain-oriented architecture aligned to modern principles (e.g., data products and reuse-first design).

• Lead identification and standardization of reusable data assets across the firm.
• Define and promote enterprise-level data definitions and canonical data structures.
• Drive reuse of:
  • Core data entities (client, instrument, transaction, position)
  • Data products and datasets
• Partner with Data Platform Products to ensure reusable assets are:
  • Easily discoverable
  • Accessible and consumable
• Drive adoption across businesses to maximize enterprise value from shared data.

• Establish a comprehensive view of enterprise data assets across all domains.
• Define consistent frameworks for:
  • Data asset classification
  • Domain tagging
  • Business vs. technical metadata
• Ensure visibility into:
  • What data exists
  • Where it resides
  • How it is used
• Partner with Governance on classification alignment without owning policy.

• Define a multi-year data architecture roadmap from current to target state.
• Identify:
  • Redundant and fragmented data assets
  • Opportunities for consolidation and reuse
  • Critical architecture gaps
• Sequence transformation in alignment with:
  • Strategy & Portfolio priorities
  • Platform delivery roadmaps
• Ensure architecture is actionable and tied to real execution.

• Define enterprise standards for:
  • Data design and modeling
  • Data integration and interoperability
  • Data product structure
• Establish reusable architecture patterns that enable:
  • Platform scalability
  • AI-ready data design
• Provide clear guidance to engineering and platform teams without owning delivery.

• Partner deeply with:
  • Data Platform Products
  • AI Platform Products
  • Enterprise architects within GTS
• Ensure architecture is:
  • Technically feasible
  • Consistent across environments
  • Scalable for enterprise AI use

• Act as the enterprise authority on data architecture.
• Drive alignment across business and technology stakeholders.
• Promote a reuse-first, domain-driven data culture across the firm.

• Lead a global team of ~10–15 data architects.
• Build capabilities in:
  • Domain architecture
  • Data modeling
  • Enterprise data design
• Foster a culture of:
  • Deep business engagement
  • Practical, execution-oriented architecture
  • High-quality, consistent outputs

• Senior leadership experience in data or enterprise architecture within financial services.
• Strong knowledge of State Street–relevant domains:
  • Custody and fund services
  • Asset management
  • Trading and markets
  • Wealth and client servicing platforms
• Deep understanding of:
  • Modern data architecture patterns
  • Distributed and platform-based data ecosystems
• Proven ability to:
  • Define enterprise-wide architecture frameworks
  • Influence across complex, federated organizations
• Strong blend of business domain expertise and technical depth.

• Enterprise architect with strong business acumen.
• Able to unify fragmented landscapes into cohesive, simple architectures.
• Influential leader who drives alignment without direct control.
• Balances strategic clarity with execution realism.
• Strong communicator capable of articulating the big picture clearly.

$225,000 - $337,500 Annual

• Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match.
• Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages.
• Paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and family care responsibilities.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans).
• Eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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