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State Street

Holds assets for institutions and runs index funds

Project Delivery Analyst

Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBoston, MA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience is required.
  • 12–15+ years of project management experience is required, preferably within financial services or a highly regulated environment.
  • Proven experience managing cross-functional initiatives involving multiple senior stakeholders is required.
  • Strong experience developing and managing milestone-driven project plans is required.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and drive accountability without direct authority is required.
  • Experience working across Finance, Workforce/HR, Technology, and Vendor-related initiatives is strongly preferred.
  • Strong project planning, execution, and delivery discipline is required.
  • Proficiency with standard project management tools and reporting methods is required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of initiatives across Finance programs, Workforce programs, and Vendor onboarding programs, from initiation through execution and closure.
  • Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including milestones, dependencies, critical paths, and deliverables.
  • Ensure project scope, timelines, and success criteria are clearly defined, documented, and agreed with all stakeholders.
  • Draft, socialize, and baseline milestones for each initiative, ensuring alignment with broader program objectives.
  • Actively track progress against milestones and identify risks, issues, and dependencies early.
  • Hold stakeholders accountable for milestone adherence and execution of agreed actions, escalating as appropriate.
  • Drive timely decision-making to unblock execution and maintain delivery momentum.
  • Partner with senior leaders and functional owners across Finance, HR, Technology, Procurement, Legal, and Vendor Management.
  • Establish and run regular project governance forums, status reviews, and executive updates.
  • Provide clear, concise, and transparent reporting on progress, risks, and outcomes.
  • Ensure alignment across multiple workstreams and manage cross-program dependencies.
  • Proactively identify, assess, and manage project risks and issues.
  • Drive mitigation plans and ensure risks are clearly communicated and owned.
  • Manage scope changes through appropriate change control processes.
  • Support vendor onboarding initiatives, working closely with Procurement, Legal, Risk, and Vendor Management teams.
  • Coordinate vendor-related milestones and ensure internal and external stakeholders meet onboarding requirements.
  • Track and report on vendor onboarding progress and readiness.
  • Apply standard project management methodologies, tools, and controls.
  • Ensure projects comply with internal policies, risk standards, and governance expectations.
  • Identify opportunities to improve project delivery practices, templates, and reporting.
  • Develop operational metrics dashboards for these initiatives using the Red Amber Green framework and publish necessary dashboards.

Desired Qualifications

  • A Project Management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent is preferred.
  • Experience with large-scale transformation or enterprise programs is preferred.
  • Familiarity with vendor onboarding, procurement, and third-party risk processes is preferred.

About the Company

State Street

Holds assets for institutions and runs index funds

State Street holds and services investments for pension funds, insurers, fund companies, and other large institutions, and it also runs index funds through State Street Investment Management. It launched the first US-listed exchange-traded fund, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, in 1993, and in 1924 it became custodian of the first US mutual fund. As a custody bank, it safekeeps clients' stocks and bonds, completes their trades, calculates what their funds are worth, and lends their securities to other investors. It earns fees on the assets it services and manages, plus income from currency trading and from interest on client cash. State Street traces its roots to a bank chartered in 1792 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Boston, MA
Founded
1792

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