Head of Architecture and Engineering Governance, MD - State Street Investment Management

State Street Investment Management (“State Street IM”, formerly State Street Global Advisors) is seeking a Global Head of Architecture and Engineering Governance to lead the firm’s enterprise-wide architecture and engineering governance function.

Operating within the broader Business and Technology Architecture organization-which encompasses Business Architecture, Solution Architecture, Technology Platform Engineering, Technology Operations & Resilience, and Architecture & Engineering Governance-this role is accountable for establishing and enforcing the enterprise guardrails that ensure architectural integrity, platform reuse, engineering consistency, and regulatory compliance across the end-to-end technology lifecycle.

Reporting to the Global Head of Business and Technology Architecture, this role serves as the enterprise design and engineering governance authority, ensuring that business strategy, architecture intent, platform capabilities, and engineering execution remain tightly aligned. The role plays a critical part in enabling State Street IM’s transformation toward a Product, Platform, and Service (PPS) operating model, powered by platform-based architectures and AI-enabled SDLC governance.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Governance

• Define and own the enterprise architecture and engineering governance framework, spanning business-aligned solution design, platform usage, SDLC controls, and delivery assurance.
• Establish clear decision rights, governance forums, and escalation models across Business Architecture, Solution Architecture, Platform Engineering, and Technology Operations.
• Act as the enterprise authority for architectural and engineering compliance, balancing delivery velocity with risk, resilience, and control expectations.

Platform-Based Architecture Governance

• Govern the adoption and usage of platform-based and composable architectures, ensuring reuse, interoperability, and scalability across portfolios.
• Define architecture principles, reference architectures, and guardrails that guide Solution Architecture and Platform Engineering teams.
• Ensure platform designs meet enterprise requirements for security, resilience, operability, performance, and cost transparency.

AI-Enabled SDLC & Engineering Governance

• Lead governance for AI-enabled software delivery, including AI-assisted design, development, testing, deployment, and operational tooling.
• Define enterprise standards and controls for responsible AI use across the SDLC, including traceability, explainability, auditability, and risk management.
• Partner with Engineering, QA, Security, and Risk teams to embed AI-enabled controls into CI/CD pipelines and delivery workflows.

Alignment Across Architecture & Technology Functions

• Partner with Business Architecture to ensure business capabilities, outcomes, and value streams are translated into executable architecture intent.
• Govern Solution Architecture consistency and quality through design reviews, standards enforcement, and lifecycle checkpoints.
• Align with Technology Platform Engineering to ensure platforms adhere to enterprise standards and support long-term reuse and scalability.
• Coordinate with Technology Operations & Resilience to ensure operability, resilience, and recovery considerations are embedded early in design.

Control, Risk & Regulatory Readiness

• Ensure architectural and engineering governance supports regulatory expectations, audit readiness, and technology risk management.
• Oversee exception management, remediation tracking, and governance-driven risk reduction initiatives.
• Serve as a key partner to Risk, Security, Compliance, and Audit teams on architecture- and engineering-related matters.

Metrics, Transparency & Executive Reporting

• Define and monitor governance-related KPIs and KRIs, including architectural compliance, platform adoption, technical debt, SDLC maturity, and delivery risk.
• Provide executive-ready reporting and insights on architecture health, governance effectiveness, and systemic risks.
• Drive continuous improvement of governance processes using data, automation, and tooling.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, engineering leadership, or large-scale technology governance within regulated environments.
• Proven track record leading architecture and engineering governance across complex, global organizations.
• Deep expertise in platform-based architecture and enterprise-wide technology standardization.
• Strong understanding of modern SDLC models, engineering practices, and governance controls in cloud and distributed environments.
• Demonstrated experience embedding risk, security, and resilience considerations into architecture and engineering decision-making.
• Experience operating within matrixed, multi-function architecture organizations, with clear articulation of roles and decision boundaries.
• Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder influence skills.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MSc, or equivalent) strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience governing AI-enabled engineering and SDLC practices in regulated environments.
• Strong background in enterprise and solution architecture frameworks and design governance models.
• Experience with cloud-native, microservices-based, and distributed system architectures.
• Familiarity with AWS and/or Azure governance and architecture standards.
• Prior experience partnering closely with Quality Engineering, Technology Risk, Security Architecture, and Resilience functions.
• Demonstrated success supporting large-scale platform and operating model transformations.

Salary Range:

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our 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; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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