Who we are looking for

State Street Alpha Middle Office Product Development is seeking a skilled and experienced individual to join the Cash Product Optimization (CPO) team supporting the Alpha Cash Services platform.

The CPO team is a product optimization and enablement function within the Alpha Cash product development lifecycle, responsible for structuring and refining business requirements, defining product-aligned solutions, and validating product design through real-world use cases.

The team ensures that requirements are clear, consistent, and solution-ready, while validating product behavior against complex scenarios and contributing insights to improve scalability, consistency, and usability.

At AVP level, the candidate is expected to demonstrate solid understanding of end-to-end cash workflows and system interactions, and the ability to lead requirement and solution discussions, drive alignment across stakeholders, and contribute to solution direction within a global product environment

Why this role is important to us

This role sits within the Alpha Middle Office Product Development organization, supporting a global platform connecting front, middle, and back office capabilities.

The CPO team ensures that business requirements are translated into solution-ready product capabilities and aligned with product standards, improving scalability, consistency, and product adoption.

At AVP level, this role plays an important part in ensuring solution quality, driving consistency across use cases, and supporting the overall product operating model.

What you will be responsible for

• Analyze and refine requirements from Implementation and BAU teams
  • Translate business requirements into clear product use cases, solution design, and documentation
  • Perform pre-validation and filtering of incoming requests to ensure readiness
• Define and document solution approach, including mappings, rules, and integration flows
  • Validate end-to-end workflows across Cash Hub, Tier, and downstream systems
• Lead requirement and solution discussions with stakeholders across Product, Implementation, and Technology teams
  • Provide guidance and challenge assumptions to ensure optimal product-aligned solutions
• Develop Support Guides and Validation Guides for product scenarios
  • Provide demos, walkthroughs, and knowledge transfer to downstream teams
• Ensure governance processes are followed for requirement intake and change approval
  • Act as a key contributor to maintaining consistency and quality of product solutions
• Provide support and guidance to junior team members, including task coordination, review, and knowledge sharing

What we value

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years’ experience in financial services (cash, product, or implementation)
• Strong experience in business analysis, requirement gathering, and solution design
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to independently lead discussions and drive solution alignment across stakeholders
• Hands on experience with trading and accounting systems including upstream and downstream applications is preferred.
• Excellent time management and organization skills, with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities
• Strong English Communication skill, written and oral
• Strong SQL knowledge is preferred
• Experience in mentoring, guiding, or coordinating junior team members, including reviewing deliverables and providing feedback

• Ability to balance individual contribution with light team leadership responsibilities
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to prioritize work across self and team members

Additional requirements

• Flexibility to support global stakeholders, including evening calls with US teams
• Ability to provide occasional support during weekends aligned with product release activities

About State Street

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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.

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