The IT Command Centre AVP provides strategic leadership to ensure enterprise-wide production stability and service continuity. This role is accountable for managing major IT incidents, driving rapid resolution to minimize business impact, and overseeing critical incident response processes across complex environments. The AVP orchestrates 24/7 technical bridge operations, enforces governance for high-impact events and weekend changes, and conducts proactive health checks to maintain operational readiness. By establishing IT Service Management (ITSM) best practices, leveraging advanced ITSM tools, and leading cross-functional teams during high-pressure situations, the AVP strengthens operational resilience, safeguards service integrity, and ensures timely remediation of issues. This role will work a 12 noon to 9 PM Weekday shift with some weekend shift availability as this is essential as part of scheduled coverage.

What you will be responsible for:

Major Incident Management

• Provide strategic oversight of critical IT disruptions.
• Drive rapid service restoration and minimize client impact.
• Prioritize reduction of Mean Time to Restore Service (MTRS) to uphold operational resilience.

24/7 Technical Bridge – Non-Major Incident Resolution

• Lead continuous global support for lower-tier IT issues.
• Enable proactive resolution through real-time coordination and cross-functional engagement.
• Enhance system stability and reduce recurrence of incidents.

Daily Operational Health Check

• Conduct structured tri-daily reviews (Mon–Fri) with Application and Infrastructure teams.
• Assess system health, identify emerging risks, and ensure operational readiness across the enterprise.

Event & Hypercare Management

• Govern high-impact IT events end-to-end, including milestone tracking and escalation protocols.
• Monitor real-time performance during critical periods to ensure seamless execution and stability.
• Maintain integrated communication channels for effective stakeholder engagement.

Weekend Change Governance

• Oversee weekend deployments with a focus on risk mitigation and operational stability.
• Provide structured governance and coordination to safeguard service integrity during high-change windows.

Skills & Competencies

• Comprehensive Technical Acumen: Broad understanding of infrastructure and application domains, including Network, Security, Open Systems, Mainframe, Storage, Database, Middleware, Cloud, End User Computing, and Enterprise Applications.
• Adaptive Leadership: Ability to quickly learn and integrate emerging technologies and evolving operational procedures to drive innovation and resilience.
• Executive Communication: Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to convey complex technical issues in clear, actionable terms to diverse stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Strategic Insight: Proven capability to distill and articulate key findings, risks, and recommendations succinctly for decision-making at all organizational levels.
• Global Collaboration: Skilled in coordinating and influencing multidisciplinary, multicultural teams across regions to achieve unified outcomes under tight timelines.
• Analytical Excellence: Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills to navigate complex challenges and deliver rapid, effective solutions.
• Composure Under Pressure: Demonstrated ability to lead calmly and decisively during high-stakes incidents, fostering trust and collaboration across teams.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• ITIL Certification (Intermediate or Expert level) strongly recommended.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in IT Service Management (ITSM) with a focus on Major Incident Management and Command Centre operations.
• Proven leadership in managing large-scale, high-pressure IT environments with global reach.
• Expertise in ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow, Remedy) and incident response frameworks.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, application architecture, and enterprise systems.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills for executive-level engagement.
• Ability to make rapid, data-driven decisions under critical time constraints.
• Availability for weekend and on-call coverage as part of operational governance.

Why this role is important to us

Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We’re driving the company’s digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.

We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We’re looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.

Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.

About State Street

What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.
Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in locations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You’ll have access to flexible Work Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.
Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome the candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.
State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
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Salary Range:

$90,000 - $157,500 Annual

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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About State Street

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

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.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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