About the Role
State Street Investment Management is building the next generation of ETF distribution by embedding directly into digital wealth platforms. This Vice President will lead Direct Retail Digital Wealth Partnerships, focusing on signing long-term, scalable partnerships that integrate SSIM ETF capabilities into digital brokers, neo banks, robo advisors, and embedded finance ecosystems. The role requires a platform dealmaker with experience in strategic partnerships, user growth, and monetization economics.
Responsibilities
- Define partnership strategy rather than simply negotiating agreements.
- Work alongside Product to shape retail propositions and future platform capabilities.
- Partner closely with Marketing to design scalable consumer activation strategies.
- Leverage data and behavioural insights to improve opportunity prioritization and investment allocation.
- Identify next growth engines for the business beyond ETF as a Service.
- Contribute to international strategy by transferring successful models across regions.
- Act as the commercial owner across product, capital markets, legal, and finance.
- Translate platform needs into institutional capabilities.
- Push for speed, clarity, and accountability.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in fintech, digital brokerage, asset management partnerships, or platform strategy.
- Experience signing large, complex, multi-year distribution or monetization agreements.
- Understanding of platform economics including user acquisition, engagement, recurring revenue, and margin leverage.
- Fluency in ETFs, savings plans, model portfolios, and embedded investing.
- Comfort navigating institutional environments while maintaining fintech speed.
Skills
- Fintech
- Digital brokerage
- Asset management partnerships
- Platform strategy
- Distribution agreements
- Monetization agreements
- Platform economics
- User acquisition
- Engagement
- Recurring revenue
- Margin leverage
- ETFs
- Savings plans
- Model portfolios
- Embedded investing
Location
- Boston, MA
- Stamford, CT
- New York
- APAC (Tokyo)
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $110,000 - $207,500
Benefits
- Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
- Medical, dental, vision, basic life, and long-term disability insurance
- 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
- Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans
About the Company
- Across the globe, institutional investors rely on State Street 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
