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We are seeking a Managing Director level Head of Technology Process Re-Engineering to establish and lead a GTS-focused capability for technology process mapping, process re-engineering, and operational transparency across State Street Global Technology Services. This role will report to the GTS Head of Process Improvement and Risk Remediation. This role will drive the development of standardized process views for key GTS technology processes, improve end-to-end process understanding, and identify opportunities to simplify, optimize, and strengthen control effectiveness within the GTS operating environment.
The ideal candidate is a senior technology transformation leader with deep experience in process mapping, operating model design, and process re-engineering within a large, complex, and regulated technology organization. This individual must be able to translate fragmented knowledge into clear, actionable process maps and improvement roadmaps that support GTS decision-making, risk reduction, and sustained operational improvement.
This is a GTS-facing leadership role expected to partner with GTS senior leaders, technology process owners, risk partners, platform teams, and global delivery organizations. The Head of Technology Process Mapping will be expected to define the standards, tooling approach, and governance model for GTS process mapping while also leading hands-on efforts to document, analyze, redesign, and embed improved ways of working.
What you will be responsible for
GTS Technology Process Mapping Strategy & Execution
- Define and lead the GTS technology process mapping approach, including standards, methodology, taxonomy, tooling approach, and adoption model for documenting critical technology processes across GTS functions.
- Build and maintain clear end-to-end views of priority GTS processes, connecting activities, roles, systems, handoffs, controls, pain points, and performance indicators to improve transparency and accountability.
- Build out and lead a small team of process mapping professionals across two global locations, ensuring consistent standards, delivery quality, and stakeholder engagement across the GTS process mapping portfolio.
Process Re-engineering, Optimization & Control Improvement
- Lead structured process analysis to identify duplication, fragmentation, manual workarounds, unclear ownership, control gaps, and opportunities to simplify or standardize execution.
- Partner with GTS process owners and transformation teams to design future-state processes, clarify roles and decision rights, and develop practical implementation roadmaps that improve efficiency, risk management, and operating discipline.
- Establish measurable outcomes for GTS process re-engineering efforts, including reduced complexity, improved cycle times, stronger control alignment, clearer accountability, and better management reporting.
Governance, Standards & Executive Reporting
- Create and maintain governance routines that ensure GTS technology process maps remain current, validated, owned, and aligned to GTS standards, control expectations, and management reporting needs.
- Develop executive-ready reporting that communicates GTS process coverage, mapping maturity, key risks, improvement opportunities, open decisions, and progress against technology process improvement priorities.
Stakeholder Leadership & Change Adoption
- Lead engagement with senior stakeholders across GTS technology, risk, operations, and delivery teams to drive alignment on current-state understanding, future-state design, prioritization of improvement opportunities, and adoption of redesigned processes.
- Build credibility with global teams by facilitating fact-based discussions, resolving ownership ambiguity, challenging legacy ways of working, and helping teams move from process documentation to measurable process improvement.
What we value
- Technology Process Leadership: Proven ability to define and scale process mapping, process architecture, and process re-engineering capabilities within a large, matrixed technology organization.
- Re-engineering Mindset: Demonstrated experience identifying process inefficiencies and translating analysis into practical redesign options, implementation plans, and measurable outcomes.
- Executive Stakeholder Influence: Ability to engage senior leaders, challenge constructively, build consensus, and drive decisions across organizational boundaries.
- Risk and Control Orientation: Strong understanding of how process design, ownership, controls, metrics, and evidence support operational resilience and a sound control environment.
- Structured Communication: Exceptional written, verbal, and facilitation skills, with the ability to convert complex processes into clear narratives, visual maps, decision materials, and executive-ready recommendations.
- Analytical Depth: Strong ability to evaluate process data, control evidence, performance indicators, organizational handoffs, and operating model constraints to identify root causes and improvement opportunities.
- Change Leadership: Ability to move GTS teams from documentation to adoption by embedding standards, reinforcing accountability, and sustaining improved ways of working across global technology teams.
Education & Preferred Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience leading technology process transformation, process re-engineering, business architecture, operational excellence, technology transformation, or risk-aligned remediation initiatives within large organizations.
- Experience operating at a senior leadership level, preferably within financial services, technology, operations, risk management, or another highly regulated environment.
- Demonstrated expertise with process mapping and re-engineering methods such as BPMN, SIPOC, value stream mapping, Lean, Six Sigma, business capability mapping, operating model design, or related disciplines.
- Experience building process standards, governance models, repositories, reusable templates, maturity assessments, and executive reporting for technology process improvement programs.
- Strong track record working with globally distributed technology teams and influencing senior stakeholders across GTS, risk, operations, and business-aligned technology functions.
Salary Range:
$170,000 - $267,500 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.
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.
Job Application Disclosure:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Who we are looking for
We are seeking a Managing Director level Head of Technology Process Re-Engineering to establish and lead a GTS-focused capability for technology process mapping, process re-engineering, and operational transparency across State Street Global Technology Services. This role will report to the GTS Head of Process Improvement and Risk Remediation. This role will drive the development of standardized process views for key GTS technology processes, improve end-to-end process understanding, and identify opportunities to simplify, optimize, and strengthen control effectiveness within the GTS operating environment.
The ideal candidate is a senior technology transformation leader with deep experience in process mapping, operating model design, and process re-engineering within a large, complex, and regulated technology organization. This individual must be able to translate fragmented knowledge into clear, actionable process maps and improvement roadmaps that support GTS decision-making, risk reduction, and sustained operational improvement.
This is a GTS-facing leadership role expected to partner with GTS senior leaders, technology process owners, risk partners, platform teams, and global delivery organizations. The Head of Technology Process Mapping will be expected to define the standards, tooling approach, and governance model for GTS process mapping while also leading hands-on efforts to document, analyze, redesign, and embed improved ways of working.
What you will be responsible for
GTS Technology Process Mapping Strategy & Execution
- Define and lead the GTS technology process mapping approach, including standards, methodology, taxonomy, tooling approach, and adoption model for documenting critical technology processes across GTS functions.
- Build and maintain clear end-to-end views of priority GTS processes, connecting activities, roles, systems, handoffs, controls, pain points, and performance indicators to improve transparency and accountability.
- Build out and lead a small team of process mapping professionals across two global locations, ensuring consistent standards, delivery quality, and stakeholder engagement across the GTS process mapping portfolio.
Process Re-engineering, Optimization & Control Improvement
- Lead structured process analysis to identify duplication, fragmentation, manual workarounds, unclear ownership, control gaps, and opportunities to simplify or standardize execution.
- Partner with GTS process owners and transformation teams to design future-state processes, clarify roles and decision rights, and develop practical implementation roadmaps that improve efficiency, risk management, and operating discipline.
- Establish measurable outcomes for GTS process re-engineering efforts, including reduced complexity, improved cycle times, stronger control alignment, clearer accountability, and better management reporting.
Governance, Standards & Executive Reporting
- Create and maintain governance routines that ensure GTS technology process maps remain current, validated, owned, and aligned to GTS standards, control expectations, and management reporting needs.
- Develop executive-ready reporting that communicates GTS process coverage, mapping maturity, key risks, improvement opportunities, open decisions, and progress against technology process improvement priorities.
Stakeholder Leadership & Change Adoption
- Lead engagement with senior stakeholders across GTS technology, risk, operations, and delivery teams to drive alignment on current-state understanding, future-state design, prioritization of improvement opportunities, and adoption of redesigned processes.
- Build credibility with global teams by facilitating fact-based discussions, resolving ownership ambiguity, challenging legacy ways of working, and helping teams move from process documentation to measurable process improvement.
What we value
- Technology Process Leadership: Proven ability to define and scale process mapping, process architecture, and process re-engineering capabilities within a large, matrixed technology organization.
- Re-engineering Mindset: Demonstrated experience identifying process inefficiencies and translating analysis into practical redesign options, implementation plans, and measurable outcomes.
- Executive Stakeholder Influence: Ability to engage senior leaders, challenge constructively, build consensus, and drive decisions across organizational boundaries.
- Risk and Control Orientation: Strong understanding of how process design, ownership, controls, metrics, and evidence support operational resilience and a sound control environment.
- Structured Communication: Exceptional written, verbal, and facilitation skills, with the ability to convert complex processes into clear narratives, visual maps, decision materials, and executive-ready recommendations.
- Analytical Depth: Strong ability to evaluate process data, control evidence, performance indicators, organizational handoffs, and operating model constraints to identify root causes and improvement opportunities.
- Change Leadership: Ability to move GTS teams from documentation to adoption by embedding standards, reinforcing accountability, and sustaining improved ways of working across global technology teams.
Education & Preferred Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience leading technology process transformation, process re-engineering, business architecture, operational excellence, technology transformation, or risk-aligned remediation initiatives within large organizations.
- Experience operating at a senior leadership level, preferably within financial services, technology, operations, risk management, or another highly regulated environment.
- Demonstrated expertise with process mapping and re-engineering methods such as BPMN, SIPOC, value stream mapping, Lean, Six Sigma, business capability mapping, operating model design, or related disciplines.
- Experience building process standards, governance models, repositories, reusable templates, maturity assessments, and executive reporting for technology process improvement programs.
- Strong track record working with globally distributed technology teams and influencing senior stakeholders across GTS, risk, operations, and business-aligned technology functions.
Salary Range:
$170,000 - $267,500 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.
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.
Job Application Disclosure:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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Verify your SOC code before applying
Head of Engineering roles are typically filed under SOC 11-9041 (Engineering Managers). Check O*NET to confirm your target role matches this code. A misclassified petition is a common RFE trigger at the senior level.
Expect Level IV prevailing wage filings
Senior engineering leadership almost always triggers a Level IV wage requirement on the LCA. Run the OFLC Wage Search for SOC 11-9041 in your target metro before negotiating compensation, so your offer lands above the threshold from day one.
Target companies with cap-exempt pathways
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government-affiliated entities can file H-1B petitions outside the annual cap. Head of Engineering roles at research labs or university tech divisions often qualify and avoid the lottery entirely.
Filter employers by LCA filing history on Migrate Mate
Search Migrate Mate to surface companies that have filed LCAs for engineering manager or Head of Engineering roles specifically. This cuts the research time on identifying genuinely sponsor-ready employers versus those who list it as a possibility.
Negotiate premium processing into your offer terms
At the executive level, a five-to-ten month standard processing window creates real business continuity risk for your employer. Get a written commitment that they'll file with premium processing before you resign from your current role.
Document your specialty occupation case proactively
USCIS scrutinizes Head of Engineering petitions more closely when the title sounds managerial rather than technical. Prepare a detailed position description showing that the role requires specialized engineering knowledge, not just supervisory authority, before your employer files.
H-1B Visa Head Of Engineering: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Head of Engineering role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, provided the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific engineering or technical discipline. The key is that USCIS evaluates the actual duties, not the title. If the role is primarily supervisory with no applied technical requirement, the petition is more vulnerable to an RFE. A strong job description tying day-to-day responsibilities to specialized engineering knowledge significantly strengthens the case.
What wage level should I expect on the LCA for a Head of Engineering position?
Most Head of Engineering roles are filed at prevailing wage Level III or Level IV, depending on years of experience and scope of responsibility. Level IV applies to roles requiring independent judgment and full command of a specialized field. You can verify the applicable prevailing wage for your target location using the OFLC Wage Search before accepting an offer, which helps avoid last-minute compensation renegotiations after the LCA is certified.
How do I find employers who have actually sponsored H-1B visas for engineering leadership roles?
The most direct method is filtering by LCA filing history at the engineering manager or director level. Migrate Mate surfaces this data so you can identify companies that have filed for Head of Engineering or equivalent roles, rather than relying on job postings that mention sponsorship as a vague possibility. Employers with a track record of senior engineering sponsorship are far more likely to move quickly through the process.
Can my employer file my H-1B petition while I'm already working for them on a different status?
Yes. If you're already on OPT, an L-1 visa, or another valid nonimmigrant status, your employer can file an H-1B change of status petition on your behalf during the cap registration window. You don't need to leave the country or interrupt employment. The petition must be filed before your current authorized stay expires, and cap-gap rules may bridge any gap if the I-94 runs out before October 1.
Does a Head of Engineering role at a startup qualify the same way as at a large tech company?
The qualification standard is the same, but startups introduce additional USCIS scrutiny around the employer's ability to pay the prevailing wage and the bona fide nature of an employer-employee relationship, especially if you hold equity. USCIS may request financial records, funding documentation, and an explanation of oversight structure. Established companies with multiple funding rounds or consistent revenue have an easier time clearing this bar than pre-revenue startups.