State Street Corporation

Defensive Engineering Product Ops Specialist

State Street Corporation$120K — $202K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in product operations or project coordination, either through work or academic projects.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office and collaboration tools is essential.
  • Experience with backlog management or dashboard tools is preferable.
  • Basic knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies is helpful.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate sprint planning, backlog refinement, and team meetings.
  • Maintain product roadmaps and track delivery updates.
  • Collect and organize product metrics, KPIs, and scorecards.
  • Prepare updates and dashboards for leadership review.
  • Follow up on actions, blockers, and team commitments.
  • Support product managers in governance meetings and reviews.
  • Maintain documentation, meeting notes, and decision logs.

Benefits

  • 401K retirement plan with company match.
  • Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Paid time off for vacation, sick leave, and family care.
  • Access to Employee Assistance Program.
  • Eligibility for annual performance-based incentive compensation.
Full Job Description
Who we are looking for

We are looking for a Defensive Engineering Product Ops Specialist reporting to the Head of Defensive Engineering.

You will support Defensive Engineering teams with product planning, Scrum coordination, metrics, reporting, and delivery tracking. You will work with product managers, security engineers, GTS product owners, and other stakeholders to help teams stay organized and focused on security outcomes.

What you will be responsible for

As a Defensive Engineering Product Ops Specialist, you will:
  • Coordinate sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and team meetings.
  • Maintain product backlogs, roadmaps, actions, risks, dependencies, and delivery updates.
  • Collect and organize product metrics, KPIs, KRIs, and scorecards.
  • Prepare product updates, dashboards, and leadership reports.
  • Follow up with teams on actions, blockers, and delivery commitments.
  • Support product managers with governance meetings and product reviews.
  • Maintain product documentation, meeting notes, and decision logs.
  • Help improve common product practices across Defensive Engineering.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role:
  • Strong organization, communication, and teamwork skills.
  • Ability to coordinate tasks and follow up across multiple teams.
  • Comfort working with data, spreadsheets, dashboards, and presentations.
  • Basic understanding of Agile, Scrum, product management, or project coordination.
  • Interest in cybersecurity and willingness to learn.

Education & Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience through employment, internships, projects, or coursework in product operations, technology, project coordination, reporting, or cybersecurity.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office and collaboration tools.
  • Experience with backlog management or dashboard tools is helpful.
  • Agile, Scrum, product management, or cybersecurity certifications are a plus but not required.

Additional Requirements
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to work across different teams and priorities.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.

Work Requirement
  • Hybrid work model in accordance with company policy.
  • Standard business hours, with flexibility for occasional global meetings.


Salary Range:
$120,000 - $202,500 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.

For a full overview, visit https://hrportal.ehr.com/statestreet/Home.

About State Street Corporation

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Size
39,335 employees
Market Cap
$28.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.4 billion
Founded
1792
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