Senior Vice President, Project Management Manager

Overview

Senior Vice President, Project Management Manager

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world's financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

We're seeking a future team member in the role of Senior Vice President, Project Management Manager to join our Structured Debt engineering team. This role will be in New York, NY HYBRID. (2-3 Days onsite) Or Washington DC - HYBRID. (2-3 Days onsite)

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

• Manages medium to large or multiple groups of (5-6) Project managers/ Scrum Leads, who are the primary contact for clients and groups within the organization for large scale programs.
• Responsible for the direction and control of Program and Project Management within the firm.
• Develops a deep understanding of the technical aspects of the projects being managed.
• Takes hands-on approach for the end to end program management activities such as program reporting, planning, issue/ risk identification and tracking, scope management, estimation, client management, relationship management and other program documentation preparation.
• Ensure that technical projects are completed on time and within budget
• Manages communication with the business at a detailed functional level and discusses/resolves issues.
• Manages client expectations and ensures project delivery is in conformance with Program/Project Best Practices methodologies and standards.
• Serves as a liaison between clients and internal technical groups to ensure delivery of medium to large scale projects on time, within budget, and is in conformance with company methodologies and standards.
• Manages communication with the business at a detailed functional level and discusses/resolves issues.
• Conducts status meetings and facilitates risk mitigation and resolution of more complex issues.
• Directs, recruits, motivates and develops staff, maximizing their individual contribution, their professional growth and their ability to function effectively with their colleagues as a team.
• Contributes to and responsible for multiple teams goals & objectives.
• Recommends enhancements to project management tools / techniques and company methodologies.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in business management, engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) or CSM or SAFe or equivalent.
• 10+ years of related program and technical project management experience.
• Prior experience managing technical Project Managers.
• Experience with operations, technology and the financial services industry.
• Experience with planning of multiple large projects in terms of scheduling, LOE/estimation techniques, stakeholder coordination, managing budget and end to end execution.
• Experience managing relationships with clients, stakeholders and partners.
• Experience with deriving and managing project metrics, statistics and reporting the same at different levels.
• Experience with Agile practice, project management and working in hybrid methodologies.
• Experience with issues resolution and conflict management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working in technology/development role earlier in the career.
• Exposure to cloud environment and large distributed, client facing apps is a big plus.

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here's a few of our awards:

• America's Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World's Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024 Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN - 100% score, 2023-2024
• 'Most Just Companies', Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg's Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $100,000 and $186,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.