Global Technology Initiative Portfolio & Operational Excellence Executive

Bank of America•Jersey City, NJ

11h•Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! The Global Technology (GT) Initiative Portfolio & Operational Excellence Executive is accountable for shaping, driving, and governing the $4B+ technology initiatives investment portfolio, inclusive of planning, prioritization, and portfolio health reporting. The role ensures that technology investments are strategically aligned, value-accretive, and delivered with disciplined governance and portfolio management practices ensuring transparent and measurable decisions and outcomes. Serving as a key partner to Global Technology senior business leadership and the Enterprise Initiative team, this leader oversees the end-to-end technology portfolio lifecycle, from multi-year planning through execution oversight, value realization, and executive narratives and insights. In addition, this role leads Global Technology Operational Excellence (OpEx) efforts, including the management and activation of enterprise “Speak Up” ideas within Technology. This includes aligning grassroots innovation and continuous improvement opportunities to existing transformation priorities, ensuring scalability of impactful ideas, and embedding a culture of accountability and continuous improvement across the organization. This is an influential role working across a highly matrixed environment, bringing together strategy, operations, governance, and analytics to deliver enterprise transformation outcomes. The role requires a forward-thinking, flexible executive who can integrate business and technology perspectives, champion AI-led innovation, and translate complex portfolio insights into clear, actionable executive narratives.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive leadership experience in the following areas
Influence & Stakeholder Leadership: Builds trusted relationships and effectively influences senior executives across a highly matrixed organization to drive alignment and outcomes
Executive Presence & Strategic Communication: Ability to distill and communicate complex ideas with clarity and impact; delivers concise, compelling narratives to executive and Board-level audiences
Strategic Thinking & Innovation: Demonstrates forward-looking, enterprise-wide perspective with intellectual curiosity and a strong focus on emerging technologies and innovative solutions
Financial Acumen & Investment Discipline: Strong track record managing large-scale investment portfolios; drives funding prioritization, cost discipline, and measurable return on investment
Results Orientation & Execution Excellence: Consistently delivers measurable business outcomes in complex environments with discipline, accountability, and a focus on value creation
Organizational Savvy & Collaboration: Navigates organizational dynamics adeptly to accelerate decision-making and execution
Decision Leadership & Conflict Navigation: Leads through ambiguity with sound judgment; effectively balances trade-offs, resolves conflict, and drives timely , high-quality decisions
Team Development: Proven experience building, directly managing, and developing high-performing teams; fosters a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement

Nice To Haves

Extensive experience leveraging Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and/or Black Belt methodology
Business Acumen
Coaching
Critical Thinking
Result Orientation
Strategic Thinking
Analytical Thinking
Collaboration
Customer and Client Focus
Influence
Stakeholder Management
Adaptability
Innovative Thinking
Oral Communications
Planning
Prioritization

Responsibilities

Global Technology Initiative Investment Planning
Drive the GT initiative technology planning process
Shape multi-year technology prioritization, and funding
Ensure strong integration of AI and emerging technology investments with disciplined prioritization, scaling, and governance aligned to business priorities
Partner closely with GT Strategy executive to ensure alignment and integration of investment portfolio with the GT strategy
Investment Portfolio Management & Governance
Establish best in class portfolio management governance, and operating rigor
Drive transparency in investment performance, financial risk, and value realization
Translate complex data and portfolio insights into compelling narratives for enterprise senior leadership and Board
Global Technology Operational Excellence
Lead GT OpEx strategy and execution, including “Speak Up” idea response and alignment
Align continuous improvement initiatives with strategic transformation priorities
Instill a culture of simplification, accountability, and measurable performance improvement
Managerial Responsibilities: This position will have have responsibilities for managing associates.
Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Breaks down barriers to create a more inclusive environment that supports company Great Place to Work goals.
Manager of Process & Data: Challenges end-to-end process efficiency and effectiveness, champion data driven decision-making and removes obstacles to optimize operations.
Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Contributes to enterprise strategy and influence messaging to connect team contributions to business purpose, results, and success.
Risk Manager: Inspects and challenges risk controls, governance and culture to ensure the timely identification, escalation, debate and remediation of risk across the organization.
People Manager & Coach: Coaches to sustain and elevates organizational performance while differentiating to ensure pay for performance.
Financial Steward: Efficiently allocates and manages resources across the organization to drive short and long term profitability.
Enterprise Talent Leader: Inspects and manages the health of the bench to ensure succession for the organization, while supporting enterprise talent needs.
Driver of Business Outcomes: Mobilizes organizational resources to deliver the full range of the bank’s capabilities to meet client needs and to gain competitive advantage.