Senior Director, Medical Director

BNY Mellon • New York, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Corporate Medical Director to join our People Team / Benefits & Wellbeing team. This role is located in New York. In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: Serve as the senior clinical advisor supporting the design of enterprise health, wellbeing, and benefit strategies, using medical expertise and data-driven insights to help shape programs that improve employee outcomes and manage health-related risk. Advise senior leadership on executive health, travel health, and health-related business continuity risks, helping strengthen readiness and support continuity across critical roles and operations. Provide strategic medical guidance on workforce health matters, including disease prevention, mental health, medical leave trends, return-to-work considerations, and complex or sensitive employee health cases. Partner across the People Team, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Security, and business leadership to provide credible, objective, and practical medical counsel during high-impact decisions, escalations, and crisis response situations.

Requirements

• MD or DO required; board certification strongly preferred, with an active and unrestricted medical license in good standing.
• Extensive post-qualification clinical experience, ideally in occupational medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicine, population health, or a related specialty.
• Experience working in a large, complex, and highly regulated organization, with preference for backgrounds in financial services, corporate health, consulting, insurance, or employer-sponsored health environments.
• Demonstrated ability to advise senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders on workforce health, medical benefit strategy, employee resilience, and sensitive health-related matters requiring sound judgment and discretion.
• Proven ability to lead through influence, navigate ambiguity, and build credibility across a highly matrixed organization while balancing employee wellbeing, business needs, and governance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior clinical advisor supporting the design of enterprise health, wellbeing, and benefit strategies, using medical expertise and data-driven insights to help shape programs that improve employee outcomes and manage health-related risk.
• Advise senior leadership on executive health, travel health, and health-related business continuity risks, helping strengthen readiness and support continuity across critical roles and operations.
• Provide strategic medical guidance on workforce health matters, including disease prevention, mental health, medical leave trends, return-to-work considerations, and complex or sensitive employee health cases.
• Partner across the People Team, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Security, and business leadership to provide credible, objective, and practical medical counsel during high-impact decisions, escalations, and crisis response situations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree