Senior Vice President, Program and Project Management

BNY•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide. Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary. We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Program and Program Management to join our Enterprise Custody Services Platform. This role is located in New York.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
10+ years of experience in program/project delivery, portfolio delivery, or large-scale transformation in a complex, multi-team environment.
Demonstrated success operating at enterprise scale, across multiple products, platforms and delivery organizations.
Deep experience working alongside Product Management, RTEs and Agile delivery leadership.
Background in financial services, asset servicing strongly preferred.
Outcome‑focused and strategically pragmatic.
Calm under ambiguity; able to create clarity without oversimplification.
Strong risk, issue, and dependency management skills, including facilitation of decision-making forums.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready status reporting and narrative building.
Proficiency with portfolio and delivery tooling (e.g., Jira, dashboards, dependency mapping, RAID logs).

Responsibilities

Ensure that cross‑platform, cross‑product initiatives — where outcomes depend on multiple products, shared platforms, and implementation teams — are intentionally orchestrated, proactively de‑risked and transparently managed.
Provide strategic delivery leadership, enabling Product Management and senior stakeholders to make informed, timely decisions based on a single, integrated view of value, risk, dependencies and client commitments.
Establish and maintain a cross‑platform view of dependencies, sequencing and critical paths impacting initiative outcomes.
Elevate management information from retrospective reporting to forward‑looking insight that enables early course‑correction.
Partner with STEs, RTEs and senior delivery leaders to identify cross‑platform critical paths and systemic hotspots.
Facilitate senior‑level forums that connect Product Management, Product Owners and Platform Leads around issues that require strategic decision‑making.
Reduce late escalation by embedding a proactive, anticipatory delivery culture.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on delivery feasibility, sequencing and risk.
Single point of contact, escalation and status for initiative sponsor and key stakeholders across Product groups and platforms.
Coordinate discovery and management of full end-to-end plan.