Senior Vice President, Release Train Engineer

BNY External Career Site • Lake Mary, FL

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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 and champions of inclusion, 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, Release Train Engineer to join our Wealth Services team. This role is located in Lake Mary, FL.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as a Release Train Engineer, Scrum Leader, or Program Manager.
• 5+ years of experience with Agile Enablement Tooling.
• Typically requires 5 years of Agile experience.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and practices.
• Proven track record of managing multiple stakeholders and driving alignment.
• Understanding and experience in software engineering and IT Infrastructure.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent leadership, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Effective coach and collaborator, fostering a high-performing culture.
• Proficiency in JIRA or other agile tools and the ability to learn POM tooling.
• Problem-solving confidence navigating through impediments.
• Strong teamwork skills.
• Risk management.
• Ability to learn and support both business and technical aspects of the group.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Servant leadership to empower and support groups and pods.
• Systems thinking to understand the bigger picture and how different components interact.

Responsibilities

• Leads a group within a Platform consisting of multiple cross-functional development pods that are aligned with the vision of the platform.
• Orchestrates quarterly Program Increment (PI) planning sessions for the Platform Group, ensuring delivery aligns with strategic benefits and quality standards.
• Operates as the Group Level coach in target state to instill agile management best practices.
• Owns adherence to BNY delivery principles, optimizations, and general hygiene.
• Creates a culture that promotes continuous learning and continuous innovation.
• Drives cross-functional collaboration with Product Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Leads, Architects, QE, Ops Leads, and development teams.
• Facilitates group synchronization meetings with pods to keep delivery aligned.
• Coordinates readiness activities across Pods, focusing on dependency management, risk mitigation, and seamless integration with the organization’s benefits objectives.
• Promotes a clean and well-organized backlog in partnership with the Product Manager.
• Organizes and ensures release management processes are executed successfully.
• Ensures adherence to the Agile Delivery Framework controls and BNY PtX process for the group.
• Facilitates the identification and removal of impediments impacting the group's progress.
• Drives continuous improvement in system architecture, DevOps, and release processes via workshops at the end of each PI (Inspect & Adapt).
• Identifies and facilitates improvements to the Group’s operational health maturity.
• Owns and drives forward all Flow Metrics aligned to the Group.
• Ensures delivery risk is identified and managed.
• Oversees group risks, dependencies, and issue resolution; escalating impediments as necessary.

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation.
• Benefits and wellbeing programs.
• Access to flexible global resources and tools.
• Focus on health and personal resilience.
• Generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees