Vice President, Early Careers Program Manager Lead

BNY Mellon•New York, NY

3d•$68,000 - $155,000

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 Early Careers Program Manager Lead to join our Early Careers team. This role is located in New York. The Early Careers Program Manager Lead oversees cohorts across BNY’s Early Career Analyst program and leads a small team to deliver an impactful experience. This role ensures a consistent and high-quality experience for all cohorts by collaborating with various stakeholders. Responsibilities include program orientation, governance, manager support, learning, rotations, performance management, and data-driven continuous improvement. In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

Requirements

8–12+ years in early talent programs (graduate/analyst, internship, apprenticeship), leadership development, talent management, or program management in complex, matrixed organizations.
Proven experience managing a small team.
Demonstrated success building and operating early career programs including rotational programs.
Experience with performance management frameworks, calibration, and data-driven interventions to support analysts needing additional development.
Excellent stakeholder engagement and influence skills across business stakeholder groups.
Experience facilitating and presenting to different stakeholder groups.
Data fluency with analytics and the ability to translate insights into actions.
Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, and collaboration platforms.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a small team of program managers; set priorities, allocate work, and oversee day-to-day execution.
Lead all program milestones including pre hire keep warm strategy, rotation placements, performance management, delivery of training and development, and program graduation.
Partner with program experience leads to design cohesive learning pathways, impactful induction plans, and mentoring programs aligned to core skill development.
Serve as primary point of contact for analysts and managers, fostering engagement, addressing inquiries, and ensuring a seamless experience.
Partner with steering committees to define rotation objectives and learning outcomes; ensure role expectations, deliverables, and skill targets are clear before each rotation.
Ensure smooth transitions between rotations by aligning timing, talent decisions, coordination, and communications.
Coordinate consistency across rotation onboarding and offboarding processes; enabling managers with tools for structured handoffs.
Partner with steering committees and managers to align expectations, define success criteria, and cocreate meaningful rotation assignments.
Establish communication governance to deliver clear and timely updates across stakeholders.
Support the development and implementation of manager toolkits, guidelines, and training ensuring that managers support analysts effectively during each rotation.
Build relationships with People Business Partners using talent data to review analyst progress and to support talent decisions.
Facilitate regular stakeholder forums (Steering Committee updates, manager roundtables) to resolve issues, calibrate expectations, and accelerate decisions.
Execute rotation-based performance cycles with goals, midpoint reviews, and end of rotation assessments.
Review performance data and trends at rotation milestones and translate into insights and timely actions.
Coordinate talent reviews and calibration sessions to identify high potential analysts, promotion readiness, development of core skill and capability gaps.
Use dashboards and reporting to inform talent decisions, demonstrate program value, and drive iterative enhancements.
Help standardize playbooks, timelines, communications, and tools to ensure consistent, high-quality experiences across cohorts and participating businesses.
Support the development of rotation playbooks, milestone checklists, and communication templates for consistency across businesses and regions.
Leverage AI to build and deliver program enhancements and an engaging user experience.
Maintain program governance and ensure adherence to risk, compliance, and audit requirements.

Benefits

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.

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