Vice President, Scrum Leader

BNY Mellon•Berwyn, PA

19h•$69,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Scrum Leader to join our Managed Account Solutions platform team. This role is located in Berwyn, PA, Pittsburgh, PA or Lake Mary, FL. In this role, you’ll make an impact by optimizing delivery, proactively managing flow, creatively solving problems, and navigating complex organizational relationships. You will ensure Scrum principles and practices are followed, and Scrum team events occur, are productive, and kept within timeboxes. You will remove impediments identified by teams and track and resolve team dependencies. You will facilitate and guide teams to deliver expected outcomes with high quality, including helping teams focus on creating increments of value and achieving daily and iteration goals. You will work with Product Owners, Portfolio and Product leaders to manage the program backlog, support healthy team dynamics, and foster innovation and implementation of strategic solutions. You will coach teams and stakeholders on prioritization, commitment management, and making delivery trade-offs visible when priorities change. You will use delivery metrics and flow data to identify improvement opportunities, improve predictability, and support data-driven decision making. You will drive continuous improvement by fostering accountability, transparency, effective retrospectives, and a culture of learning and adaptation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
4-8 years of experience as a Scrum Master, Scrum Leader, or Agile delivery professional supporting software development teams and large-scale initiatives.
Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks and practices, including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, and Lean principles.
Proven ability to coach teams and stakeholders, facilitate effective collaboration, and drive continuous improvement.
Proven ability to identify and make visible dependencies, risks, and impediments, helping teams navigate obstacles and escalating when needed to maintain delivery flow.
Ability to leverage delivery metrics and flow data to improve predictability, identify improvement opportunities, and support data-driven decision making.
Experience with Agile engineering practices and tools, including User Stories, Jira, Confluence, Continuous Integration, and Automated Testing.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and influencing skills, with the ability to translate ambiguity into actionable plans

Nice To Haves

Agile certifications (CSM, PSM, or SAFe SSM)
prior technical experience

Responsibilities

Optimize delivery, proactively manage flow, creatively solve problems, and navigate complex organizational relationships.
Ensure Scrum principles and practices are followed, and Scrum team events occur, are productive, and kept within timeboxes.
Remove impediments identified by teams and track and resolve team dependencies.
Facilitate and guide teams to deliver expected outcomes with high quality, including helping teams focus on creating increments of value and achieving daily and iteration goals.
Work with Product Owners, Portfolio and Product leaders to manage the program backlog, support healthy team dynamics, and foster innovation and implementation of strategic solutions.
Coach teams and stakeholders on prioritization, commitment management, and making delivery trade-offs visible when priorities change.
Use delivery metrics and flow data to identify improvement opportunities, improve predictability, and support data-driven decision making.
Drive continuous improvement by fostering accountability, transparency, effective retrospectives, and a culture of learning and adaptation.