Senior Vice President, Agile Coach

BNY Mellon; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Job description

Senior Vice President, Agile Framework Lead

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system, we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities, and people everywhere.

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Agile Framework Lead to join our Enterprise Change Office. This role is located in Manchester, HYBRID.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

1. Operate as an Agile SME. Contribute to the design of a bespoke agile operating model. Help solve systematic problems with operationalization in a structured manner. Facilitate the implementation of long-term strategy across the entire organization. Support iterative development of BNY’s change policies, framework, and procedures.
2. Review and advise on tailored Agile rollout plans for LoB/CF.
3. Participate in and enhance Agile Coach Communities of Practice (COPs).
4. Coach and mentor LoB/CF agile leads, senior managers, and product managers in the Lean and scaled-agile mindset, principles, practices, behaviors, and values needed to transform the organization.
5. Conduct trainings and workshops at LoB and Enterprise level. Deliver training classes (virtually and in-person as applicable) for large numbers of people.
6. Champion a continuous learning culture to refine BNY agile operating model, alongside increasing knowledge, competence, performance, and innovation across the Enterprise. Coordinate and encourage change and continuous improvements to increase the team's productivity and quality of all deliverables.
7. Design agile performance metrics and key risk indicators.
8. Experience in the securities or financial services industry would be a plus.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

1. Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Change Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required.
2. Relevant years of experience, with experience as an Agile Coach, and working directly with multiple agile teams.
3. Deep expertise in Agile methodologies and frameworks. Expert in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), or other formal software engineering frameworks and practices.
4. Proven experience in leading complex initiatives, coaching, and training; formal training experience with large, cross-functional teams is preferred.
5. Ability to take ambiguous topics and translate them into actionable plans working with multiple business, operational, and technical stakeholders.
6. Very strong written and verbal communication skills.
7. Preferred to have Agile certifications (e.g., SAFe SA, PM/PO, SPC, PMI-ACP, CSM, CSPO, and Kanban).
8. Preferred experience with Agile work management tools like Planview and Jira.

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards:

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

Our Benefits and Rewards:

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.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.