Vice President, Design Operations II
 BNY Mellon | |
 United States, New York, New York | |
 Mar 20, 2025 | |
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Vice President, Design Operations 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 are looking for a VP, Senior Product Design Operations to join the Wealth Services platform within BNY. Candidate will be responsible for the orchestration and optimization of the people, processes, and practices necessary to foster a creative environment for dynamic design in service of our customers across desktop, web-based and mobile applications. Will leverage their leadership and program management skills to support and help develop best practices for the UX team on how we work together, and how we get work done. This role is located in New York, NY - Hybrid
In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways: The candidate will help establish the operational foundation, strategy, and direction to ensure the UX teams have what they need to thrive and deliver great work aligned with strategic initiatives. This includes facilitating internal meetings, coordinating with head of design ops on scheduling/HR/team health/budget, identifying pain points in internal processes, and implementing solutions, all while fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. As an experienced leader of people, you will coach, mentor, guide and assign/schedule work across the design studio team in collaboration with design leads, deadlines, and shifting priorities. Always with the underlying goal of helping us as a team grow and develop new skills, while increasing trust, transparency, and engagement. Candidate should be adept at utilizing data to articulate their rationale, are a clear communicator, explain recommendations with authority and openness, and are comfortable advocating for design with partners and leaders at different levels. Must maintain both drive and patience throughout the journey. Candidate must build trust and proactively partner with UX, Product, Tech & Business stakeholders to set the stage for the team to achieve exceptional outcomes. Should be curious, ask questions, and be driven to connect the dots. Essential requirements: -8+ years experience in Project Management/Operations role. -Be comfortable in a leadership or team member role (player/coach mentality). -Experience working in complex, matrixed, global or multi-national organizations -Proactively identify and resolve issues that may impair the team from meeting strategic, business, or financial goals - Strong data-driven visual, verbal, and written story-telling skills with ability to bring partners along -Track record in using a strategic approach to solve complicated problems and strong collaboration skills in order to bring partners into the process - Strong communication skills, articulating the impact and supporting decisions with grace, logic and data - Comfortable working with different levels of leadership in order to define the roadmap and prioritization for key programs and initiatives Desirable skills: Working knowledge of the financial services industry, security markets, and regulations a plus. Education: Bachelor's degree in psychology, user experience, design, human computer interaction or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required, advanced degree preferred At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here's a few of our awards:
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 assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $109,000 and $203,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
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