RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Consults with stakeholders to analyze, define, and prioritize business requirements and functional and operational specifications for a functional work stream within a complex and strategic program.
• Formulates and defines program scope and objectives for the work stream using an in-depth understanding of business processes in a specific business domain and understanding of company operations.
• Represents the business to all areas of IT in resolving intricate issues and developing technology solutions.
• May lead staff on specific projects.
• Elicits, challenges, and prioritizes business requirements.
• Translates into functional design and use case models.
• Develops project scope, objectives, constraints and assumptions for large and complex multi-year programs.
• Has demonstrated ability to push projects to completion with sound planning and persistent execution.
• Aligns resources, seeks the input of key constituents, and manages others to achieve desired results.
• Provides guidance to management on development of the functional requirements and user documentation.
• Develops implementation/conversion strategy and implementation plan.
• Manages scope and change throughout the initiative utilizing formal change control and requirements traceability.
• Analyzes and designs an explicit set of disciplined actions to seek out the optimum value for both initial and long-term investment in a new product and/or service offering.
• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates proposed products and services offerings, operational improvements, and emerging technologies for impact and leverage across the business area.
• Leads the training of users on new or enhanced applications and/or systems of high complexity.
• Serves as point of contact or subject matter expert for the business on specific systems.
• Leads technical consultation concerning business implications of complex application development projects.
• Supports testing of new or enhanced applications and/or systems that are complex in nature and provides guidance to junior team members on the most complex testing tasks including case development, requirement traceability analysis, test preparation, script writing, and functional test execution.
• Uses deep expertise and broad knowledge of regulatory and legal requirements and BNY Mellon corporate policies involving risk and control to serve as subject matter expert in supporting the development of improved business processes through technology.
• May lead a small team on complex or multi-year projects.
• Under a matrix structure, assists in directing, motivating, and developing junior colleagues.
• Maximizes their individual contribution, their professional growth and their ability to function effectively with the team.
• Assists with recruiting efforts.
• No direct reports, provides guidance to less experienced colleagues.
• Leads projects and allocates work accordingly.
• Contributes to the achievement of related area objectives.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelors degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• 10-12 years of total work experience preferred. Technical experience preferred.
• Solid background in Portfolio Management highly desired.
• Scrum Master experience a plus.
• Banking/Financial industry experience preferred.