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BNY Mellon offers an exciting array of future-forward careers at the intersection of business, finance, and technology. We are one of the world's top asset management and banking firms that manages trillions of dollars in assets, custody and/or administration. Known as the “bank of banks” - 97% of the world’s top banks work with us as we lead and serve our customers into the new era of digital.

With over 238 years of rich history and industry firsts, BNY Mellon has been built upon our proven ability to evolve, lead, and drive new ideas at every turn. Today, we’re approximately 50,000 employees across 35 countries with a culture that empowers you to grow, take risks, experiment and be yourself. This is what #LifeAtBNYMellon is all about.

We’re seeking a team member for the role of Platforms Product Owner to join our Corporate Trust - Government Contract Administration team. This role is located in Lake Mary/Orlando, FL, and will work a Hybrid schedule (3 days per week in-office required). Candidate must reside within a commutable distance to this work location, as we are unable to accommodate 100% virtual work arrangements. 

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

Responsible for defining product backlog, collaborating with internal & external stakeholders, and working closely with cross functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of the product. 

• Product Execution: Strong understanding of banking services and/or government contracting. Able to write specs for major features. Able to think through and specify complex functionality. Understands the right amount of details to include in a feature specification. Able to negotiate the implementation of current work, make the right trade-off decisions to launch products in a high quality manner. Knows when to escalate to managers. Able to identify and triage issues with specific features, but understand how multiple features are interrelated and catch more complex problems. Must have experience working with engineering, legal/risk, and operations teams to break down blockers and develop effective solutions. 
• Customer Insights: Comfortable working with all levels of client stakeholders autonomously to drive effective delivery. Able to define proper measurement and instrumentation for a product to analyze results post-release/launch. Works with manager to make recommendations on the right next steps for the feature. Assesses the quality of existing UX to make recommendations on how to improve user experience. Partners with managers to identify when to gather feedback from users in order to drive more effective decision-making.
• Primary responsibilities include: Working with technology and product teams to track and maintain scope of backlog features/cross-POD teams and identifying the right PI Planning Cycle to complete work. Participates in creating documentation required for Agile ceremonies, works with other product teams to identify PI and iteration agile ceremonies. Defines user stories, works with cross-POD teams to refine stories and has decision-making accountability. Guides decisions made in collaboration with cross functional internal and external teams.

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

• Bachelor's degree in business management or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required
• 1-3 years of product experience, 3-5 years in a financial industry
• Prior experience with US Federal program highly preferred
• Prior experience with collaborating with vendors and contractors preferred
• Detail oriented individual with an ability to change strategies and approaches mid-flight if needed

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

• Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies & Top 20 for Diversity and Inclusion
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI)
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score
• 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, Fast Company
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 100% score Corporate Equality Index
• CDP’s Climate Change ‘A List’

Our Benefits:

BNY Mellon 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 that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

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