What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, Scrum Leader position at Bank Of New York Mellon?
Job Description
We're seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Scrum Lead to join our Conventional Trust team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA or Lake Mary, FL.
The Scrum Lead for Conventional Trust is responsible for actively establishing, embedding, and strengthening Scrum practices across one or more teams and programs. This is not a passive facilitation role; the Scrum Lead is expected to challenge teams, Product Owners, stakeholders, and ways of working to drive accountability, transparency, continuous improvement, and stronger delivery outcomes.
In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
About Us
At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees' growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.
Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance - and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.
About the Team
At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at BNY Newsroom & BNY LinkedIn
Here's a few of our recent 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 is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting.
Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee's eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
If hired, the employee will be in an "at will" position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
We're seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Scrum Lead to join our Conventional Trust team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA or Lake Mary, FL.
The Scrum Lead for Conventional Trust is responsible for actively establishing, embedding, and strengthening Scrum practices across one or more teams and programs. This is not a passive facilitation role; the Scrum Lead is expected to challenge teams, Product Owners, stakeholders, and ways of working to drive accountability, transparency, continuous improvement, and stronger delivery outcomes.
In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
- Ensure Scrum principles and practices are followed, and Scrum team events occur, are productive, and kept within timeboxes.
- Facilitate and guide teams to deliver expected outcomes with high quality and focus on creating increments of value for each iteration.
- Establish and maintain Scrum practices, facilitating understanding of Scrum practice within the Team and the organization and ensure all Scrum events take place, are productive, and kept within the timebox.
- Remove impediments to the Team's progress and track and resolve team dependencies.
- Coach Teams in self-management, cross-functionality, and help focus on creating high-value increments that meet the Definition of Done.
- Facilitate stakeholder collaboration, support Product Owners in backlog management and empirical product planning and help the organization adopt an empirical approach for complex work
To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
- Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 4-8 years of relevant experience in a similar role, preferably with technical experience.
- Experience as a Scrum Master for software development teams on large initiatives and knowledge of Agile approaches such as Scrum, SAFe, XP, Kanban, and Spotify.
- Proficiency with Agile techniques including User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, and Agile Games.
- Experience using tools such as Jira and Confluence.
- Ability to quickly learn new technology and translate ambiguous topics into actionable plans with multiple stakeholders.
- Excellent communication, mentoring, and problem-solving skills.
- Preferred Agile certifications including CSM, PSM, SAFe SSM.
- Talent for driving change, building consensus, and resolving conflicts across multiple parties.
About Us
At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees' growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.
Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance - and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.
About the Team
At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at BNY Newsroom & BNY LinkedIn
Here's a few of our recent awards:
- America's Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
- World's Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
- "Most Just Companies", Just Capital and CNBC, 2025
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.
BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting.
Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee's eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
If hired, the employee will be in an "at will" position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.