Director, Payments Product Management

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Director, Payments Product Manager to join our Global Payments & Trade team. This role is located in New York, NY.  

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

• Leads product management, guides strategy, and provides servicing for complex products for the Domestic Payments Group of Global Payments & Trade Platform including ACH and Check/Lockbox Services. 
• Applies expert knowledge of industry trends, market segments, client needs and competitor services/offerings to deliver best in class payment solutions. 
• Owns the product governance to adhere to enterprise product governance standards, including change control, risk assessments and periodic reviews.
• Partners with legal, compliance and risk to ensure products comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations. 
• Defines and monitors SLAs, KPIs and other metrics across the end-to-end value chain to understand the performance of the products, to quantify client satisfaction and to maintain the overall health of the products.
• Manages vendor relationships and supports third party governance activities to ensure vendor performance aligns with contractual obligations and SLAs. 
• Serves as product point of contact for escalation of critical client issues, and partners with Client Service, Operations and Technology to resolve, understand root cause and prevent recurrences.
• Translates market needs and client feedback into clear product requirements, and user stories and prioritizes the backlog based on value, risk and effort. 
• Uses the Agile methodology to partner with Engineering and Operations teams to deliver high-quality releases on time. Maintains associated product documentation, release notes and client communications. 
• Aligns cross-functional stakeholders including Sales, Marketing, Operations, Technology and Client Servicing around product goals, delivery plans, KPIs, etc. 
• Communicates strategy, product performance, P&L, roadmaps and risks to senior leadership to secure decisions and resources to achieve targets. 

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

• Expert product knowledge in core US domestic payment rails with focus on ACH and Check/Lockbox services. 
• Industry Certifications such as the AAP and/or NCP are preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in business or technical-related discipline, or equivalent work experience required, advanced degree preferred.
• 10-12+ years experience in product ownership or product management in the financial services industry is preferred.

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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.

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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.