Senior Vice President, Talent, Skills & Growth

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Talent, Skills, & Growth to join our Corporate Affairs team. This role is located in New York.

Role Overview 

We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused Senior Vice President, Talent, Skills, & Growth to support the design and implementation of enterprise talent initiatives across BNY. This role will partner closely with senior stakeholders across the People Team and business leaders to embed a skills-driven talent strategy that strengthens leadership pipelines, enhances internal mobility, and enables consistent talent decisions across the firm. 

This individual will help build scalable frameworks, tools, and governance to advance how we assess, develop, and promote talent, while ensuring alignment with BNY’s broader talent architecture and business priorities. 

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

1. Support Enterprise Skills 

• Partner in the rollout and embedding of BNY’s enterprise skills framework across employee and manager experiences 
• Translate the skills strategy into practical execution, developing scalable tools, guidance, and communications for business and People Team stakeholders
• Integrate skills consistently into goal setting, development planning, learning pathways, and core talent processes
• Contribute to governance and ongoing evolution of the firm’s talent architecture 

2. Advance Talent Assessment and Data-Driven Decisions 

• Define, implement, and drive adoption of consistent, enterprise-wide talent assessment approaches
• Design criteria and frameworks to evaluate talent across experience, skills, impact, and leadership 
• Partner with analytics and technology teams to improve visibility into talent and bench strength 

3. Strengthen Talent Processes and Governance 

• Partner with business and People Team leaders to create firmwide guidance for talent reviews, succession planning, and nominations 
• Standardize tools, playbooks, and reporting to drive consistency and transparency 
• Collaborate with People Business Partners and leaders to embed best practices across the organization 

4. Drive Promotion and Leadership Readiness Frameworks 

• Contribute to the design and evolution of level-based role expectations and promotion frameworks 
• Support the development of readiness criteria and decision processes across levels 
• Build and scale tools, frameworks, and resources to enable more consistent promotion outcomes 

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

• Strong comfort and experience working in PowerPoint and storytelling
• Experience building frameworks, tools, and scalable processes 
• Strong ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced, enterprise environment 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate insights into action 
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience working with senior leaders 
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving alignment across cross-functional teams
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred 

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.

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.