Senior Vice President, Release Train Engineer

About the role

Pershing LLC seeks a Senior Vice President, Release Train Engineer in Jersey City, NJ, to perform Agile Release Train (ART) or product facilitation. Key responsibilities include facilitating development events and processes, assisting teams in delivering value, communicating with stakeholders, escalating impediments, managing risk, and driving continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate development events and processes
• Avoids impediments and helps manage risks
• Drives a culture of continuous improvement and integration
• Participates in lean-agile transformations
• Coaches leadership and other teams in agile mindsets and new processes
• Works with the Agile Program Management Office on program execution and operational excellence
• Optimizes the flow through the program and facilitates PI Planning and readiness
• Aggregates Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives
• Works with the Agile Program Management Office on program execution and operational excellence
• Understands and operates within Lean Budgets to ensure adherence to Guardrails
• Escalates and tracks impediments
• Ensures strategy and execution alignment
• Helps manage risks and dependencies and reports status

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Management, Economics, Finance, or a related field
• Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or in a related occupation in the financial services industry
• Utilizing Agile, Scrum, and Release Train Engineer tools to manage effective delivery of large scale, client facing enterprise software development for applications associated with Treasury Services business initiatives
• Utilizing domain in data visualization and data management to implement initiatives related to data analytics
• Providing guidance on payment processing, payment channels & gateways
• Facilitating AGILE release train events which include program increment planning, system demonstration, and quarterly planning across multiple cross functional teams
• Maintaining and executing the deliverables in IBM T Pro, and Atlassian JIRA tool, and using JIRA query management for project reports
• Orchestrating software delivery lifecycle process and executing business strategy by proactively tracking and reporting the objectives & key results

Skills

• Agile, Scrum, Release Train Engineer tools
• Data visualization and data management
• Payment processing, payment channels & gateways
• Program increment planning, system demonstration, and quarterly planning
• IBM T Pro, Atlassian JIRA tool, and JIRA query management
• Software delivery lifecycle process
• Business strategy tracking and reporting

Benefits

Remote work may be permitted within a commutable distance from the worksite.

Pay

The base salary/range for this position is expected to be $189,592.00 - $228,000.00 per year at the commencement of employment. Base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.

Schedule

This position is at-will, and the Company reserves the right to modify the base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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 is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

About The Team

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Our Benefits And Rewards

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey
• Health focus and personal resilience
• Financial goals support

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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