Vice President, POM Product Management

About the role

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, POM Product Owner, to join our BNY Payments Enablement Enterprise Platform team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a POD in the Sanctions Screening Group, ensuring strict adherence to regulatory expectations, reducing friction from an evolving sanctions landscape, and enabling the operations practice of the future.
• Own and manage the product backlog for the pod, ensuring alignment with platform OKRs and strategic priorities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across various Business, Operations, Technology, Compliance, and Client Services to define and refine business problems and expected outcomes.
• Translate complex business needs into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Prioritize backlog items to balance new feature delivery, technical debt, and platform resiliency.
• Lead sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives in partnership with the Scrum Leads and development team.
• Ensure solution designs align with long-term architecture and platform vision.
• Monitor and measure pod’s performance, using data to inform decisions and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or work experience equivalent
• 10-13 plus years of experience in transaction banking, with at least 5-7 years in a Product Owner, Product Manager, or Business Analyst role
• Proven experience working on payment processing
• Deep knowledge of global sanctions regimes and compliance frameworks (OFAC, UN, EU, etc)
• Familiarity with sanctions-screening platforms, rule engines and ancillary software (e.g. Firco, Bridger, Lexus-Nexus, Orbis)
• Solid understanding of matching logic, fuzzy-matching algorithms, false-positive tuning and data-quality challenges
• Expertise in regulatory-change management and translating new or amended rules into system requirements
• Ability to define and interpret key performance metrics (hit-rates, false-positive ratios, throughput)
• Experience as a Product Owner in Agile/Scrum environments, with a solid grasp of Agile principles, ceremonies and backlog prioritization/management and sprint execution
• Strong stakeholder management skills — capable of balancing the needs of operations, compliance, IT, and clients
• Proven stakeholder management—working effectively with Compliance, Legal, Risk, Operations, Technology and external vendors
• Experience collaborating with development teams, testers, and business SMEs to deliver high-quality solutions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to work cross-functionally across business and technical teams
• Ability to analyze trends and use data to inform product decisions and drive operational efficiency
• Comfortable using data to drive prioritization and continuous improvement
• Proficiency with tools like JIRA, Confluence, Excel, and data visualization tools
• Knowledge of LexisNexis Bridger and Fircosoft (or comparable systems) are a plus

Qualifications

• Strong communication and documentation skills — able to translate complex payment processes into business and technical requirements
• High attention to detail, especially in compliance- and risk-sensitive environments
• Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to work independently in a fast-paced, high-pressure setting
• Comfortable working in a global, cross-functional team and across different time zones

Skills

• Product Ownership & Agile Skills
• Technical & Analytical Skills
• Soft Skills & Other Qualities

Benefits

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.