Senior Vice President, Scrum Leader

Senior Vice President, Scrum Leader

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.

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Scrum Leader to join our Agile Practice team. This role is located in New York, NY.

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

• Establish and maintain Scrum practices, facilitating understanding of Scrum theory and practice within the Scrum Team and the organization.
• Remove impediments to the Team's progress and ensure all Scrum events take place, are productive, and kept within timeboxes.
• Coach Teams in self-management, cross-functionality, and focus on creating high-value increments that meet the Definition of Done.
• Facilitate stakeholder collaboration, support product goal definition and backlog management, and help establish empirical product planning for complex environments.
• Track and resolve team dependencies, support problem identification, root cause analysis, and decision-making to enable programs to meet expected outcomes.
• Foster innovation and continuous improvement to increase team productivity and quality of deliverables, integrating DevOps, QA, Architecture, UX, and customer-driven agile strategies.
• Mentor less experienced Scrum Leaders and promote high-performing teams through coaching and development techniques.
  
  

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

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8-10 years of relevant experience in a similar role, preferably with previous technical experience.
• Experience as a Scrum Master for software development teams on large initiatives and knowledge of Agile approaches including Scrum, SAFe, XP, Kanban, and Spotify.
• Proficiency with Agile techniques such as User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, and Agile Games.
• Experience using tools such as Jira and Confluence, with the ability to quickly learn new technologies in an engineering environment.
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive change, build consensus, and resolve conflicts across multiple parties.
• Preferred Agile certifications including CSM, PSM, and SAFe SSM.

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at:
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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 assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $110,000 and $180,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, 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.

This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify 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.