Overview
At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.
We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.
We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, POM Product Owner II to join our team. This role is located in Wroclaw - HYBRID.
In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:
- Collaborate with the Product Owner/Manager, Business, SMEs, and End Users to gather and develop story level requirements in JIRA that allows the Development Team to deliver consistent level of high-quality code.
- Act as a central point between the Product Owner/Manger and Development Team
- Act as a central point to manage defects.
- Required to participate in all agile /sprint activities (planning, backlog refinement, retrospective, standups, and design)
- May allocate/coordinate work between Business Analysts within a team/project.
- Create and Maintain Story level functional, non-functional requirements and Acceptance Criteria in JIRA (excluding technical tasks)
- Write and elaborate stories to align with definition of “Ready for Development” whilst also ensuring alignment to the operating model/ data models:
- Augment stories with additional materials as required, including wireframes, flow diagrams etc.
- Write stories that are granular to achieve 4-week sprint.
- Ensure story addresses problem statement and achieves business outcome.
- Write Acceptance Criteria in Gherkin language, ready to be used in automated testing as required.
- Validate stories with cross functional stakeholders, including Product Owner, Business, SMEs, and End Users to gather requirements and desired outcomes.
- Write outcomes and Acceptance Criteria (as captured under requirements) including negative tests, ready to be used in creation of test scripts.
- Review test cases with testers to ensure test results meet expected outcomes as defined in acceptance criteria.
- Review testing failures to identify potential missed / new requirements or defects.
- Log identified defects in JIRA, and work with Scrum Lead and Dev team for resolution.
- Validate story acceptance at end of sprint.
- Prepare and circulate release notes, as a part of operational readiness
- Support other Ops readiness activities as delegated by Product Owner
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:
- Possesses curiosity to ask the hard questions, explores new ideas, and continuously learns and researches to meet goals.
- Strong communicator & Influencer
- Possesses a “get-it-done” attitude – ability to get around roadblocks and stay focused on the vision.
- Organized, resourceful, and able to prioritize tasks.
- Has an interest in constantly learning new tools and technologies and a passion to share your knowledge with the team.
- Experience working in an agile environment.
- Experience in Project Management using JIRA & Confluence.
- Skills in Business Analytics using Microsoft Power BI & Tableau
- Bachelor’s or post graduate degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience in business management or related field is required.
- Relevant market / industry certifications – e.g., AAC, CCBA, CBAP
- Relevant Business acumen / knowledge of:
- Asset Servicing: good understanding of asset servicing business.
- Custody Product Knowledge, specifically:
- Portfolio Services, i.e. Corporate Action, Income, Proxy and Class Action products
- Tax knowledge
- Trade and Settlement lifecycle including Instruction Capture
- Securities Financing Transactions
- Custody Data architecture
- 7-10 years of total work experience in Project / Product delivery (Agile delivery preferred).
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.
Employer Description:
For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.
