Director, Corporate Services Operations

BNY Mellon

$150K — $180K *
Business Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in Corporate Services, workplace experience, hospitality, or operational leadership in a multi-site environment.
  • In-depth knowledge across services like food and beverage, hospitality, conference/events, and fitness.
  • Experience managing direct reports and outsourced vendors, focusing on contract performance and service recovery.
  • Strong financial acumen for budget development, analysis, and cost optimization.
  • Exceptional leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills across senior leaders and teams.
  • Strategic, results-driven mindset with abilities in problem-solving and multitasking.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and awareness of evolving data tools.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Corporate Services delivery ensuring quality, cost-efficiency, and client satisfaction.
  • Develop and coach teams, establishing clear objectives and collaborative culture.
  • Manage vendor governance, focusing on compliance, performance, and continuous improvement.
  • Serve as escalation point for service and operational issues, ensuring prompt resolution.
  • Oversee annual budget planning and financial management, partnering with Finance for transparency.
  • Coordinate with multiple stakeholders on real estate initiatives and service integration.
  • Utilize data and feedback to enhance service delivery and inform decision-making.

Benefits

  • Access to global resources for personal and professional growth.
  • Focus on health and personal resilience, including flexible wellbeing programs.
  • Generous paid time off, including vacation and volunteer time.
  • Participation in a competitive 401(k) plan and comprehensive insurance options for employees and dependents.
Full Job Description
Job Description

STRATEGIC LEAD: Director-level leader accountable for Corporate Services strategy, governance and delivery across the New York area portfolio, including 240G headquarters, New Jersey and Washington offices. Lead direct reports and integrated vendor partners across workplace services, with accountability for client experience, vendor governance, budget planning, issue escalation, controls and continuous improvement. The role reports to the Head of Americas Global Corporate Services and aligns regional priorities and

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
  • Lead Corporate Services delivery across the portfolio, ensuring consistent, high-quality, cost-efficient and client-focused services aligned with GCSD standards and business priorities.
  • Lead direct reports and outsourced teams through clear objectives, coaching, development and accountability for results; build a collaborative, high-performing culture.
  • Own portfolio vendor governance and relationships with senior vendor leadership, including contract compliance, KPIs/SLAs, staffing, service quality, financial performance, business reviews, corrective actions and continuous improvement.
  • Serve as senior escalation point for material service and operational issues; coordinate vendors, service providers and internal stakeholders to mitigate impact, resolve issues and ensure documented follow-through.
  • Lead annual budget planning and ongoing financial management, including forecasts, spend reviews, variance analysis and vendor financial performance; partner with Finance to improve transparency, efficiencies and cost stewardship.
  • Coordinate multiple stakeholders including Real Estate, Workplace Experience and Design, Security, Technology, Finance, Procurement and business leaders. Represent GCSD in fit-outs, refurbishments, transitions and other relevant real estate initiatives.
  • Use data, feedback, performance measures and business needs to set priorities, improve services, support sourcing decisions and evaluate new or enhanced service models.

Service Scope:
  • Food & Beverage: Employee dining, catering, executive/client dining, pantry, coffee, micro-market and vending services.
  • Hospitality, Reception & Guest Services: Reception, lobby and guest experience, visitor support, concierge/high-touch services, and client-ready environments.
  • Conference & Event Services: Conference centers, meeting and event planning/support, room readiness, catering and audiovisual coordination, onsite execution and service recovery.
  • Community & Workplace Experience: Employee workplace support, issue routing, communications and engagement that strengthen connection and remove friction.
  • Fitness Centers: Onsite fitness center service delivery, vendor performance, safe operations and colleague experience.
  • Mail, Document & Print / Reprographics: Provide local portfolio oversight and coordinate mail, distribution, document, digital mail, shipping/courier, destruction and print/reprographics requirements with alignment with the U.S. Mail and Document Services lead responsible, ensuring site needs, vendor performance, service issues and escalations are aligned with the U.S. operating model.


Risk, Controls & Operation Resilience:
• Ensure portfolio services follow GCSD policies, procedures, service standards, controls and contractual requirements; identify and escalate known or emerging risks.
• Ensure vendors maintain appropriate procedures for safety, service continuity, incident reporting, escalation and crisis response; drive corrective and preventive actions to closure.

Director - Level Leadership Expectations:
• Be Client-Obsessed and Own It: set client-focused priorities and own end-to-end business outcomes.
• Spark Progress, Stay Curious and Thrive Together: drive better ways of working, build a culture of learning and prioritize what is best for BNY.
• AI, Product and Data Mindset: use technology, long-term user/business value and data-informed decision-making to improve outcomes.
• Develop & Coach Talent, Shape Future Strategy, Influence & Guide Thinking, and Apply Business Acumen: build high-performing teams, set a clear vision, influence outcomes and make commercially sound decisions.

Qualifications:
• 12+ years of relevant Corporate Services, workplace experience, hospitality, vendor management and/or related operational leadership experience in a complex, multi-site environment.
• Strong knowledge across multiple workplace service functions, including food and beverage, hospitality, reception, conference/events, fitness, mail/distribution, document services and print/reprographics, with strong working knowledge of industry practices and applicable requirements.
• Proven experience leading direct reports and outsourced vendors, including contract performance, KPI/SLA management, business reviews, vendor negotiations, issue escalation, service recovery and continuous improvement.
• Strong financial and analytical capability, including budget and business plan development, forecasting, spend and variance analysis, cost optimization and data-informed decision-making.
• Strong leadership, organization, stakeholder management, negotiation, influencing and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to work across senior leaders, cross-functional teams and suppliers.
• Strategic, client-focused and results-driven, with sound business judgment, a collaborative approach to problem solving, and the ability to independently manage multiple priorities and workstreams.
• Full working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, with awareness of evolving technology and data tools that can improve service delivery.

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 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.

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