Junior Product Owner (Securities Finance)

BNY Mellon

$70K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred in Business, Data/AI, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 8-12+ years of experience in digital transformation, product management, and data/AI initiatives, preferably in financial services or regulated industries.
  • Demonstrated ability to scale emerging technology from ideation to enterprise adoption with measurable outcomes.
  • Strong understanding of AI/ML and GenAI, with familiarity in various use cases and solution patterns.
  • Experience in product leadership, managing vision, roadmaps, and cross-functional delivery.
  • Knowledge of governance and data controls related to Responsible AI and model risk management.
  • Exceptional skills in stakeholder management and change leadership, capable of delivering executive dashboards.

Responsibilities

  • Translate enterprise AI strategy into actionable platform adoption roadmaps.
  • Identify and prioritize AI use cases while building business cases and measurement plans.
  • Define execution stages from ideation to steady operations ensuring benefits realization.
  • Create and implement change management strategies for AI tool adoption.
  • Ensure compliance with Responsible AI and regulatory standards in partnership with relevant teams.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver AI capabilities and align roadmaps with business goals.

Benefits

  • Access to flexible global resources and tools for personal journey and health.
  • Generous paid leave policies, including volunteer time.
  • Support for personal resilience and financial goals through various programs.
  • Eligibility for a 401(k) plan and company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Paid time off benefits such as vacation and sick leave.
Full Job Description
Job Description

We9re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Product Management to join our Securities Finance team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA.

The Vice President, Product Management is a pivotal individual contributor who leads cross-functional initiatives to embed AI into platform products and operational workflows while advancing product strategy and lifecycle excellence. You will translate enterprise AI strategy into actionable adoption plans, drive change management and enablement, ensure governance and risk adherence, and deliver measurable impact on client experience, productivity, and operational performance. In parallel, you will own core product management responsibilities-vision, road mapping, and lifecycle management-to ensure our platform products meet market demands and client expectations.

In this role, you9ll make an impact in the following ways:
  • Translate enterprise AI strategy into platform adoption roadmaps and quarterly portfolios with milestones, dependencies, and KPIs.
  • Lead discovery to identify and prioritize AI use cases; assess feasibility, risk, and ROI; build business cases and measurement plans.
  • Define execution stage gates from ideation through pilot, scale, and steady-state operations; ensure benefits realization.
  • Design and run change management and enablement (communications, playbooks, role-based training) to drive sustained adoption of AI tools (agents, copilots, assisted workflows).
  • Ensure Responsible AI and regulatory compliance by partnering with Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Data Governance; maintain documentation, auditability, monitoring, and remediation.
  • Partner with cross-functional squads and Technology/Data teams to deliver production-ready AI capabilities (integration, data quality, performance), and advise senior leaders to align roadmaps to business goals.

To be successful in this role, we9re seeking the following:
  • Bachelor9s degree required; advanced degree in Business, Data/AI, Computer Science, or related field preferred.
  • 8-12+ years leading digital transformation, product management, and data/AI initiatives in financial services or similarly regulated industries.
  • Proven ability to take emerging technology from ideation through pilot and scale-driving enterprise adoption and measurable business outcomes.
  • Strong AI/ML and GenAI fluency, including common solution patterns and use cases (assistants/agents, copilots, extraction/classification, summarization, recommendations).
  • Product leadership across vision, roadmaps, backlog ownership, lifecycle management, and release execution in cross-functional delivery environments.
  • Operate effectively within governance and data controls (Responsible AI, model risk, privacy/security, lineage/quality), including prompt design and evaluation/measurement approaches.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management and change leadership; define KPIs and deliver executive-ready dashboards/scorecards to track performance and sustain adoption.
  • Relevant certifications (e.g., Product Management, Responsible AI/Model Risk) are a plus.


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 life9s 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 employee9s 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 4at will4 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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