Vice President, POM Product Owner leading product for BNY Payments Enablement, focusing on sanctions compliance and regulatory adherence while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
Lead a POD in the Sanctions Screening Group
Manage one of the pods within the Enrichment and Qualification group
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+ 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)
Hands-on experience with Sanctions screening
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)
Background in banking/financial-services operations or technology delivery in a regulated environment
Experience as a Product Owner in Agile/Scrum environments, with a solid grasp of Agile principles, ceremonies and backlog prioritization/management and sprint execution
Ability to write clear and actionable user stories, define acceptance criteria, and manage a product backlog.
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.
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.
Benefits
highly competitive compensation
benefits
wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence
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