Senior Vice President, Talent, Skills & Growth

Senior Vice President, Talent, Skills, & Growth

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Talent, Skills, & Growth to join our Corporate Affairs team. This role is located in New York.
Role Overview
We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused Senior Vice President, Talent, Skills, & Growth to support the design and implementation of enterprise talent initiatives across BNY. This role will partner closely with senior stakeholders across the People Team and business leaders to embed a skills-driven talent strategy that strengthens leadership pipelines, enhances internal mobility, and enables consistent talent decisions across the firm.
This individual will help build scalable frameworks, tools, and governance to advance how we assess, develop, and promote talent, while ensuring alignment with BNY's broader talent architecture and business priorities.
In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
1. Support Enterprise Skills
Partner in the rollout and embedding of BNY's enterprise skills framework across employee and manager experiences
Translate the skills strategy into practical execution, developing scalable tools, guidance, and communications for business and People Team stakeholders
Integrate skills consistently into goal setting, development planning, learning pathways, and core talent processes
Contribute to governance and ongoing evolution of the firm's talent architecture
2. Advance Talent Assessment and Data-Driven Decisions
Define, implement, and drive adoption of consistent, enterprise-wide talent assessment approaches
Design criteria and frameworks to evaluate talent across experience, skills, impact, and leadership
Partner with analytics and technology teams to improve visibility into talent and bench strength
3. Strengthen Talent Processes and Governance
Partner with business and People Team leaders to create firmwide guidance for talent reviews, succession planning, and nominations
Standardize tools, playbooks, and reporting to drive consistency and transparency
Collaborate with People Business Partners and leaders to embed best practices across the organization
4. Drive Promotion and Leadership Readiness Frameworks
Contribute to the design and evolution of level-based role expectations and promotion frameworks
Support the development of readiness criteria and decision processes across levels
Build and scale tools, frameworks, and resources to enable more consistent promotion outcomes
To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
Strong comfort and experience working in PowerPoint and storytelling
Experience building frameworks, tools, and scalable processes
Strong ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced, enterprise environment
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate insights into action
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience working with senior leaders
Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving alignment across cross-functional teams
Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred
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.