Vice President, POM Product Owner - Manchester Science Park

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Extensive experience in custody operations, operating model design, or large-scale transformation within financial services.
• Deep understanding of global custody processes, including asset servicing, settlements, cash management, and client reporting.
• Proven track record in designing and implementing target operating models across complex, multi-region organizations.
• Strong knowledge of risk, control, and regulatory frameworks impacting custody services.
• Experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery models, with the ability to drive outcomes across cross-functional pods.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to align senior leaders across operations, technology, and product.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities, with the ability to translate complex operational challenges into scalable solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Define and implement the target operating model for custody by leveraging AI, including process architecture, service boundaries, control frameworks, and governance structures.
• Establish clear ownership models, roles, and accountability across operations, technology, and product teams.
• Standardize global custody processes while incorporating regional regulatory, market, and client nuances.
• Embed governance routines to ensure adherence to the operating model, including performance management, risk oversight, and continuous improvement mechanisms.
• Design end-to-end custody workflows across trade lifecycle events, asset servicing, cash processing, and reporting.
• Integrate workflows into strategic platforms, ensuring alignment with SLA frameworks and operational priorities.
• Identify inefficiencies, duplication, and control gaps, and drive process re-engineering initiatives to improve scalability and resilience.
• Leverage automation and data-driven decisioning to enhance straight-through processing and reduce manual intervention.
• Lead operating model transformation initiatives, coordinating across operations, technology, product, and risk teams.
• Define transition roadmaps from current state to target state, including milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory change, market evolution, and client requirements.
• Oversee implementation of new processes and tools, ensuring minimal disruption to business-as-usual operations.
• Define data ownership, lineage, and quality standards within the custody operating model.
• Embed robust risk and control mechanisms across all processes, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• Partner with risk, compliance, and audit teams to ensure transparency and auditability of operational processes.
• Establish metrics and dashboards to monitor operational performance, risk exposure, and service quality.
• Act as the central point of coordination across custody operations, product, and technology leadership.
• Drive alignment on priorities, design decisions, and implementation strategies across global teams.
• Provide leadership and direction to cross-functional pods and working groups delivering operating model initiatives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, standardization, and continuous improvement across the custody organization.

Technologies:

• AI
• Support
• Product Owner

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We are BNY Mellon, partnering with hackajob to hire for this role. We are a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, influencing nearly 20% of the worlds investible assets. Our culture allows us to run our company better and supports employee growth and success. We harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients and drive transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide. This Vice President, POM Product Management role is part of our Enterprise Custody Services team and is located in Manchester, UK. We offer highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs, flexible global resources and tools, and generous paid leaves including paid volunteer time. We also promote a culture of excellence and pay-for-performance, and we are an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

last updated 35 week of 2026