COO for Engineering / Head of Engineering Hub

BNY; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY is seeking a COO for Engineering / Head of Engineering Hub in New York, NY. This senior role shapes and drives the strategic, operational, and organizational agenda for Engineering across the enterprise, partnering with senior stakeholders to scale a data-driven engineering organization.

You will lead enterprise capabilities, governance, analytics, talent and location strategy, and strategic technology partnerships to enable a high-performing engineering franchise at scale.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading enterprise technology strategy and engineering transformation.
• Experience in chief of staff/COO-like leadership within a complex organization.
• Ability to advise senior leaders and drive cross-functional alignment.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to the Head of Engineering and leadership team, improving focus and organizational effectiveness.
• Define and drive the strategic direction for Engineering across BNY with measurable goals and execution plans.
• Lead the Engineering 2.0 transformation agenda with governance, oversight, and progress reporting.
• Establish leadership team rhythms and management routines to improve execution discipline.
• Improve the Engineering operating model with clear priorities, decision rights, and strong interfaces.
• Oversee enterprise engineering strategy, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making and performance.
• Advance digitalization and process improvements to simplify workflows and increase efficiency.
• Drive AI-for-Engineering adoption and other enablement efforts to boost productivity and delivery outcomes.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Enterprise technology strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

COO for Engineering / Head of Engineering Hub

New York, NY, United States

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About Us

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees' growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance - and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees' growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance - and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

Job Description

COO for Engineering / Head of Engineering Hub

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world's financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

The COO for Engineering / Head of Engineering Hub is responsible for shaping and driving the strategic, operational, and organizational agenda for Engineering across BNY, leading the enterprise capabilities that enable a high-performing, modern engineering organization. The role serves as a critical partner to the Head of Engineering and leadership team, helping define direction, improve organizational effectiveness, and ensure the engineering franchise operates with clarity, discipline, and scale.

The person in this role is accountable for translating Engineering’s priorities into execution through strong operating rhythms, governance, analytics, enablement, and cross-functional coordination. The role combines enterprise strategy, transformation leadership, and business operations accountability, ensuring Engineering is positioned to deliver against business priorities while continuously improving how it operates, develops talent, adopts technology, and drives engineering excellence.

This includes leading the Engineering Hub’s broad mandate across engineering strategy, leadership enablement, analytics and insights, digitalization, AI-for-Engineering adoption, engineering learning, communications, talent and location strategy execution, and strategic technology partnerships. The role is central to building the operating model, management discipline, and enterprise connectivity needed to scale a more effective, data-driven, and forward-looking Engineering organization.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Act as a trusted advisor to the Head of Engineering and leadership team, helping shape priorities, improve focus, and strengthen organizational effectiveness.
• Define and drive the strategic direction for Engineering across BNY, translating business needs into clear priorities, measurable goals, and execution plans.
• Lead the Engineering 2.0 transformation agenda, including strategic planning, governance, execution oversight, and progress reporting.
• Establish and run leadership team rhythms, including strategic planning processes, agenda-setting, decision tracking, follow-through, and management routines that improve execution discipline.
• Improve the Engineering operating model by clarifying priorities, decision rights, accountability, and cross-functional interfaces across teams.
• Oversee enterprise engineering strategy, analytics, and insight generation to improve transparency, decision-making, prioritization, and performance management.
• Advance digitalization and process improvement across Engineering to simplify workflows, improve execution, and strengthen internal effectiveness.
• Drive AI-for-Engineering adoption and other strategic enablement efforts that improve productivity, insight, and delivery outcomes across the engineering organization.
• Strengthen the Engineering Practice through guardrails, frameworks, standards, learning, communications, and community-building that promote consistency and engineering excellence.
• Lead engineering talent and location strategy execution in partnership with senior stakeholders across Engineering, People, and the broader enterprise.
• Manage strategic technology partnerships and the broader partner ecosystem to accelerate delivery, improve outcomes, and optimize value realization.
• Partner with CIOs, Engineering leaders, ESO, SPIN, AI Hub, Finance, People, Enterprise Sourcing, and other key stakeholders to align Engineering priorities with enterprise needs.
• Support the broader Engineering franchise through scalable capabilities across business management, workforce management, vendor management, engineering finance, processes and tooling, discipline learning, and organizational enablement.
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, innovation, and continuous improvement across the Engineering organization.

Required Qualifications:

The successful candidate will bring significant experience leading enterprise technology strategy, engineering transformation, business operations, or chief of staff / COO-style leadership functions within a complex organization.

They will be equally comfortable operating at the strategic and execution levels, advising senior leaders, driving cross-functional alignment, improving management discipline, and building scalable capabilities that strengthen organizational performance.

This is a high-impact enterprise leadership role for an executive who can help shape Engineering’s long-term direction, strengthen the leadership operating model, improve execution and organizational effectiveness, and build the capabilities, partnerships, and management discipline required for a modern engineering organization to perform at scale.

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