Senior Director, People Strategy & Advisory

BNY Mellon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY Mellon seeks a strategic People Business Partner with a client mindset and deep workforce strategy experience to advise senior leaders and shape the People agenda for growth, agility, and performance. This role is based in New York, NY, and requires strong data fluency to inform workforce planning at enterprise and functional levels.

Key responsibilities include serving as a trusted advisor to executives, coordinating with Centers of Excellence, and driving large-scale transformations with a

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in people strategy or change management.
• 5+ years in a people leadership role, preferably within a platform/product organization.
• Strong analytical and data storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise executives on workforce strategies aligned with product roadmaps and business goals.
• Represent the People Team to key business stakeholders and Centers of Excellence.
• Collaborate with People Ops, Talent Strategy and cross-functional partners to deliver integrated programs.
• Influence leaders with data-driven insights to guide talent decisions and planning.
• Translate complex organizational challenges into actionable, data-supported plans.
• Lead large-scale transformation initiatives including organizational design, change management, and operating model evolution.
• Provide thought leadership by adopting external best practices.
• Drive cultural evolution and change management aligned with strategy and employee experience.

Skills

People strategy

Organizational development

Change management

Data storytelling

Product mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Visier

SQL

Job description

We're seeking a strategic People Business Partner with a client mindset, deep workforce strategy experience, and strong data fluency to advise our senior leaders and shape the People agenda to accelerate organizational growth, agility, and performance. This role will be in New York, NY.

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

• Serve as a trusted advisor to executivelevel leaders, cocreating workforce strategies aligned with product roadmaps, business priorities, and longterm organizational goals.
• Represent the People Team as the single point of connection to key business stakeholders and Centers of Excellence.
• Collaborate with People Operations, Talent Strategy, Learning, Compensation, Benefits, Thrive Together and other enterprise partners like Finance and Legal teams to deliver integrated, forward looking people programs.
• Influence senior leaders with datadriven insights, leveraging workforce analytics, to generate insights, guide talent decisions, and inform workforce planning at enterprise and functional levels.
• Translate complex organizational challenges into actionable, datasupported plans and business narratives.
• Bring a product mindset to the People organization-iterating solutions based on user feedback, data, and evolving business needs to deliver scalable, usercentric, outcomedriven experiences.
• Lead largescale transformation initiatives, including organizational design, change management, and operating model evolution, to enhance efficiency and cultural effectiveness.
• Provide thought leadership by incorporating external best practices into people strategies.
• Drive cultural evolution and change management efforts that support organizational strategy and employee experience.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience within people strategy, organizational development, or change management including 5+ years in a people leadership role, preferably within a platform/product organization.
• Experience leading workforce strategy, employee experience, product management, and transformation to solve talent challenges and deliver measurable business value.
• Creative problem-solving skills with the ability to see the bigger picture and strategize talent solutions to propel the business forward.
• Strong analytical and data storytelling skills; proficiency with analytic and HR system/tools (such as Excel, Tableau, Visier, or SQL, and HR system)
• Demonstrated ability to apply a product mindset- delivering scalable, adaptable, and user-centered solutions.
• Executive presence, sound judgment, and a strong sense of business and organizational dynamics.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree in HR, Organizational Psychology, or Business preferred.