Senior Vice President, Agile Coach

BNY Mellon; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY Mellon is seeking a Senior Vice President, Agile Coach to lead the Agile Practice across multiple locations including Pittsburgh, PA; Lake Mary, FL; and New York, NY. The role emphasizes enterprise-wide coaching and transformation.

You will guide Lean- Agile adoption, facilitate workshops, and design roadmaps, partnering with senior IT and business leaders to accelerate value delivery. The ideal candidate has 10–12 years of consulting in financial services, deep SAFe/Lean-Agile expertise,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or technical discipline or equivalent work experience; advanced degree preferred.
• 10–12 years of experience advising senior IT and business management; securities/financial services a plus.
• Strong knowledge of Lean-Agile principles, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean.

Responsibilities

• Coach enterprise lines of business on Agile, technical, and product management practices to improve business agility and team effectiveness.
• Apply data analytics and performance measurement frameworks to evaluate Agile adoption, monitor transformation progress, and inform evidence-based decisions.
• Design and facilitate the implementation of Agile ways of working and long-term transformation roadmaps across the organization.
• Solve systemic, enterprise-level challenges in a structured manner, shaping scalable approaches ahead of broader rollout or pilot expansion.
• Serve as a servant leader and change agent, driving mindset and behavior change through Agile advocacy, coaching, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Facilitate trainings and workshops, define success metrics, and recommend improvements to strengthen team and program practices.

Skills

Lean-Agile

SAFe

Scrum

Kanban

Coaching

Cross-functional leadership

Conflict resolution

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or technical discipline

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Agile Coach to join our Agile Practice team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA or Lake Mary, FL or New York, NY.

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

• Coach enterprise lines of business on Agile, technical, and product management practices to improve business agility and team effectiveness.
• Apply data analytics and performance measurement frameworks to evaluate Agile adoption, monitor transformation progress, and inform evidence-based decisions.
• Design and facilitate the implementation of Agile ways of working and long-term transformation roadmaps across the organization.
• Solve systemic, enterprise-level challenges in a structured manner, shaping scalable approaches ahead of broader rollout or pilot expansion.
• Serve as a servant leader and change agent, driving mindset and behavior change through Agile advocacy, coaching, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Facilitate trainings and workshops, define success metrics, and recommend improvements to strengthen team and program practices.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree in business or technical-related discipline, or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred.
• 10-12 years of experience providing consulting advice to senior IT and business management; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of Lean-Agile principles, practices, frameworks, and methods, including Scaled Agile Frameworks, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean.
• Expertise in cross-functional team leadership, coaching and mentoring approaches, facilitation, and teaching methods, and conflict resolution.
• Ability to drive decisions and resolve conflicts across multiple parties, with strong problem-solving skills and experience running agile projects of varying size and complexity.