Specialist, Product & Innovation Execution/Structural Innovation Team

BNY; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY seeks a Specialist to join its Product & Innovation team in New York, NY. You will support execution and product development for complex initiatives spanning capability builds, partnerships, and client activations.

You’ll translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, coordinate across teams, track milestones, surface risks, and help delivery across products, platforms, and functions.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in financial services or regulated environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams in fast-paced settings.
• Attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across stakeholders.
• Familiarity with blockchain, crypto, or digital assets in US/NY/EU is a plus.
• Familiarity with execution tracking tools such as Asana or Jira is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of complex, cross-functional initiatives by helping track progress, manage workplans, and drive follow-through across key milestones.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to surface risks and dependencies, and support informed decision-making.
• Coordinate across teams including Product, Engineering, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and external partners to facilitate alignment and progress.
• Assist in identifying, tracking, and escalating risks, issues, and interdependencies to ensure timely resolution.
• Contribute to preparation of materials, reporting, and updates to provide clear visibility into initiative status, risks, and next steps.
• Support adoption of standardized execution and governance practices across initiatives.
• Utilize knowledge of legal, regulatory and digital market structure to develop solutions from concept to launch and secure approvals.

Skills

Financial services

Regulated environments

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Tools

Asana

Jira

Job description

Job Description

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Specialist to join our Product & Innovation team. This role is located in New York, NY.

Job Description

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Specialist to join our Product & Innovation team. This role is located in New York, NY.

The Specialist on the P&I Execution/Structural innovation Team will support execution and product development activities for complex, high-priority initiatives spanning capability builds, strategic partnerships, and client activations. This role focuses on translating strategic priorities into actionable plans, coordinating across teams, and helping ensure initiatives progress in a structured and controlled manner.

This individual will work closely with senior team members and stakeholders to support execution, manage dependencies, and contribute to successful delivery outcomes across products, platforms, and functions.

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

• Supporting execution of complex, cross-functional initiatives by helping track progress, manage workplans, and drive follow-through across key milestones.
• Partnering with internal stakeholders to gather inputs, surface risks and dependencies, and support informed decision-making.
• Coordinating across teams including Product, Engineering, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and external partners to facilitate alignment and progress.
• Assisting in identifying, tracking, and escalating risks, issues, and interdependencies to ensure timely resolution.
• Contributing to preparation of materials, reporting, and updates to provide clear visibility into initiative status, risks, and next steps.
• Supporting adoption of standardized execution and governance practices across initiatives.
• Utilize your legal, regulatory and digital market structure knowledge to develop unique and innovative solutions, products, systems, and platforms, assisting in providing end-to-end guidance from the initial conceptualization and design through obtaining internal and regulatory approval for launch.
• Drive consensus and approvals for these solutions, products, systems, and platforms through internal product, legal, compliance, risk, and technology stakeholders.

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

• 2-3 years of experience in financial services, consulting, or similarly structured and regulated environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize information and communicate clearly.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and operate effectively in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work across a variety of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams and contribute to delivery of complex initiatives.
• Some familiarity with the laws, rules, regulations, and guidance concerning blockchain, distributed ledger technology, tokenization, and cryptoassets, in the US (federal and NY state) and the EU.
• Familiarity with digital assets, data platforms, or emerging technologies is a plus.
• Familiarity with execution tracking tools (e.g., Asana, Jira, or similar platforms) is a plus.

About The Team

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at BNY Newsroom & BNY LinkedIn

Here’s a Few Of Our Recent Awards

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025

Our Benefits And Rewards

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.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting.

Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, the employee will be in an “at will” position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.