Vice President, Scrum Leader

BNY Mellon; Berwyn (PA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY Mellon is seeking a Vice President, Scrum Leader to join the Managed Account Solutions platform in Berwyn, PA (with options for Pittsburgh, PA or Lake Mary, FL). You will optimize delivery, remove impediments, and guide teams toward value-driven increments while partnering with Product Owners and leaders to stabilize the program backlog.

The role emphasizes coaching, data-driven decision making, and executive collaboration to drive continuous improvement across large-scale initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• 4-8 years of experience as a Scrum Master, Scrum Leader, or Agile delivery professional supporting software development teams and large-scale initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks and practices including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, and Lean principles.
• Proven ability to coach teams and stakeholders, facilitate effective collaboration, and drive continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to identify and make visible dependencies, risks, and impediments, helping teams navigate obstacles and escalating when needed to maintain delivery flow.
• Experience with Agile engineering practices and tools, including User Stories, Jira, Confluence, Continuous Integration, and Automated Testing.

Responsibilities

• Optimize delivery, proactively manage flow, and navigate complex organizational relationships.
• Ensure Scrum principles and practices are followed, and Scrum events are productive and timeboxed.
• Remove impediments and track team dependencies to keep delivery flowing.
• Facilitate and guide teams to deliver increments of value and meet daily/iteration goals.
• Work with Product Owners and leaders to manage the program backlog and foster innovation.
• Coach teams and stakeholders on prioritization and commitment management during changing priorities.
• Use delivery metrics to identify improvement opportunities and improve predictability.
• Foster accountability, transparency, retrospectives, and a culture of learning and adaptation.

Skills

Agile frameworks

Coaching teams

Communication

Facilitation

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Prioritization

Data-driven decisions

Delivery metrics

Problem solving

Delivery trade-offs

Agile coaching

Certifications (CSM, PSM, SAFe SSM)

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

CI/CD

Automated Testing

Job description

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Scrum Leader to join our Managed Account Solutions platform team. This role is located in Berwyn, PA, Pittsburgh, PA or Lake Mary, FL.

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

• Optimize delivery, proactively manage flow, creatively solve problems, and navigate complex organizational relationships.
• Ensure Scrum principles and practices are followed, and Scrum team events occur, are productive, and kept within timeboxes.
• Remove impediments identified by teams and track and resolve team dependencies.
• Facilitate and guide teams to deliver expected outcomes with high quality, including helping teams focus on creating increments of value and achieving daily and iteration goals.
• Work with Product Owners, Portfolio and Product leaders to manage the program backlog, support healthy team dynamics, and foster innovation and implementation of strategic solutions.
• Coach teams and stakeholders on prioritization, commitment management, and making delivery trade-offs visible when priorities change.
• Use delivery metrics and flow data to identify improvement opportunities, improve predictability, and support data-driven decision making.
• Drive continuous improvement by fostering accountability, transparency, effective retrospectives, and a culture of learning and adaptation.

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

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• 4-8 years of experience as a Scrum Master, Scrum Leader, or Agile delivery professional supporting software development teams and large-scale initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks and practices, including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, and Lean principles.
• Proven ability to coach teams and stakeholders, facilitate effective collaboration, and drive continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to identify and make visible dependencies, risks, and impediments, helping teams navigate obstacles and escalating when needed to maintain delivery flow.
• Ability to leverage delivery metrics and flow data to improve predictability, identify improvement opportunities, and support data-driven decision making.
• Experience with Agile engineering practices and tools, including User Stories, Jira, Confluence, Continuous Integration, and Automated Testing.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and influencing skills, with the ability to translate ambiguity into actionable plans; Agile certifications (CSM, PSM, or SAFe SSM) and prior technical experience preferred.