VP, Payments Product Strategy & Analysis

BNY; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY is seeking a Vice President, Product Analyst to drive deep business, system, and process analysis within the POM Product Management function. You will translate product intent, regulatory needs, and operational requirements into clear, testable backlog-ready stories and maintain audit-ready documentation to improve delivery quality.

You will partner with Product Owners and Product Managers, support UAT and defect triage, and ensure cross-border payments, real-time processing, and regulatory

Qualifications

• Experience in large-scale payment transformation programs or platform modernization.
• Exposure to regulatory initiatives (ISO migrations, market infrastructure changes).
• Background in banking, financial services, or transaction banking.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 5–10+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document functional and non-functional requirements across payments initiatives.
• Create and maintain analysis artifacts: current and futurestate process flows, user journeys, decision tables, data mappings, and traceability.
• Support backlog readiness and refinement with the Product Owner; clarify scope, acceptance criteria, edge cases, and downstream impacts for delivery teams.
• Conduct impact analysis across adjacent workflows, systems, and controls; surface risks, dependencies, and operational constraints early.
• Partner with testing to validate requirements and acceptance criteria; support UAT and defect triage from a businessprocess perspective.
• Maintain regulatory and audit traceability from requirements through release, ensuring required evidence and documentation are complete.
• Contribute to launch and BAU handover by preparing process updates, standard operating procedures/workinstructions, RACI updates, and training materials in partnership with Product and Operations.
• Surface when analysis complexity, regulatory risk, or crosspod dependencies exceed pod scope and require Senior BA support.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Requirements elicitation

Agile / Scrum

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

SQL

Excel

JIRA

Job description

BNY is seeking a Vice President, Product Analyst to drive deep business, system, and process analysis within the POM Product Management function. You will translate product intent, regulatory needs, and operational requirements into clear, testable backlog-ready stories and maintain audit-ready documentation to improve delivery quality.

You will partner with Product Owners and Product Managers, support UAT and defect triage, and ensure cross-border payments, real-time processing, and regulatory