Senior Vice President, Sanctions Operations Transformation Product Owner

Senior Vice President, Sanctions Operations Transformation Product Owner

Join BNY as Senior Vice President, Sanctions Operations Transformation Product Owner, based in Manchester, UK.

We are looking for a seasoned professional who can lead our sanctions transformation initiatives, collaborate across stakeholder groups, and deliver high‑impact, regulated products that drive the future of global financial crime compliance.

Responsibilities

• Largely focused on handling transformation projects in Financial Crimes (primarily Sanctions).
• Define and own the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for BNY’s sanctions transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Legal, Operations and Risk teams to gather and prioritize business requirements.
• Work closely with cross‑functional Agile squads to drive iterative delivery of screening, monitoring and case‑management capabilities.
• Monitor key metrics (false‑positive rates, throughput, case aging, system performance) to validate product impact and drive optimizations.
• Partner with Technology Architecture and Vendor Management on selection, integration and configuration of third‑party screening engines.
• Act as the primary liaison to senior stakeholders—present status, roadmap updates, risk mitigations and trade‑off decisions.
• Facilitate change management, training and rollout plans to drive adoption across global sanctions operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 15 years of total work experience, with a minimum of 5 years in Financial Crime Compliance.
• Strong understanding of Financial Crime and Risk Mitigation.
• Deep understanding of global sanctions regimes and screening workflows.
• Hands‑on experience with AML/sanctions tooling (e.g., Actimize, Firco, Netreveal or similar).
• Proven track record of defining and delivering complex, regulated‑environment products end‑to‑end.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation and communication skills with both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Analytical mindset with ability to leverage data and metrics for decision making.
• Familiarity with regulatory change‑management and testing in a multi‑jurisdictional environment.

Benefits

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, 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.