Overview

Pershing X is a new start-up unit to incubate, engineer and deliver breakthrough solutions that will transform the advisory market.

Pershing X will deliver the industry's leading end-to-end advisory platform, helping financial service firms solve the challenge of managing multiple and disconnected technology tools and data sets for their advisors and fueling our clients' business growth.

We are a collaborative and fast-growing team working on exciting and innovative digital product offerings.

Summary:

Group Manager, Project Management (LEAD AGILE COACH / SCRUM MASTER)

Pershing X Technology is looking for a senior agile coach who can lead the organization in its planning and execution through SAFe Agile methodologies.

We're looking for a SAFe agile coaching expert adept at assessing, prioritizing, and facilitating organizational change and ongoing management for all teams.

The candidate will work with teams and management which will result in sustainable organizational improvements in the planning, delivery and reporting of the technology portfolio.

The coach will identify areas of focus to deliver training, recommend strategies for improvement and recommend best practices with existing and new tools.

The candidate will be hands on and manage a team of scrum masters who will provide direction and guidance for a wide array of activities associated with planning and delivery to ensure that initiatives are completed on time, within budget and to stakeholder specifications.

Responsibilities:

• Provide hands-on support to teams in adopting an agile mindset and practices with a focus on growing capabilities in the teams
• Plan for and run collaborative environments such as PI Planning meetings and training workshops
• Effectively mentor teams, individuals & leadership in teamwork skills and the application of agile principles
• Be willing to experiment, fail and innovate in order improve effective collaboration and execution in a distributed organization to promote shared understanding and inclusion of all perspectives
• Focuses on strategic Agile improvements throughout the firm through identifying systemic knowledge or process gaps and designing and developing assets to strategically improve the organization
• Defines and ensures consistent enterprise-level Agile standards and best practices

Coach Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Management Information Systems or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• A minimum of ten (10) years progressive experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create and present concepts and recommendations to executive management.
• SAFe agile Certification
• Scrum Master Certification (CSM)
• Agile Practitioner Certification (ACP)
• Expertise in JIRA

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Our ambition is to build the best global team - one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve - and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.

Employer Description:

For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.

EEO Statement:

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Our ambition is to build the best global team - one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve - and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.