Job DescriptionWe're seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President AI Strategy Lead. This role is located in New York City.
In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
- Support AI Hub strategy development by converting enterprise priorities into defined strategic themes, use cases, roadmaps, milestones, and execution plans.
- Work with business and technology stakeholders to understand workflows, pain points, decision gaps, and operating inefficiencies that could be addressed through AI, GenAI, automation, analytics, or data-enabled solutions.
- Structure ambiguous AI opportunities into clear problem statements, value hypotheses, target outcomes, scope, dependencies, risks, and recommended next steps.
- Develop use cases and business cases that assess business value, implementation cost, technical feasibility, control requirements, adoption potential, and delivery complexity.
- Define KPIs, OKRs, adoption measures, benefit-tracking approaches, and performance reporting to connect AI initiatives to measurable business outcomes.
- Support strategy for AI-enabled platforms, digital employees, knowledge capabilities, workflow automation, process reimagination, and continuous intelligence.
- Conduct market research, peer benchmarking, internal discovery, and emerging-technology analysis to inform AI Hub priorities and strategic recommendations.
- Create concise executive presentations, decision memos, portfolio updates, dashboards, and recommendations for senior leadership.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, Operations, Risk, Governance, Finance, and business teams to align strategy with feasibility, controls, funding, and execution capacity.
- Maintain portfolio-level visibility across initiatives, including priorities, milestones, value commitments, dependencies, risks, decisions, and leadership actions.
- Support governance and adoption readiness by incorporating data availability, responsible AI expectations, human oversight, change management, and control requirements.
- Independently lead discrete strategy workstreams while operating within the broader direction and priorities established by AI Hub leadership.
To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA or Master's degree preferred (Strategy, Business, Analytics, Computer Science, or related fields).
- 6-10+ years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, transformation, product strategy, or analytics/AI strategy within large enterprises (financial services a plus).
- Strong problem structuring, analytical, stakeholder-management, and executive-communication skills.
- Experience developing business cases, roadmaps, KPIs, or strategic recommendations.
- Exposure to AI, GenAI, automation, enterprise platforms, or financial services is preferred.
About UsAt BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees' growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.
Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance - and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.
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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.
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