Vice President, Payments Product Owner

VP, Payments Product Owner

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We're seeking a future team member for the role of VP, Payments Product Owner to join our Global Payments & Trade team. This role is located in New York, NY or Pittsburgh, PA.

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

• This role is pivotal in driving product adoption and market management for our Domestic Payments suite of products (e.g., ACH, RTP, Account Validation Services, Paymode, Benefit Disbursements, Vaia, Bill Pay Advantage & Merchant Services), establishing the operating foundation to scale market penetration, optimize positioning, and accelerate lifecycle maturity, preserving these offerings as key competitive differentiators for BNY.
• This team member will be essential in Market and Regulatory Acumen (US payment rails, key regulations, pricing intelligence, market structure & dynamics), Client and Segment Insights (persona segmentation, value drivers, use case mapping), Go-to-Market and Adoption Strategy (positioning & differentiation for specific segments, packaging/bundling), supporting our Sales team and financial goals.
• This team member will contribute to and maintain sales playbooks, sales collateral, objection ‑ handling materials, and use ‑ case content to drive commercial outcomes. This role partners closely with Sales and Channel teams to support delivery of the full product suite — including upsell and cross ‑ sell motions across overlay solutions such as virtual cards and merchant services — to enterprise clients, including banks, fintechs, processors, and ERP/TMS providers.
• This team member will partner with Sales to ensure strong pipeline hygiene and deliver actionable insights through win/loss analysis across products, enabling the Sales team to be best positioned to achieve financial Sales and Revenue goals.
• Primary responsibilities include: ownership of product revenue, product sales, solutioning and competitive intelligence, market and payment landscape, RFP response and representation and analyze key product metrics.

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

• Bachelor's degree in business management or related discipline, or equivalent work experience required.
• 3-7 years of payments product experience required
• Strong knowledge of payments products, a high level of urgency, and accountability are essential skills to be successful in the position

BNY 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.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $68,000 and $134,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs. This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.