Senior Vice President, Data Risk Manager

Senior Vice President, Data Risk Manager

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world's financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, to join our BNY Data Risk Management team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA in a Hybrid work environment.

About the team:

As a Senior Vice President in the Data Risk Management team - part of the Chief Operational Risk Officer (CORO) organization within the broader Second Line Risk & Compliance function - this role serves as a key individual contributor with enterprise-wide visibility. The position involves regular engagement with senior stakeholders across the First Line of Defense, particularly those responsible for the enterprise Data Management Framework. Direct interaction is essential to provide independent second line oversight, challenge, and advisory support on the design and effectiveness of data-related frameworks, policies, processes, and controls.

This role plays a critical part in ensuring that data risks are appropriately identified, assessed, and mitigated in alignment with the firm's risk appetite and strategic objectives. The ideal candidate must be a subject matter expert in data management, with deep knowledge of data governance, quality, lifecycle management, and regulatory expectations. This expertise enables the role to drive meaningful oversight and contribute to the continuous enhancement of the firm's data risk posture.

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

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the enterprise-wide Data Risk Management Framework in alignment with the firm's Operational Risk strategy.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on data management, providing authoritative guidance on data governance, data quality, data architecture, and issue management practices.
• Partner with First Line of Defense stakeholders - including Data Practice lead and business-aligned data owners - to design and embed effective data controls, with a focus on accuracy, completeness, and fitness-for-purpose.
• Independently monitor and challenge the effectiveness of data risk management practices across business units, ensuring alignment with internal risk appetite and external regulatory expectations.
• Translate evolving regulatory requirements into actionable risk management initiatives and control enhancements.
• Support the identification, assessment, and escalation of data risks, and contribute to the development of risk metrics and reporting for senior management and governance forums.
• Promote a strong risk culture by fostering awareness of data risk and accountability across all levels of the organization.
• Collaborate with other Second Line functions (e.g., Operational Risk Officers, Technology Risk, Compliance) to ensure a cohesive and comprehensive approach to data risk oversight.
  
  

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

• The candidate must have a minimum of 10-12 years of total work experience, with a strong emphasis on data risk, data governance, or enterprise data management.
• Prior experience in an Operational Risk or Second Line of Defense risk function is a plus, ideally within a financial service organization.
• Deep expertise in data management principles, including data quality, metadata, lineage, and regulatory frameworks (e.g., BCBS 239).
• Proven ability to engage with senior stakeholders and influence data risk practices across complex organizational structures.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex data risk concepts clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here's a few of our awards:

• America's Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World's Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN - 100% score, 2023-2024
• "Most Just Companies", Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg's Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

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 assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNYM 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.