Vice President, Product Management Analyst

Alternatives is a Product within Asset Servicing that helps clients across hedge funds, private equity, credit and real estate grow and optimize their businesses for success. The primary product set is focused on custody and administration; increasingly the Alternatives business is helping to optimize processes for clients from calculating a net asset value to handling the flow of large number of investors. As data and reporting become more critical for managers and investors in the alternatives space, BNY Mellon is providing and building solutions to make data analysis easier for clients. 

The successful candidate will:

• Business
  • Brings a commercial mindset to supports the vision, execution, measurement, and outcomes for our product set across Hedge Funds within Alternatives
  • Oversees strategy design behind product development and delivery for Fund Administration & Prime Custody
  • Help to define the product vision based on wide ranging inputs from clients, markets and desired commercial outcomes as it relates to the investor experience
  • Consider the required operating model and path to implementation to realize the product roadmap
  • Own business outcomes, with clear articulation of the commercial value and impact
  • Engage directly with clients to understand expectations 
  • Ensures strategies align with departmental priorities and annual plan. 

• Product 
  • Express outcomes and priorities on a product roadmap that articulates progress of the product over time
  • Expect to use data to make, justify and measure investment decisions
  • Think horizontally across the entire Alternatives client base to find commonality with clients in private markets (Credit, Private Equity and Real Estate) and liquid markets (Hedge)
  • Have a mindset of business ownership and end to end execution collaborating closely with Operations and Technology
  • Evaluate the product at each sprint to ensure client and firm commitments are met in terms of quality, controls and ability to scale
  • Assess and keep pace with market trends and competitors

• Team and Personal Skills
  • Bring enthusiasm, drive and energy to the product development process
  • Expect to work in a rapid, high paced environment with ambiguity and uncertainty
  • Leverages strong market knowledge to integrate the demands of various regions and stay ahead of competitors. 
  • Interacts directly with key stakeholders across the business and external customers to negotiate and market BNY Mellon's offerings.
  • Provides guidance to less experienced colleagues as needed. Leads others on project teams and assists management to operationalize functional or business objectives.
  • Contributes to the achievement of functional objectives.

• Other
  • Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required. Advanced/graduate degree preferred. 
  • Sufficient years of total work experience preferred.  Experience in Product Management, operations, client management preferred.