Vice President, Solution Architect II
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 is all about.We’re seeking a future team member for the role of
Vice President, Solution Architect
to join our
Product and Reference master group
in
Data Solution and Services (DSS) Platform
team
. This role is located in Pune, MH (HYBRID)
In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:
- This role will focus on architecting and delivering solutions that support the consolidation, governance, and management of reference data, product master data, and metrics master data across the firm.
- The ideal candidate must have significant financial services experience within the banking industry, specifically in one or more of the following domains: Asset Servicing: Global Custody, Fund Accounting, Middle-Office Solutions ,Issuer Services: Depository Receipts, Global Capital Markets ,Clearance and Collateral Management: Securities Clearance, Equity, Fixed Income ,Markets: Global Markets Trading, Liquidity and Finance, or Buy-Side Trading Solutions ,Structured Debt: Asset-back securities, collateral debt ,Credit Services: Securities-backed Lending, Credit Solutions, Treasury Services: Liquidities Management, Trade Finance and Processing, Clearing and Settlement
- Deliver high-quality architecture and design solutions aligned with BNY policies and standards.
- Collaborate with architecture community, application development, infrastructure engineering, and key stakeholders to develop integrated technology and business solutions.
- Strategize and drive enterprise-level technical initiatives focused on architecture and design excellence.
- In addition to individual contributor responsibilities, may lead and develop staff to maximize their impact, professional growth, and effective teamwork.
- Ensure consistent, high-quality delivery of architecture and design services; define target state architectures for domain-specific initiatives.
- Lead research, define, and implement architecture governance and design disciplines; promote common methodologies, standards, and patterns enterprise-wide.
- Optimize value from BNY’s technology assets by designing stable, flexible, high-performance solutions that maximize reuse and minimize redundancy.
- Provide expert architecture consulting on complex enterprise-wide issues.
- Support achievement of objectives across multiple teams through collaboration and shared expertise.
- Lead high-level architecture for the Product and Reference Masters group within the DSS platform, ensuring full compliance with BNY’s data governance and regulatory standards. Drive consolidation and mastering of reference data to deliver a unified, accurate enterprise view.
- Design parameterized APIs and data access layers to enable seamless, bank-wide reference data consumption and management. Standardize product catalogs with granular hierarchies and consistent definitions to support enterprise product data governance. Oversee authoritative metrics sources for centralized, reliable access.
- Provide transitional support for legacy systems to maintain uninterrupted business operations.
- Collaborate with architecture, development, infrastructure, and business teams to deliver scalable, reusable, and compliant solutions aligned with technology domain architecture.
- Influence and enforce architecture governance, standards, and best practices across platforms.
- Anticipate and integrate emerging industry trends and technology innovations relevant to data platforms and master data management.
- Engage senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to drive strategic architectural initiatives aligned with BNY’s enterprise goals.
- Develop proofs-of-concept and evaluate alternatives to support informed architectural decisions; contribute to planning and budgeting processes.
- Coordinate architectural solutions across pods, resolving dependencies and partnering with other Platform Group Leads to build reusable, scalable components within the technical roadmap.
- Monitor and report project and application status to ensure alignment with strategic direction and industry best practices.
- Aggregate and analyze architecture-related operational reports, KPIs, and KRIs for the platform.
- Advise technology teams and business partners on architectural options and technology choices, balancing cost, risk, and delivery timelines while leveraging enterprise assets.
- Collaborate on change management processes, including architectural design peer reviews (Permit to Build).
- Operate across platforms, partnering with engineering and product leads to drive commercial and resiliency outcomes.
- Serve as a senior leader engaging with MDs, SDs, and DDOs, providing strategic insight and leadership gravitas.
- Architect the target state for DSS, managing complex integrations across multiple consumer applications and data types, utilizing cutting-edge and emerging technologies with stringent regulatory compliance and security requirements across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required.
- 12+ years in technology and architecture roles within distributed technology environments.
- Leverage 12+ years of industry expertise and technology acumen to influence solutioning across diverse technology ecosystems.
- Strong background in securities or financial services is a plus, with experience in: Trading and execution services ,Custody services,CRM, call centers, and client communication systems ,Billing systems ,Data lakes, data masters, and data quality management,Infrastructure and security ,Corporate systems (HR, Legal, Sourcing, Treasury, Finance)
- Proven expertise working with both cloud and on-premise data platforms, including data lakes, data warehouses, and diverse database technologies.
- Seasoned developer or technical lead with expert knowledge of architecture frameworks, technology, tools, processes and procedures
- Knowledge of BNY applications, Bank standards, infrastructure, and architectural design / solutions
- Experience working on solutions that span across multiple business units or products
- Experience in agile development preferred
- Strong communication skills with ability to align on complex technical decisions
- Ability to coordinate across business and tech stakeholders
- Excellent problem-solving abilities.
- Passion for changing status quo and driving out-of-the-box ideas
- Solution-oriented enabler mindset
- Eagerness to ‘roll up the sleeves’ in execution and learning; pushes the team to do the same
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 is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
