Senior Director, Head of Climate & Sustainability Integration

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 Director, Head of Climate & Sustainability Integration to join the BNY Sustainability team. This role is located in New York, NY - HYBRID- 4 days in-office.

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

• Detailed understanding of financed emissions measurement methodology and implementation and transition plan strategy development in a bank or financial services organization. Understand of how each contributes to upcoming regulatory requirements including SFDR, CSDDD; be able to advise, adapt planning to meet regulatory objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a "scaled operator" within a large organization. For us this means leading and drive change in a matrixed environment through influence, helping teams adapt to new ways of doing business, contributing to (and leading elements of) scaled regulatory implementations.
• Must be hands on worker - doer as well as a leader - comfortable with multiple competing priorities, and team that is still in growth mode.
• Design and advance integration of BNY's sustainability strategy in close partnership with the Chief Sustainability Officer with a special focus on transition frameworks and execution plans spanning lines of business (e.g., capital markets, credit, investment, wealth)
• Establish a track record of accountability and successful leadership/execution of projects with multiple contributors, including driving stakeholder working groups and providing consistent updates on climate-related milestones to executive leadership teams and formal governance bodies
• Be a change agent across the business and serve as a trusted advisor for the Chief Sustainability Officer with the ability to steer senior stakeholders towards shred success and negotiate solutions that help meet goals and requirements
• Oversee work driven by the Global Climate Strategy team and provide matrixed leadership to embedded teams in support of sustainability related outcomes, including partnering closely on operational implementation
• Serve as a proactive expert on climate finance themes, risks, and market evolution to inform ideation around the commercial value of sustainability in existing services/offerings and product development
• Support commercial engagement with account leads and clients by effectively communicating BNY's climate strategy and goals and identifying solutions that help our clients achieve their own sustainability goals
• Determine a consistent approach and POV in partnership with Legal, Risk, and reporting entities on emerging climate disclosure rules while overseeing quality assurance for voluntary disclosures (e.g., CDP)
  

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

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience required. MBA, Masters of Public Policy, or other relevant graduate degree focusing on social responsibility preferred.
• Investment Management experience preferred.
• 15 years of experience with a proven track record in sustainability in financial services and/or sector related management consulting, strong knowledge of implication and application of global sustainable finance policy and regulations on financial institutions, with 5-7 years of management experience, preferred
• Demonstrated success in navigating ambiguity and managing teams towards delivering actionable, high-impact solutions for complex and high-visibility challenges
• Ability to work horizontally and lead peers through influence and quickly become a trusted partner though demonstration of technical expertise, execution focus, and collaborative approach
• Intellectual curiosity and a global enterprise mindset that enables efficiency and effectiveness when working across a diverse set of environments
• Effective communicator who can present technical information with precision and simplicity (e.g., working with and developing presentations for executive committee members)

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.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $136,500 and $300,000 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.