Director, People Strategy & Advisory Manager

Company: The Bank of New York Mellon
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As Strategic People Business Partner, you will shape workforce strategy and partner with senior leaders to accelerate growth, agility, and performance. You will co-create workforce plans aligned with product roadmaps and long-term goals, serving as the bridge between the People Team and key business stakeholders. You’ll lead data-driven talent initiatives, organizational design, and large-scale change programs, bringing a product mindset and external best practices to drive a superior employee experience. This role offers high impact across executive-level advisory, transformation, and culture.

Responsibilities

  • Advise executive leaders on workforce strategy aligned with business priorities
  • Act as the single point of connection between the People Team and key stakeholders/Centers of Excellence
  • Collaborate with People Operations, Talent Strategy, Learning, Compensation, Benefits, Thrive Together and Finance/Legal to deliver integrated programs
  • Influence leaders with data-driven insights to guide talent decisions and workforce planning
  • Translate organizational challenges into actionable, data-supported plans and narratives
  • Apply a product mindset to develop scalable, user-centric people solutions
  • Lead large-scale transformation initiatives including organizational design and operating model evolution
  • Provide thought leadership by incorporating external best practices
  • Drive cultural evolution and change management efforts

Key requirements

  • Experience in people strategy, organizational development, or change management with leadership roles
  • Experience leading workforce strategy, employee experience, product management, and transformation to deliver business value
  • Creative problem-solving ability to devise talent solutions
  • Strong analytical and data storytelling skills; proficiency with Excel/Tableau/Visier/SQL and HR systems
  • Proven ability to deliver scalable, user-centered solutions with a product mindset
  • Executive presence and sound judgment in organizational dynamics
  • Strategic thinking
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Influence and stakeholder management
  • Excel
  • Tableau
  • Visier

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Posted: October 1st, 2026