Technology Strategy Expert

CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of New YorkWorking at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York positions you at the center of the financial world with a unique perspective on national and international markets and economies. You will work in an environment with a diverse group of experienced professionals to foster and support the safety, soundness, and vitality of our economic and financial systems.   The Bank believes in work flexibility to balance the demands of work and life while also connecting and collaborating with our colleagues in person. Employees can expect to be in the office a couple of days per week as needed for meetings and team collaboration and should live within a commutable distance. What we do:The Tech Strategy Expert for Digital Workplace will support the New York Fed’s efforts to advance digital workplace capabilities, driving innovation, and efficiency across the organization. Coalesces the business strategy, business outcomes, and product roadmaps into a technology strategy and roadmap. Negotiates and balances between the direction and needs of the business groups, their associated products, and needs of technology while maintaining and building excellent, trusted, and confident relationships with business and technology leaders and staff. Works closely with the Chief Product Owners and/or Product Owners to develop plans to meet business outcomes.The Technology Strategy & Transformation team (TS&T) is responsible for leading the strategic direction of technology across the entire Bank and drives large-scale change in the following ways:

Ensures the Bank’s technology resources are aligned with the Bank’s top priorities

Leads strategic initiatives and execution of technology transformation and modernization, sustaining the Bank’s technology strategy over the long-term

Shapes the Bank’s technology strategy through a clear vision and prioritization approach

Advances organizational agility through the product delivery lifecycle to deliver business value

Incorporate user experience design into our products to ensure user adoption yields intended business outcomes

Creates sustainable change through active engagement and communication to achieve our vision

You will report to the Technology Strategy & Transformation team.Your role as Technology Strategy Expert:The Tech Strategy Expert for Digital Workplace will support the New York Fed’s efforts to advance digital workplace capabilities, driving innovation, and efficiency across the organization. Key responsibilities include:

Strategy Development: Lead the formulation and execution of strategies to enhance digital workplace capabilities, including collaboration tools, and productivity platforms.

Technology Integration: Facilitate the integration of new digital tools and platforms into existing systems, ensuring seamless functionality, and user adoption.

Data Analysis and Reporting: Utilize data analytics to assess the performance and impact of digital workplace tools and strategies, providing actionable insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.

Stakeholder Engagement: Develop and maintain effective relationships with senior management and stakeholders in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of outcomes, timeframes, capabilities, sequencing, issues, and priorities.

Program Guidance: Strategically manage initiative risks and decisions, identifying, assessing, and managing each. Raise strategic decisions and significant changes to scope, timeline and budget to the relevant senior stakeholders.

Execution: Work with third-party vendors and service providers across the enterprise program. Ensure that appropriate and sufficient resources are allocated to the program to achieve successful and timely completion.

What we are looking for:

Experience managing large complex programs or initiatives, specifically within the realm of digital workplace or IT infrastructure.

Proven track record of managing large-scale digital transformation projects, including experience with enterprise collaboration tools and technology integration.

Ability to recognize broad themes or issues; makes forward looking evaluation of emerging trends and assessment of potential consequences and drive to appropriate solutions.

Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills; highly collaborative working style, strong interpersonal capabilities and relationship building; proven ability to manage diverse client and stakeholder relationships, and to collaborate effectively with customers and colleagues

Experience in data analysis and using analytics to drive decision-making and strategy refinement related to digital workplace initiatives.

Excellent influence and negotiation skills; ability to facilitate discussions around complex issues and bring them to resolution.

Experience with enterprise-level IT Infrastructure and cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure) with a strong understanding of their integration into business operations.

Experience with agile methodologies (e,g, Scrum, Kanban) is required.

Project management professional (PMP) and/or Program Management Professional (PgMP) is desirable.

Salary Range: $155400 - $267300 / year  We believe in transparency at the NY Fed. This salary range reflects a variety of skills and experiences candidates may bring to the job. We pay individuals along this range based on their unique backgrounds. Whether you’re stretching into the job or are a more seasoned candidate, we aim to pay competitively for your contributions .  Our Touchstone Behaviors —Communicate Authentically, Collaborate Inclusively, Drive Progress, Develop Others, and Take Ownership—help shape the culture of the Bank. They also provide a shared language for how we work together and achieve success, and they set clear expectations for leading with impact at every stage of your career with us. Learn more. (https://www.newyorkfed.org/careers/touchstone-behaviors)   Benefits:  Our organization offers benefits that are the best fit for you at every stage of your career: 

Fully paid Pension plan and 401k with Generous Match 

Comprehensive Insurance Plans (Medical, Dental and Vision including Flexible Spending Accounts and HSA) 

Subsidized Public Transportation Program 

Tuition Assistance Program  

The New York Fed expects its employees to perform their duties with honesty, integrity, and impartiality, and without improper preferential treatment of any person. Learn more about our code of conduct and conflicts of interest rules. (https://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/ethics-conflicts-of-interest)   The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is committed to a diverse workforce and to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, or military service.   We value accessibility for all candidates and are happy to provide an accommodation or assistance . Please email us at [email protected] and we’ll be glad to help. Please note, this is a dedicated e-mail box designed exclusively to assist applications with accommodation requests in relation to our recruiting process. All other inquires including the status of applications will not receive a response from this e-mail box.    This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change.  Full Time / Part TimeFull timeRegular / TemporaryRegularJob Exempt (Yes / No)YesJob CategoryInformation TechnologyWork ShiftFirst (United States of America)The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.Always verify and apply to jobs on Federal Reserve System Careers ( https://rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/FRS ) or through verified Federal Reserve Bank social media channels.Privacy Notice (https://www.kansascityfed.org/documents/7797/WorkdayPrivacyNotice.pdf)OUR BANK has one of the most recognizable brands around the world. The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States—one of the world's most influential, trusted and prestigious financial organizations. The Federal Reserve is charged with the important mission of promoting a strong economy and a stable financial system and fulfills this responsibility by formulating national monetary policy, supervising and regulating banks and bank holding companies, and providing financial services for banks and the U.S. government.OUR PEOPLE are diverse in background and ideas, which allows for ongoing creativity and innovation. Ultimately, they are the ones who push our high-performance, exchange-driven culture forward.Why Our People Choose Us:Our reputation precedes usThere will always be room for personal growthOur people are firstYou’ll find the right balanceYour responsibilities will be meaningfulWe hope that you will be our future colleague.Always verify and apply to jobs on Federal Reserve System Careers (https://rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/FRS) or through verified Federal Reserve Bank social media channels.