Head of Innovation Center, Apac

**_Bring your ideas. Make history. _**
BNY Mellon offers an exciting array of future-forward careers at the intersection of business, finance, and technology. We are one of the world's top asset management and banking firms that manages trillions of dollars in assets, custody and/or administration. Known as the “bank of banks” - 97% of the world’s top banks work with us as we lead and serve our customers into the new era of digital.

With over 238 years of rich history and industry firsts, BNY Mellon has been built upon our proven ability to evolve, lead, and drive new ideas at every turn. Today, we’re approximately 50,000 employees across 35 countries with a culture that empowers you to grow, take risks, experiment and be yourself. This is what **#LifeAtBNYMellon **is all about. In addition, BNY Mellon is a strategic partner to a variety of financial technology companies and a convener of influential industry and market infrastructure forums. We have made strategic investments in a portfolio of 29 fintechs building solutions that incorporate emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, blockchain and cloud.

**What we are doing**

The Innovation Center Network is part of Enterprise Innovation and Advanced Digital Solutions and serves as a springboard for prototyping and experimentation, accelerating the delivery of highly complex solutions, driving thought leadership and showcasing the bank’s innovations. We focus on accelerating the firm's digital initiatives, testing and exploring ideas, transforming the way we work, and partnering with clients and the wider ecosystem to develop solutions that service our clients and shape the industry.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of **Head of Innovation Center APAC **to join our **Enterprise Innovation **team. This role is located in **Singapore (Hybrid).**

**You are the right fit for this role if you**:

- Are an innovation and digital leader with a strong network across the APAC fintech and the financial services ecosystem
- Thrive in an ever-changing environment
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced collaborative, team-driven culture
- Agile and able to lead cross-functional teams that value talent over job title
- Have a hands-on approach to work and “can-do” attitude with a bias toward execution
- Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and solutioning via new methodologies and/or technologies
- Excellent communicator, self-driven and entrepreneurial with a strong sense of ownership

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

- Work with Bank leadership, strategy and technology functions, and client-facing teams to prioritize innovation initiatives/areas, manage stakeholders, identify themes, validate ideas and build a vision
- Drive the testing and development of new products or services, from market analysis to idea generation, design sprints, vision creation, prototype build, MVP, market testing and feature prioritization
- Stay current on financial services technology trends, perform research, fintech market mapping and scouting
- Conduct and drive experiments to test hypotheses around delivery, pricing, technology and market fit
- Help articulate the vision and Enterprise Innovation value proposition to internal and external teams and connect results to business priorities
- Coach internal product owners, design thinkers and engineers to leverage innovation best practices
- Evangelize, promote and provide education on innovation learnings and new services, both internally and externally

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

- Minimum of twelve years of prior Product Management, Digital and/or Innovation experience in financial services. Minimum five years of experience working with senior level stakeholders
- In-depth and hands-on knowledge of the ideation and product development lifecycle
- Proven track record in fast moving agile environment, successful collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams across time zones
- Proficient in industry standard best practices around product such as Design Sprints, Lean Product and Agile
- Strong verbal/written communication skills, with ability to effectively engage stakeholders at all levels of responsibility and authority and understand key points and themes
- Bachelors and/or Master’s degree in Business, Computer Science or related fields or equivalent practical experience

**At BNY Mellon, our inclusive culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards**:

- Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies & Top 20 for Diversity and Inclusion
- Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI)
- Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN - 100% score
- 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, Fast Company
- Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 100% score Corporate Equality Index
- CDP’s Climate Change ‘A List’

**Our Benefits**:
BNY Mellon offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted i