Manager, Emerging Businesses

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Overview:

Supporting the Emerging Businesses team with the development and execution of loyalty and emerging growth strategies, you will play a key role in early solutioning and program delivery for new strategic initiatives. This role has broad strategy and delivery responsibilities spanning across Canadian Personal & Business Banking, requiring effective interaction with marketing, product, risk, loyalty, and finance. You are a dynamic, proactive, and innovative thought leader with a desire to expand your strategic thinking. Drawing from a foundational understanding of key payment trends and financial and strategic acumen, you will be supporting the strategy and delivery of emerging initiatives for BMO.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Initiatives

• Lead cross functional teams to execute strategic initiatives ensuring alignment with business and financial goals.

• Work with internal and external stakeholders across business, loyalty, analytics, risk, digital, and more to operationalize roadmap initiatives.

• Break down strategic problems and analyze data and information to provide insights and recommendations on key success metrics, trends, and recommend project remediation as needed.

Insights and Analytics

• Identify emerging activities and historical trends to inform data-driven decision making and strategic recommendations.

• Leverage financial acumen to develop fact-based and compelling business cases.

• Establish strategic priorities, identify resources required, and develop delivery roadmaps that achieve business objectives.

Emerging Topics and Innovation

• Conduct comprehensive market analysis and competitive research to identify disruptive trends and technologies with opportunities for growth and differentiation.

• Develop competitive benchmarking for these technologies, identify gaps and recommend solutions.

• Recommend and work with key product stakeholders to develop and implement prioritized use cases.

Qualifications

Experience and Knowledge

• 2+ years of management consulting experience desired, preferably with experience in banking or payments.

• 5+ years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Strong external focus with ability to synthesize market trends and keep pace in highly changing payments business.

Communication Skills

• Exceptional collaboration and communications skills – both written and verbal.

• Ability to distill complex data into simple, compelling insights.

• Comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions.

Mindset

• Curious, proactive, and results-driven.

• Strong problem-solving skills, works independently, and regularly handles non-routine situations.

• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to pivot across multiple initiatives.

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

About Us

At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.

As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmo.com/ca/en.

BMO is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

Note to Recruiters: BMO does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to BMO, directly or indirectly, will be considered BMO property. BMO will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. A recruiting agency must first have a valid, written and fully executed agency agreement contract for service to submit resumes.