Director, Strategy and Change

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We are seeking an experienced and strategic leader to drive our data and analytics roadmap. This Director-level role will help shape the strategic vision, lead business stakeholder engagement efforts, and establish an integrated change adoption framework across the Financial Crimes Unit. The successful candidate will bridge technical innovation with business outcomes and help position analytics as a core enabler of proactive and predictive security.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development and ongoing refinement of multi-year strategy and roadmap, aligned with business priorities and risk management objectives

• Translate complex technical initiatives into clear, sequenced strategic milestones and value outcomes.

• Partner with domain leaders (Fraud, Cybersecurity, Physical Security) to ensure roadmap integration reflects cross-pillar opportunities

• Build and lead a structured change management framework to support adoption of new analytics capabilities and insights across security teams

• Work closely with communications, training, and operational leaders to drive behavior change and business process alignment

• Design metrics to measure adoption, usage, and impact of new tools and insights.

• Serve as a strategic partner to key stakeholders ensuring alignment between analytics use cases and business needs.

• Create and deliver executive-level communications: strategy updates, quarterly leadership reports, and investment justifications

• Influences how teams/groups work together.

• Support the leadership teams in governance forums, helping prioritize and sequence analytics use cases for maximum impact.

• Communicates abstract concepts in simple terms.

• Fosters strong internal and external networks and works with and across multiple teams to achieve business objectives.

• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement by championing new ways of using analytics to proactively mitigate risk.

• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in strategy, business transformation, analytics, or risk domains

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise strategy planning, program road mapping, or complex transformation efforts

• Proven success in building and leading stakeholder engagement models across business, risk, and technology teams

• Understanding of financial crimes, fraud, cyber or operational risk concepts - cross-domain knowledge is highly valued

• Exceptional communication skills, especially in preparing and delivering content for senior executives

• Experience designing and executing change management or business adoption initiatives tied to data, analytics, or tech platforms

• Strong project and portfolio management skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional programs in complex environments.

• Data strategy expertise

• Analytical and problem solving skills.

• Knowledge of data governance, analytics development lifecycle

• Collaboration and team building

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MS preferred)

• Negotiation and influencing

• Adaptability and comfortable to work in ambiguous situations

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.

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