Director, Policy Document Liaison & Governance Enablement

Bank of Montreal • New York, NY

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About The Position

The Director, Policy Document Liaison & Governance Enablement is responsible for ensuring enterprise policy documents within assigned portfolios are strategically aligned, lifecycle‑compliant, audit‑ready, and executed with discipline at scale. This role is accountable for coordination, quality, traceability, and governance compliance, but does not own policy content, make approval decisions, or grant exceptions. Acting as the primary interface between the Enterprise Policy Office (EPO), business leadership and remediation programs, the Director provides governance enablement, oversight, and execution leadership across both business‑as‑usual policy lifecycle activities and large‑scale policy remediation initiatives. The role ensures consistency, quality, and timely progression across complex, multi‑jurisdictional document portfolios, while enabling Owners and Sponsors to meet enterprise governance expectations.

Requirements

• 8+ years experience in policy governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, or enterprise control functions
• Demonstrated leadership in complex, enterprise‑wide change or remediation programs
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder‑management skills
• Deep understanding of governance frameworks, document hierarchies, and audit expectations
• Proven ability to translate standards into scalable, executable practices

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Governance Leadership & Strategic Enablement Serve as the senior liaison between EPO and assigned business/functions, representing policy governance requirements to stakeholders. Provide authoritative guidance on Enterprise Policy Management Policy, Standards, Procedures, and remediation expectations, ensuring consistent interpretation and application. Anticipate governance risks, lifecycle bottlenecks, and systemic issues across policy portfolios and proactively drive resolution.
• Portfolio‑Level Oversight of Policy Documents Maintain oversight of end‑to‑end policy document portfolios, ensuring completeness, ownership clarity, and accurate lifecycle status across all in‑scope documents. Ensure documents are correctly classified, hierarchically aligned, and positioned within the Enterprise Policy Document Hierarchy. Oversee accuracy and integrity of metadata, rationale, version history, and parent‑child linkages within the Enterprise Policy Repository (EPR).
• Policy Remediation Program Leadership Lead execution of policy remediation strategies across assigned portfolios, aligned to 2LOD risk architecture and enterprise remediation direction. Drive remediation decisions (uplift, re‑template, reclassify, consolidate, retire) in partnership with Document Owners and senior stakeholders. Ensure remediation outcomes are risk‑aligned, defensible, fully documented, and audit‑ready.
• Senior Stakeholder & Cross‑Functional Leadership Lead and influence senior stakeholder engagement across 1LOD, 2LOD, Legal, Compliance, Technology, and Operations. Resolve cross‑functional conflicts and competing priorities related to document scope, sequencing, remediation approach, or governance routing. Escalate material risks, misalignments, or lifecycle failures to EPO or senior governance forums with clear recommendations.
• Quality Assurance, Risk Management & Audit Readiness Provide quality oversight to ensure documents meet enterprise standards for clarity, enforceability, and structural integrity before approval or publication. Ensure stakeholder feedback, rationale, and decisions are fully traceable and defensible for regulatory, audit, and governance review. Identify systemic quality issues and drive continuous improvement in policy documentation practices.
• Approval Pathway & Governance Execution Oversight Determine and validate appropriate approval pathways in alignment with enterprise standards and document materiality. Oversee preparation and routing of approval packages, ensuring readiness, completeness, and alignment with governance expectations. Ensure approval evidence is retained, properly recorded, and audit‑ready.
• Publication, Communication & Implementation Enablement Provide oversight of publication, translation, and communication activities in partnership with EPO or through Liaison‑managed execution, as applicable. Ensure communications accurately reflect approved content, effective dates, and implementation expectations for impacted stakeholders. Monitor implementation readiness and escalate execution risks that could undermine compliance or effectiveness.
• Maintenance, Monitoring & Executive Reporting Oversee periodic review cycles, maintenance attestations, and retirement activities across the portfolio. Provide executive‑level reporting on lifecycle health, remediation progress, risks, exceptions, and compliance metrics. Partner with EPO to support enterprise reporting, audit responses, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees