Head, Managerial Experience & Leadership Strategy

BMO•Toronto, ON

1d•CA$110,500 - CA$192,500•Onsite

About The Position

The Head, Managerial Experience & Leadership Strategy role leads BMO’s enterprise managerial and leadership strategy and manages a portfolio of company-wide initiatives that develop world class leaders who are aligned to our Purpose and business priorities. The outcomes of this work will enable the bank’s senior leaders to successfully take on new mindsets and behaviours that are critical for leaders’ success in a more fluid, digital, hybrid environment. The position oversees BMO’s leadership curriculum, translating talent insights into meaningful interventions and partnering across People & Culture to drive business objectives. The ideal candidate is a senior strategic leader with deep expertise in leadership, talent, learning and development, and enterprise program management.

Requirements

15+ years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Senior experience in leadership and learning & development strategies and programs.
Technical leader with extensive industry knowledge and viewed as an innovative thought leader
Strategic thinking - Expert.
Project management / program management - Expert.
Verbal & written communication skills – Expert
Facilitation capabilities - Preferred.
Analytical and problem solving skills - Expert.
Influence skills - Expert.
Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration - Expert.
Able to manage ambiguity.
Data driven decision making

Nice To Haves

Facilitation capabilities - Preferred.

Responsibilities

Build multi-year strategy and roadmap for activation and sustainment of behaviour change that drives high performance
Lead strategic integration, with collaboration across Strategy, Communications, Culture and HR
Oversee leadership steering committee and partnering with Leadership Succession & Executive Talent Management team on key strategic initiatives
Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leaders for making business decisions and implementing strategic initiatives related to managerial and leadership capabilities
Guide leaders through development and required behavioural or operational shifts
Operate with an expert understanding of financial services and business/group challenges. Operate at a group/enterprise-wide level and serves as a senior specialist resource across BMO.
Collaborate with key partners to design world class capability building programs
Provide strategic leadership over leadership curriculum, key strategic initiatives and program deliverables
Assess effectiveness of program tactics for opportunities to scale or adjust
Directs strategic programs within multiple or single business/groups and provides integrated management of subsidiary projects and internal or external stakeholders.
Exercises direct accountability for complex programs with many project managers and team members.
Leads all aspects of the program lifecycle and ensures program structure is designed to achieve the intended business benefit.
Designs and produces regular and ad-hoc reports, and dashboards.
Manages overall program budget and allocates budgets to supporting projects.
Ensures overall program spend is managed within approved annual and multi-year budget allocations.
Executes project requirements in governance frameworks focused on risk appetite, regulatory and compliance standards.
Develops all related project management artifacts, while complying with applicable enterprise standards
Provides project sponsor with advice on the viability of the business case (costs, benefits, KPIs, etc.) throughout the project.
Understands project interdependencies and demonstrates critical thinking that proactively identifies project risks and establishes effective risk mitigation from the outset.
Demonstrates ownership and commitment by holding themselves accountable for the identification and resolution of project problems.
Leads and/or represents the project in project team meetings, governance forums and inter- department forums.
Provides program level change leadership to ensure the vision and objectives of the large- scale transformation are driven properly.
Develops change management plans for the complex programs spanning across multiple business units and stakeholders.
Collaborates across BMO to develop communications strategies and ensure consistency of messaging to positively influence or change behaviour.
Ensures change management plans are developed, socialized and consistently measured deliver the expected project benefits and adoption.
Fosters strong internal and external networks and works with and across multiple teams to achieve business objectives.
Networks with industry contacts to gather competitive insights and best practices.
Anticipates trends and responds by implementing appropriate changes.
Applies expertise and thinks creatively to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to multiple, interdependent, complex problems.
Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
Recommends business priorities, advises on resource requirements and develops roadmap for strategic execution.
Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making.
Adheres to Bank risk, regulatory and compliance controls.
Maintain strong financial management
Ensure appropriate data governance and operational policies or frameworks in place
Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.