Product Manager III - DFCS Platform Specialist) Hybrid - see job description for potential work locations)

M&T Bank•Buffalo, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for the strategic growth and management of multiple product lines or services for major market segments. The role contributes to market strategy development—including advertising, pricing, expense planning, profit plans, packaging, and future products—and ensures strategies and goals are implemented and monitored. The position is hybrid and requires in-office work four days each week at an M&T office in Buffalo, NY; Bridgeport, CT; Wilmington, DE; Baltimore, MD; Washington, DC; New York, NY; or a possible location within the M&T footprint. The role sets strategic direction for assigned products, manages sales and channel strategy, pricing, product risk, and product financials, and evaluates market developments and product performance. It oversees new product implementation and modifications, works with other departments on marketing and sales programs, and ensures products are marketable, profitable, and compliant with legal and regulatory requirements. The Product Manager also follows company risk and control standards, escalates risk issues, supports a sense of belonging, and maintains internal control standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years of proven marketing, product management, financial, operations, and/or project management experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 11 years of higher education and/or work experience, including at least 7 years of proven experience in those areas.

Nice To Haves

Direct DFCS experience.
Strong experience with financial data mapping, source-to-target mapping, data transformation, and/or data integration.
Ability to translate Finance business requirements into detailed data requirements and mapping specifications.
Experience documenting data lineage, definitions, transformation rules, and downstream data usage.
Strong SQL, Excel, or comparable data-analysis capabilities.
Experience with data quality analysis, testing, validation, and reconciliation.
Understanding of Finance, General Ledger, and/or Profitability data.
Ability to research complex data issues across multiple applications and identify root causes.
Knowledge of data governance, change management, and production-support practices.
Strong requirements, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Experience with servicing cost or Profitability data and allocations.
Experience with instrument-level financial data.
Familiarity with Oracle FDI/UCL, Oracle EPM, OAC, Axiom, or related Finance reporting technologies.

Responsibilities

Set strategic direction for assigned product lines and present business plans to senior management and employees.
Develop sales and sales-channel strategy.
Manage product pricing, cost structure, and product risk.
Manage product financials, including revenue planning and profitability.
Review market developments and evaluate and recommend new products or services, or modifications to existing offerings.
Evaluate new product and service performance and implement or recommend changes to products, services, or marketing strategy.
Manage new product implementation and existing product modifications, including service design and development, portfolio acquisition, and process improvements; liaise with affected departments.
Establish marketing objectives and work with other Bank departments to develop programs to sell products and services.
Ensure products and services are marketable, profitable, and compliant with legal and regulatory requirements.
Maintain awareness of trends and developments in marketing and company products and services.
Adhere to company risk and regulatory standards, policies, controls, and Risk Appetite; identify risk-related issues requiring escalation.
Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points and applicable issues raised by external regulators.
Complete other related duties as assigned.