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

M&T Bank•Buffalo, NY

1d•$107,500 - $179,100•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for the strategic growth and management of multiple product lines or services for major market segments. The Product Manager plays an integral role in developing market strategies and goals—including advertising, pricing, expense planning, profit plans, packaging, and future products—and ensuring their successful implementation and monitoring. This role sets strategic direction for assigned product lines, develops business plans, and manages product sales strategy, pricing, risk, and financial performance. It evaluates market developments and product success, recommends new or modified products and services, and manages implementation and changes in coordination with affected departments. The position ensures products and services are marketable, profitable, and compliant with legal and regulatory requirements. The work location arrangement is hybrid, requiring in-office work four days each week at a listed M&T office or a possible location within the M&T footprint.

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 relevant experience.

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 and manage sales and sales channel strategy.
Manage product pricing, cost structure, product risk, revenue planning, and product profitability.
Review market developments and evaluate and recommend new products or services, or modifications to existing offerings.
Evaluate product and service success and implement or recommend changes to products, services, or marketing strategy.
Manage new product implementation and modifications to existing products, 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 services and products.
Ensure products and services are marketable, profitable, and compliant with legal and regulatory requirements.
Maintain awareness of new trends and developments in marketing and company products and services.
Adhere to company risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls; 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.