Senior Specialist IC Strategic Initiatives

Bank of Montreal•Chicago, IL

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

BMO Bank N.A. seeks Senior Specialist-IC Strategic Initiatives in Chicago, IL to assess business strategy in connection with the value of data at scale. Articulate information strategies that meet business objectives by establishing a vision and target state for organization, people, data, and technology. Design and apply various methods, practices, policies, tools, and processes to govern and control the lifecycle of all data assets to ensure protection, governance, and trusted consumption. Perform maturity assessments on data management capabilities, design related organization and operating models and advise on tools and roadmaps to implement them. Act as integration point for triaging business requests and managing demand for data support as part of a multi-year roadmap. Work with stakeholders to understand key business opportunities and translate those into a clear, actionable data strategy. Identify and recommend solutions to resolve issues in data policies, usage, quality, and metrics. Address data security risks and compliance requirements for an assigned portfolio. Work with cross-functional teams to synthesize ideas, prioritize efforts, and identify intelligent solutions for business leaders. Identify and introduce new data sources that range from standard market data to unstructured and alternative data.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus seven (7) years of experience as a Consultant, Business Analyst or related occupation utilizing data and analytics applications to develop and advance business strategies or, alternatively, a Master's degree in Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Consultant, Business Analyst or related occupation utilizing data and analytics applications to develop and advance business strategies.
Utilizing Informatica, Datameer, AWS Glue, PowerBI, Dataiku, AWS Sagemaker, Neo4j, and UIPath
Conducting data analytics (including ELT) and supporting data science and data management projects
Participating in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to implement use of data and analytics applications.
Requires 5% international travel to Canada.

Responsibilities

Assess business strategy in connection with the value of data at scale.
Articulate information strategies that meet business objectives by establishing a vision and target state for organization, people, data, and technology.
Design and apply various methods, practices, policies, tools, and processes to govern and control the lifecycle of all data assets to ensure protection, governance, and trusted consumption.
Perform maturity assessments on data management capabilities, design related organization and operating models and advise on tools and roadmaps to implement them.
Act as integration point for triaging business requests and managing demand for data support as part of a multi-year roadmap.
Work with stakeholders to understand key business opportunities and translate those into a clear, actionable data strategy.
Identify and recommend solutions to resolve issues in data policies, usage, quality, and metrics.
Address data security risks and compliance requirements for an assigned portfolio.
Work with cross-functional teams to synthesize ideas, prioritize efforts, and identify intelligent solutions for business leaders.
Identify and introduce new data sources that range from standard market data to unstructured and alternative data.