Senior Manager, Chief Operating Office, Strategic Transformations

BMO; Toronto; On-site; CAD 86,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

BMO is seeking a Senior Manager, Risk Strategic Initiatives to lead the Technology Investment Portfolio planning, governance, and funding management. You will partner with ERPM, Finance, and Technology & Operations to align priorities, optimize investments, and deliver executive-ready insights for governance forums.

The role requires influencing senior leaders, driving portfolio discipline, and delivering strategic outcomes across enterprise priorities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in portfolio management, strategic planning, PMO, transformation, finance, risk, or technology investment management.
• Strong understanding of investment governance, business case development, financial management, and benefits realization.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives and manage complex stakeholder relationships across a matrixed organization.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, communication, and executive presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, balance competing priorities, and drive strategic outcomes.
• Experience in risk management, governance, regulatory environments, or large-scale transformation programs is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead ERPM's annual TIP planning, prioritization, funding allocation, and portfolio governance processes.
• Develop business cases, investment recommendations, and strategic roadmaps that support ERPM objectives and enterprise priorities.
• Provide strategic advice and recommendations to senior leaders on investment decisions, emerging risks, funding trade-offs, and portfolio optimization.
• Monitor portfolio performance, financial utilization, risks, dependencies, and benefits realization, ensuring transparency and accountability.
• Lead executive reporting, dashboards, and portfolio insights to support decision-making and governance forums.
• Drive execution of strategic initiatives from business case development through implementation, monitoring, and value realization.
• Partner with Finance, T&O, Enterprise TIP, and business stakeholders to align priorities, secure funding, and deliver outcomes.
• Lead change management, stakeholder engagement, and communications activities associated with portfolio initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to enhance portfolio management practices, reporting, governance, and operational effectiveness.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on portfolio governance, strategic planning, investment management, and change delivery.

Skills

Portfolio management

Strategic planning

PMO

Transformation programs

Job description

Application Deadline: 10/29/2026 Address: 100 King Street West Job Family Group: Audit, Risk & Compliance

The successful candidate is a strategic thinker, trusted advisor, and strong relationship manager who can translate complex data into actionable insights, facilitate executive decision-making, and balance investment priorities to maximize business value while maintaining sound governance and portfolio discipline. The Senior Manager, Risk Strategic Initiatives, is a key member of the ERPM COO Strategic Transformations team and is primarily responsible for the management of ERPM's Technology Investment Portfolio (TIP). The role leads the planning, prioritization, governance, funding management, and oversight of technology investments, ensuring alignment to ERPM strategic objectives, regulatory commitments, and enterprise priorities. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, the incumbent partners across ERPM, Finance, Technology & Operations (T&O), Enterprise TIP, and executive stakeholders to support investment decision-making, portfolio optimization, and benefits realization. The role is accountable for translating strategic priorities into actionable investment plans, developing business cases and funding recommendations, monitoring portfolio performance, and delivering executive-ready insights that enable effective governance and resource allocation. This position requires a highly collaborative and influential leader who can navigate complex stakeholder environments, drive strategic initiatives from concept through execution, and provide objective, data-driven recommendations that maximize business value while maintaining strong governance and portfolio discipline.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead ERPM's annual TIP planning, prioritization, funding allocation, and portfolio governance processes.
• Develop business cases, investment recommendations, and strategic roadmaps that support ERPM objectives and enterprise priorities.
• Provide strategic advice and recommendations to senior leaders on investment decisions, emerging risks, funding trade-offs, and portfolio optimization.
• Monitor portfolio performance, financial utilization, risks, dependencies, and benefits realization, ensuring transparency and accountability.
• Lead executive reporting, dashboards, and portfolio insights to support decision-making and governance forums.
• Drive execution of strategic initiatives from business case development through implementation, monitoring, and value realization.
• Partner with Finance, T&O, Enterprise TIP, and business stakeholders to align priorities, secure funding, and deliver outcomes.
• Lead change management, stakeholder engagement, and communications activities associated with portfolio initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to enhance portfolio management practices, reporting, governance, and operational effectiveness.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on portfolio governance, strategic planning, investment management, and change delivery.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in portfolio management, strategic planning, PMO, transformation, finance, risk, or technology investment management.
• Strong understanding of investment governance, business case development, financial management, and benefits realization.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives and manage complex stakeholder relationships across a matrixed organization.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, communication, and executive presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, balance competing priorities, and drive strategic outcomes.
• Experience in risk management, governance, regulatory environments, or large-scale transformation programs is an asset.

Salary: $85,500.00 - $185,000.00 Pay Type: Salaried The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type. Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position. BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans.

About Us

At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world. As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs.

BMO is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

BMO is a leading bank driven by a single purpose: to Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. Everywhere we do business, we’re focused on building, investing and transforming how we work to drive performance and continue growing the good.

Who we are

We’re proud to be fueling growth and expanding possibilities for individuals, families and businesses. More than 12 million customers count on us for personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment services. As the 8th largest bank in North America by assets, we provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment services to more than 12 million customers.

In Canada, the United States and across the globe, we’ll continue to build, invest and transform to drive performance that serves the good that grows.