Senior Manager, Wealth Management Technology Development

BMO; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 95,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Life and accident insurance

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

BMO Financial Group in Toronto, Ontario, is seeking a Technology Leader to drive architecture, development, and lifecycle management across enterprise platforms, with a focus on Wealth Management.

You will collaborate with Operations, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Sales, Product and Technology to translate business objectives into scalable, secure solutions, oversee microservices and API integrations, and ensure regulatory compliance. Hybrid work arrangement offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Computer Science) required.
• 5+ years in technology leadership with Wealth Management domain.
• 10+ years of overall experience in software development to leadership roles.
• Experience with new product implementations (Trading, security lending, incentive management) from design through delivery.
• Experience in AWS cloud, microservices, APIs, and AI integrations.
• Experience integrating vendor solutions with enterprise applications.
• Willingness to play an IC and people manager role.

Responsibilities

• Drive the architecture, development, modernization, and lifecycle management of enterprise technology platforms.
• Lead the technology strategy, roadmap, and execution plans aligned to business priorities.
• Promote best practices for architecture, security, resiliency, and operational excellence.
• Provide technical direction and coaching to teams and partners.
• Design and deliver scalable, secure technology solutions meeting regulatory needs.
• Oversee development of microservices, APIs, and integration components.
• Ensure high availability, resiliency, and performance for mission-critical apps.
• Lead enterprise integration across the technology ecosystem.
• Deliver data-driven solutions, optimize data pipelines, and support executive reporting.
• Ensure governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Technology leadership experience

Wealth Management domain

10+ years experience

Product implementations

AWS cloud

Microservices

APIs

AI integrations

Vendor integrations

People management

Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Computer Science)

Job description

Application Deadline:

09/29/2026

Address:

100 King Street West

Job Family Group:

Technology

Please note: Wealth Management Experience is a MUST; This is a Hybrid role

• Drives the overall software development lifecycle including working across functional teams to transform requirements into features, managing development teams and processes, and conducting software testing and maintenance. Specific project areas of focus includes translating user requirements into technical specifications, writing code and managing the preparation of design specifications. Supports system design, provides advice on security requirements and debugs business systems and service applications. Applies deep knowledge of algorithms, data structures and programming languages to develop high quality technology applications and services - including tools, standards, and relevant software platforms based on business requirements.

Technology Leadership

• Lead the architecture, development, modernization, and lifecycle management of enterprise technology platforms.
• Drive the technology strategy, roadmap, and execution plans aligned to business priorities.
• Establish and promote best practices for application architecture, software engineering, security, resiliency, and operational excellence.
• Provide technical direction and coaching to development teams, architects, business analysts, and delivery partners.

Solution Design & Development

• Design and deliver scalable, maintainable, and secure technology solutions that meet business and regulatory needs.
• Oversee the development of microservices, APIs, and integration components that support enterprise capabilities.
• Ensure high availability, resiliency, scalability, and performance for mission-critical applications.

Enterprise Integration

• Lead integration efforts across the BMO technology ecosystem, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security, data, and operational standards.
• Design and support event-driven, API-based, and batch-processing solutions for complex enterprise data exchanges.

Data & Analytics

• Lead the delivery of data-driven solutions that leverage large-scale datasets to support Wealth Management operations and decision-making.
• Oversee optimization of SQL queries, ETL processes, reporting solutions, and data pipelines to improve performance, reliability, and transparency.
• Support executive reporting, operational dashboards, compensation analytics, and management insights.
• Ensure data quality, reconciliation, lineage, controls, and audit readiness across critical business processes.

Governance & Risk

• Ensure solutions comply with Wealth Management and banking regulations, enterprise security standards, internal controls, and risk management expectations.
• Support internal audits, regulatory reviews, control assessments, and remediation activities.
• Implement and maintain data privacy, access management, information security, and technology risk management best practices.
• Maintain clear documentation, traceability, change management discipline, and operational procedures.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with Operations, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Sales, Product, and Technology partners to deliver integrated business outcomes.
• Translate business objectives and requirements into pragmatic, scalable, and secure technology solutions.
• Communicate architecture decisions, delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Manage vendor relationships and third-party technology partners to ensure quality, accountability, and alignment with enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Computer Science)
• 5+ years experience in Technology Leadership related roles, with a focus on Wealth Management domain
• 10+ overall experience (from application developer to leadership roles)
• Experience with new product implementations (Trading, security lending, incentive management applications) from design and architecture perspective all the way to delivery (full lifecycle or end-to-end)
• Experience in AWS cloud stack, development, technology integration, technology delivery, Microservices, API, AI integrations.
• Experience integrating vendor solutions with enterprise applications
• Equally motivated to play an Individual Contributor role and people manager (if circumstances require)

Salary

$94,600.00 - $176,000.00

Pay Type

Salaried

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

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. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

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. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmo.com/ca/en.

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. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

Note to Recruiters: BMO does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to BMO, directly or indirectly, will be considered BMO property. BMO will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. A recruiting agency must first have a valid, written and fully executed agency agreement contract for service to submit resumes.