Equipment Finance Product Manager: Platform & Transformation Lead

M&T Bank Corporation; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 99,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

M&T Bank Corporation in Buffalo, NY seeks a senior leader to drive equipment finance platform modernization across origination, servicing, and asset management. You will define vision and roadmaps, partner with business and technology teams, and deliver end-to-end transformations including document management and workflow automation.

Ideal candidates will have deep equipment finance expertise, experience with servicing/lease systems, and a track record of large-scale technology transformations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5+ years of experience in Equipment Finance, Leasing, Commercial Banking, Product Management, Operations, Technology, Program Management, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience leading technology implementation, modernization, or transformation initiatives.
• Deep understanding of equipment finance servicing and lease management processes.
• Experience working with servicing and lease management systems such as: InfoLease Alfa LTi Odessa Similar equipment finance servicing platforms.
• Experience partnering with business and technology teams to define requirements and deliver complex solutions.
• Strong skills in stakeholder management, requirements development, roadmap planning, and executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the vision, strategy, and roadmap for equipment finance platform enablement initiatives.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve customer experience, operational efficiency, scalability, risk management, and profitability through technology modernization.
• Translate business objectives into platform capabilities, epics, features, and implementation priorities.
• Evaluate current-state processes, systems, data flows, and operational pain points to identify modernization opportunities.
• Lead end-to-end technology transformation initiatives involving equipment finance servicing, origination, document management, workflow automation, customer portals, reporting, and integrations.
• Collaborate with technology teams, enterprise architects, and implementation partners to define future-state solutions and deployment roadmaps.
• Support platform assessments, vendor evaluations, proofs of concept, and business case development.
• Ensure successful delivery of system upgrades, platform consolidations, migrations, and modernization programs.
• Coordinate business readiness, testing, operational transition, and post-implementation adoption activities.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for equipment finance business processes, including: Origination Credit and underwriting Documentation and funding Servicing Billing and collections Asset and collateral management End-of-term processing.
• Partner with operations and servicing teams to ensure platform decisions align with business needs and future operating models.
• Drive continuous improvement across the equipment finance customer and employee experience.
• Build strong partnerships across business, technology, operations, risk, finance, and external vendors.
• Facilitate workshops, requirements gathering sessions, and future-state design discussions.
• Challenge assumptions and drive data-driven decision making regarding platform investments and priorities.
• Manage relationships with platform providers, implementation partners, and consulting organizations.
• Define KPIs and success measures for platform modernization initiatives.
• Monitor benefits realization, adoption metrics, operational outcomes, and customer experience improvements.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, data strategy, regulatory requirements, and risk management standards.
• Support governance forums, steering committees, and executive-level reporting.
• Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite.
• Identify and elevate transformation, technology, operational, and vendor-related risks.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards and support audit and regulatory remediation activities as needed.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Requirements development

Roadmap planning

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

InfoLease

Alfa

LTi Odessa

Job description

M&T Bank Corporation in Buffalo, NY seeks a senior leader to drive equipment finance platform modernization across origination, servicing, and asset management. You will define vision and roadmaps, partner with business and technology teams, and deliver end-to-end transformations including document management and workflow automation.

Ideal candidates will have deep equipment finance expertise, experience with servicing/lease systems, and a track record of large-scale technology transformations