Product Manager II

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

Overview

Responsible for leading business and technology initiatives within Equipment Finance, including the evaluation, modernization, implementation, and optimization of technology capabilities supporting origination, underwriting, servicing, asset management, customer experience, and operational workflows. Partners closely with business leaders, technology teams, architects, vendors, and transformation resources to define future-state capabilities, develop implementation roadmaps, and deliver business value through technology modernization. The ideal candidate will possess deep equipment finance expertise, experience with servicing and lease management platforms, and a proven track record supporting large-scale technology transformation and leading implementation initiatives. This position can also be located out of our Buffalo, Rochester or Rockville Corporate Office Locations.

Primary Responsibilities

Product & Platform Strategy

• 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.

Transformation & Implementation

• 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.

Equipment Finance Domain Leadership

• 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.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• 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.

Data, Reporting & Governance

• 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.

Risk & Controls

• 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.

Education & Experience Required

• 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.

Preferred

• Direct experience supporting or implementing InfoLease upgrades, migrations, or integrations.
• Experience with equipment finance origination, servicing, collateral management, and customer portal solutions.
• Experience with system integration, workflow automation, document management, CRM, and data/reporting platforms.
• Familiarity with Agile product management methodologies and tools.
• Experience working with third-party software vendors, system integrators, or consulting partners.

M&T Bank Commitment

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $98,500.00 - $164,100.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location Buffalo, NewYork, United States of America

Great companies have an enduring sense of purpose. At M&T, our purpose is a simple one: make a difference in people’s lives and uplift the communities we serve. M&T Bank Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, NewYork. M&T’s affiliates offer advice, guidance, expertise and solutions across the entire financial spectrum, combining M&T Bank’s traditional banking services with the wealth management and institutional capabilities offered by Wilmington Trust. M&T Bank has a network of over 1,000 branches and 2,200 ATMs that span 12 states from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. For more than 165 years, M&T has strived to take an active role in our communities and build long-lasting relationships with our customers. We are a bank for communities - combining the capabilities of a large bank with the care of a locally focused institution. As an employer of choice, we are proud to offer competitive benefits ranging from medical and retirement to forty hours of paid volunteer time, each year. Our core values - integrity, ownership, collaboration, curiosity, and candor - drive the work we do. We seek to further build upon our record of success by bringing in top talent and fresh skill sets while continuing to support the growth and development of all our team members. View M&T’s Human Capital Report to learn more.

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