Product Manager III - DFCS Platform Specialist) Hybrid - see job description for potential work locations)

001 Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co; Buffalo (NY); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

M&T Bank Corporation in Buffalo, NY is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead strategic direction and performance across multiple product lines. The role requires shaping market strategies, pricing, and profitability while coordinating with cross-functional teams to deliver value to customers and the business.

You will manage product financials, oversee pricing, assess market developments, and ensure regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or 11 years of combined education/work experience.
• Strong SQL, Excel and data-analysis capabilities with finance data knowledge.
• Experience translating business requirements into data mapping specs.

Responsibilities

• Sets strategic direction for product lines and presents plans to senior management.
• Owns sales and channel strategy, including pricing and profitability.
• Manages product financials, revenue planning and cost structures.
• Evaluates market developments and recommends new or modified offerings.
• Oversees product implementation, liaises with affected departments.
• Establishes marketing objectives and collaborates with bank departments.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and risk controls.
• Maintains awareness of market trends and product changes.
• Escalates risk-related issues to management and promotes brand values.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Data mapping

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Data quality analysis

Financial data

Analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)

Tools

Oracle FDI/UCL

Oracle EPM

OAC

Axiom

Job description

Work Location/Arrangement: This is a hybrid position requiring in-office work four (4) days every week at an M&T office in Buffalo, NY, Bridgeport, CT, Wilmington, DE, Baltimore, MD, Washington, DC, NY, NY or a possible location within M&T footprint. Overview: Responsible for the strategic growth and management of multiple product lines or services for major market segment(s). Plays an integral role in the development of market strategies (i.e. advertising, pricing, expense planning, profit plans, packaging, future products etc.) and goals and assures their successful implementation; monitors the achievement of such goals.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Sets strategic direction for assigned product lines, and presents business plans to senior management and employees.
• Responsible for sales and sales channel strategy.
• Directly responsible for product pricing cost structure, as well as product risk.
• Responsible for all product financials including revenue planning and product profitability.
• Review new developments in company markets, evaluating and recommending new services or new products, or the modification of existing services or products.
• Evaluate new product/services success; implement and manage changes in service or marketing strategy.
• Manage all aspects of new product implementation and existing product modification to include but not limited to the design and development of services, portfolio acquisition and process improvements; act in a liaison capacity with affected departments.
• Review new developments in company markets, evaluating and recommending new services or new products, or the modification of existing services or products.
• Establish marketing objectives; work with other Bank departments to develop effective programs to sell services/products.
• Evaluate new product/services success; recommend changes in service or marketing strategy.
• Recommend product pricing, understanding the cost structure.
• Ensure product/services are marketable, profitable and comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain an awareness of new trends and developments in marketing and company products and services.
• Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite.
• Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree 7 years’ proven marketing, product management, financial, operations and/or project management experience, OR in lieu of a degree, A combined minimum of 11 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 7 years proven marketing, product management, financial, operations and/or project management experience.
• Experience strongly preferred: Direct DFCS experience.
• Strong experience with financial data mapping, source-to-target mapping, data transformation, and/or data integration.
• Demonstrated ability to translate Finance business requirements into detailed data requirements and mapping specifications.
• Experience documenting data lineage, definitions, transformation rules, and downstream data usage.
• Strong SQL, Excel, or comparable data-analysis capabilities.
• Experience with data quality analysis, testing, validation, and reconciliation.
• Understanding of Finance, General Ledger, and/or Profitability data.
• Ability to research complex data issues across multiple applications and identify root causes.
• Knowledge of data governance, change management, and production-support practices.
• Strong requirements, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience with servicing cost or Profitability data and allocations.
• Experience with instrument-level financial data.
• Familiarity with Oracle FDI/UCL, Oracle EPM, OAC, Axiom, or related Finance reporting technologies.

The pay range for this position is $107,500.00 - $179,100.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location Buffalo, New York, 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, New York. 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.

M&T Bank is unwavering when it comes to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, age, disability, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, military status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local laws.

M&T Bank Corporation has policies and procedures in place to promote a drug free workplace.