Project Manager - Executive Operations

M&T Bank Corporation; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health benefits

401(k) match

Work-life balance

Paid volunteer hours

Job summary

M&T Bank Corporation in Buffalo, New York is seeking a professional to support executive enablement and operational execution. The role involves governance, reporting, and workforce management, enabling executives to effectively run the business.

Ideal candidates should hold a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of four years in project management. The position offers competitive benefits, including 401(k) match and generous PTO, within a company that values integrity and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years’ proven project management experience.
• Proficiency with personal computers and relevant software.

Responsibilities

• Support executives with governance routines and leadership reporting.
• Develop business health views and reporting cadence.
• Measure business unit health using appropriate tools.

Skills

Project management

Analytics

Governance

Reporting

Workforce management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Software packages

Job description

Overview: Supports executive enablement, workforce and business operations, governance, and operational execution for leaders across the organization. The role enables executives to effectively run the business by providing governance, reporting, workforce management, analytics, and operational coordination that translate strategic priorities into measurable outcomes. Provides business health support across multiple businesses or functional areas by maintaining visibility into priorities, performance, risks, capacity, and execution progress. Uses reporting, analytics, forecasting, and governance routines to keep leadership informed, enable decision‑making, and support timely action on emerging issues.

Primary Responsibilities

Support executives and senior leaders in running the business by coordinating governance routines, leadership reporting, workforce management, business operations, and operational execution activities that drive accountability and measurable outcomes. Develop business health views, forecasts, and reporting cadence. Work with stakeholders to capture key priorities, operational needs, constraints, assumptions, and measures of success that support leadership visibility and decision‑making. Ensure business health support includes operating rhythms, performance reporting, workforce and capacity insights, risk visibility, communication plans, and resource considerations. Communicate business health insights, reporting updates, and operational priorities to affected parties to support common understanding, set expectations, and align stakeholders. Support execution of leadership priorities by coordinating business health routines, tracking progress against objectives, managing forecasts, and monitoring actions, risks, dependencies, and changes that impact outcomes. Measure business unit health utilizing appropriate tools and techniques to monitor progress; identify and quantify variances, complete any required corrective actions, and communicate to all stakeholders. Implement approved actions and workarounds required to address operational risks, performance issues, or business health concerns. Improve business operations effectiveness by building stakeholder alignment, promoting accountability, supporting leadership routines, and enabling timely resolution of issues. Maintain familiarity with organizational priorities, operating model, business objectives, and stakeholder responsibilities to effectively coordinate business health activities and executive support routines. 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.

Supervisory / Managerial Responsibilities

Contributes to technical/professional direction for a discipline

Education and Experience Required

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years’ proven project management experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years’ project management experience. Proficiency with personal computers as well as pertinent software packages.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Health, welfare, and retirement benefits
• 401(k) match at 5%
• Work‑life balance and flexible work arrangements
• Banking Officers start with 25 days PTO plus 12 paid holidays
• 40 hours paid volunteer hours per year
• Much more

For details, see: M&T Benefits Overview

Pay

The pay range for this position is $89,600.00 - $149,300.00 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.

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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.