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Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Business Strategy: Lead the annual and multi-year strategic planning process for Everyday Banking, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and financial objectives.
• Develop and maintain the segment’s strategic roadmap, including growth priorities, investment themes, and capability build plans.
• Conduct market, competitive, and customer insights analysis to inform strategic choices and identify new growth opportunities.
• Support inorganic growth, partnerships, and ecosystem opportunities as relevant.
• Business Enablement & Execution: Translate strategy into actionable plans, OKRs, and execution roadmaps across products, channels, and customer segments.
• Establish and manage business governance forums, decision frameworks, and executive-level materials.
• Drive alignment across cross-functional partners to accelerate delivery and remove execution barriers.
• Ensure clear ownership, sequencing, and dependencies across major initiatives and programs.
• Performance Management & Insights: Own the Everyday Banking performance management framework, including KPIs, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Partner with Finance to support business cases, investment prioritization, benefits tracking, and financial performance monitoring.
• Provide forward-looking insights and scenario analysis to support leadership decision-making.
• Change, Transformation & Operating Model: Support large-scale transformation initiatives, including digital modernization, customer experience improvement, and operating model evolution.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve productivity, and strengthen execution discipline.
• Enable effective change management across teams and stakeholders.
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across the Day-to-Day Banking Team.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of strategy and enablement professionals.
• Build strong partnerships with other teams within Canadian P&BB, Technology, Data & Analytics, Risk & Compliance, Legal, HR, and Operations.
• Develops an expert understanding of business/group challenges.
• Recommends and implements solutions based on analysis of issues and implications for the business.
• Recommends measures to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Influences and negotiates to achieve business objectives.
• Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making.
• Networks with industry contacts to gather competitive insights and best practices.
• Acts as a subject matter expert on relevant regulations and policies.
• Leads the development of priorities, current, and planned initiatives, and support requirements related to strategic management for the business/group.
• Supports the execution of strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Develops the business case by identifying needs, analysing potential options and assessing expected return on investment.
• Recommends business priorities, advises on resource requirements and develops roadmap for strategic execution.
• Supports the direct output of the Head of Day-to-Day Banking
• Leads the execution of designated business programs; assesses and adapts as needed to ensure quality of execution.
• Coordinates budgets and reporting to track actual results vs. budget.

  Qualifications:

• 7+ years of relevant strategy development / planning experience and university degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Seasoned expert with extensive industry knowledge in financial services
• Technical leader viewed as a thought leader for innovation.
• Strategic storytelling skills - Expert
• Verbal & written communication skills - Expert.
• Analytical and problem solving skills - Expert.
• Influence skills - Expert.
• Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration - Expert.
• Able to manage ambiguity.
• Data driven decision making - Expert.

The Director, Strategic Planning & Business Enablement is a senior leadership role within the Day-to-Day Banking team reporting directly to the Head of Day-to-Day Banking and is responsible for the strategic planning activities and for executing strategic priorities for the group. This leader gathers and integrates information to promote the effective and profitable operation of the Day-to-Day Banking team within Canadian Personal & Business Banking and enhances the Bank’s profile in the marketplace. This role translates enterprise and segment strategy into clear priorities, business plans, and execution roadmaps, while enabling leaders within the team to deliver outcomes through strong governance, performance management, and cross-functional alignment. The role also works with stakeholders to interpret financial and business results, understands the operating environment & emerging trends and provides planning, support and recommendations to improve operational effectiveness and tracks achievement of objectives. The Director, Strategic Planning & Business Enablement also provides strategic counsel on community/industry events and directs and coordinates the logistics of these events supporting the Head of Day-to-Day Banking and supports the development of effective, consistent communications for the Day-to-Day Banking team as well as plays a key role in the preparation of senior executive updates supporting the Head of Day-to-Day Banking.

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

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

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.

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