07/28/2026

Address:

100 King Street West

Strategy & Change

The Head, Managerial Experience & Leadership Strategy role leads BMO’s enterprise managerial and leadership strategy and manages a portfolio of company-wide initiatives that develop world class leaders who are aligned to our Purpose and business priorities.  The outcomes of this work will enable the bank’s senior leaders to successfully take on new mindsets and behaviours that are critical for leaders’ success in a more fluid, digital, hybrid environment. The position oversees BMO’s leadership curriculum, translating talent insights into meaningful interventions and partnering across People & Culture to drive business objectives.  The ideal candidate is a senior strategic leader with deep expertise in leadership, talent, learning and development, and enterprise program management.

Responsibilities Include:

Strategic Leadership:

• Build multi-year strategy and roadmap for activation and sustainment of behaviour change that drives high performance
• Lead strategic integration, with collaboration across Strategy, Communications, Culture and HR
• Oversee leadership steering committee and partnering with Leadership Succession & Executive Talent Management team on key strategic initiatives

Enterprise thought leadership:

• Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leaders for making business decisions and implementing strategic initiatives related to managerial and leadership capabilities
• Guide leaders through development and required behavioural or operational shifts
• Operate with an expert understanding of financial services and business/group challenges.
• Operate at a group/enterprise-wide level and serves as a senior specialist resource across BMO.

Leadership Curriculum Ownership:

• Collaborate with key partners to design world class capability building programs
• Provide strategic leadership over leadership curriculum, key strategic initiatives and program deliverables
• Assess effectiveness of program tactics for opportunities to scale or adjust

Strategic Initiative Operational Effectiveness:

• Directs strategic programs within multiple or single business/groups and provides integrated management of subsidiary projects and internal or external stakeholders.
• Exercises direct accountability for complex programs with many project managers and team members.
• Leads all aspects of the program lifecycle and ensures program structure is designed to achieve the intended business benefit.
• Designs and produces regular and ad-hoc reports, and dashboards.
• Manages overall program budget and allocates budgets to supporting projects. Ensures overall program spend is managed within approved annual and multi-year budget allocations.
• Executes project requirements in governance frameworks focused on risk appetite, regulatory and compliance standards.
• Develops all related project management artifacts, while complying with applicable enterprise standards
• Provides project sponsor with advice on the viability of the business case (costs, benefits, KPIs, etc.) throughout the project.
• Understands project interdependencies and demonstrates critical thinking that proactively identifies
• Demonstrates ownership and commitment by holding themselves accountable for the identification and resolution of project problems.
• Leads and/or represents the project in project team meetings, governance forums and inter- department forums.

Change Management

• Provides program level change leadership to ensure the vision and objectives of the large- scale transformation are driven properly.
• Develops change management plans for the complex programs spanning across multiple business units and stakeholders.
• Collaborates across BMO to develop communications strategies and ensure consistency of messaging to positively influence or change behaviour.
• Ensures change management plans are developed, socialized and consistently measured deliver the expected project benefits and adoption. project risks and establishes effective risk mitigation from the outset.
• Demonstrates stakeholder partnership that involves effective communicating with the project sponsor; gains and builds trust and rapport.
• Relationship Management Fosters strong internal and external networks and works with and across multiple teams to achieve business objectives.

Industry expertise

• Networks with industry contacts to gather competitive insights and best practices.
• Anticipates trends and responds by implementing appropriate changes.
• Applies expertise and thinks creatively to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to multiple, interdependent, complex problems.

Strategic Problem solving:

• Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
• Recommends business priorities, advises on resource requirements and develops roadmap for strategic execution.
• Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making.

Governance, Risk & Financial management

• Adheres to Bank risk, regulatory and compliance controls.
• Maintain strong financial management
• Ensure appropriate data governance and operational policies or frameworks in place

• Other Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Senior experience in leadership and learning & development strategies and programs.
• Technical leader with extensive industry knowledge and viewed as an innovative thought leader
• Strategic thinking - Expert.
• Project management / program management - Expert.
• Verbal & written communication skills – Expert
• Facilitation capabilities - Preferred
• 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

$110,500.00 - $192,500.00

Salaried

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.

To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmo.com/ca/en.

BMO is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

Note to Recruiters: BMO does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to BMO, directly or indirectly, will be considered BMO property. BMO will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. A recruiting agency must first have a valid, written and fully executed agency agreement contract for service to submit resumes.