Digital Product Manager – Commercial Banking APIs and Embedded Banking

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As a Digital Product Manager for BMO's Commercial APIs and Embedded Banking, you'll be accountable for developing and managing the strategy, roadmap, adjacent business opportunities and bringing our API and embedded banking portfolio to life. We have a unique opportunity to build experiences of the future from the ground up, while building differentiated digital experiences for clients. A key aspect of our strategic differentiation emanates from our ability to provide embedded banking experiences that gives customers complete control to choose how they want to bank with BMO.

What will you do?

• Define and execute the API product strategy, roadmap, and prioritization, aligned with business goals.

• Gather insights from customers, market trends, and competitive analysis to identify opportunities for new API enhancements.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams and drive product development of critical projects from concept to launch, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products that improve our Embedded Banking customer experiences.

• Work with our customers, business, and developer teams to develop a deep understanding of their needs and how to enable them to bring our API and Embedded Banking solutions to them as quickly as possible.

• Prioritize and sequence product launches based on the needs of our customers, developer community, internal stakeholder groups and the evolving competitive landscape.

• Develop the enhancements required to drive adoption and address customers' needs.

• Design scalable pricing models that can adapt based on how our solutions are being used by our customers / partners.

• Champion adoption and promote our products value proposition to stakeholder groups including internal sales teams, customers, and developers.

• Define, monitor, and act on performance metrics to measure the impact on overall business objectives.

• Develop (and evolve) target operating and service models.

• Identify emerging technologies and industry trends, especially related to developer products (APIs, SDKs, etc.) to push our product experience to the next level.

• Broader work accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

• 5 - 7 years of product management experience working as a product owner responsible for developing tools and systems for external client host to host, API or file channel integrations.

• Strong Product Management background – Adept in Human Centered Design, Strong understanding of technical concepts and strong business acumen

• In-depth experience in product strategy, and business case management – especially around business models powered by APIs, strongly preferred.

• A high level of curiosity, comfort with ambiguity and willingness to challenge the status quo, perspectives on how technology influences the future of banking and customer experience.

• Proactive - Always looking for and acting on white spaces and new growth opportunities for the business

• Decisive – Ability to consume and interpret relevant data to drive product decisions / recommendations in a timely manner.

• Ability to translate strategy, market trends, and customer needs into requirements and integrated, deployable feature sets.

• A track record of building and deploying digital initiatives across mobile, tablet & desktop within the financial services industry.

• In-depth knowledge of digital technology user interfaces, UX design practices, usability testing and digital analytics.

• Experience leading Agile teams and/or working in cross-functional teams.

• Verbal & written communication skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, influence Skills.

• Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration.

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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: 

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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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.