The Senior Manager, Learning Technology, leads the strategic design and implementation of the learning technology roadmap on behalf of the Learning team, in support of BMO's broader Learning, Talent & Culture Enablement strategy.

This role: Provides management consulting services and technology/industry expertise in support of business and enterprise needs. Liaises with stakeholders to understand problems and opportunities, to facilitate the organization's goals by understanding business vision, objectives, and key performance indicators. Aligns technology requirements and solutions to a real business need, meets essential quality standards, and ensures approval by all relevant stakeholders. Acts as a consultant to business partners in collaboration with the project team in strategy and planning sessions. Promotes new processes and methodologies, emerging technologies, and agile, and aligns to the unique project team requirements.

Strategic Consulting

• Provides thought leadership in the development of new ideas, processes, and emerging technology.
• Stays abreast of industry technical and business trends through benchmarking and/or participation in professional associations.
• Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making.
• Implements changes in response to shifting trends.
• Provides strategic input into business decisions as a trusted advisor.
• Recommends business priorities, advises on resource requirements, and develops roadmap for strategic execution.
• Leads the development of strategy by understanding business processes, policies, information, and information systems.
• Acts as the prime subject matter expert for internal/external stakeholders.
• Operates at a group/enterprise-wide level and serves as a specialist resource to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Applies expertise and thinks creatively to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to problems that can be complex and non-routine.
• Assesses the quality of supporting documentation, including business and process requirements documents, to ensure proper analysis supports recommendations or demonstrate continued alignment to strategic objectives.

Relationship Management

• Provides analytical support and insights to identified / assigned user areas to support relative product, channel, and business initiatives.
• Collaborates in root-cause analysis to determine underlying causes and participates in problem resolution.
• Builds exceptional relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Liaises with the business and the technology development and support groups.
• Communicates and engages across stakeholder groups during construction and delivery of solutions.
• Develops a deep understanding of organizational complexity to build strong rapport with internal stakeholders for the construction and delivery of the solution.

Project Delivery

• Defines business requirements for analytics and reporting to ensure data insights inform business decision making.
• Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
• Leads change management programs of varying scope and type, including readiness assessments, planning, stakeholder management, execution, evaluation and sustainment of initiatives.
• Leads the development of the communication strategy focusing on positively influencing or changing behaviour.
• Presents and communicates at all levels and across businesses / groups.
• Completes root-cause analysis to determine underlying causes and participates in problem resolution for complex issues.
• Identifies opportunities to strengthen the consulting capability (e.g. shares expertise to promote technical development, mentors employees, builds communities of practice and networks).
• Facilitates discussions and follows a disciplined approach to plan, elicit, analyze, document, communicate, and manage business requirements with stakeholders; applies a variety of elicitation techniques to probe, challenge, and understand requirements.
• Aligns business needs to vision/goals to ensure development teams to translate them into detailed design specifications.
• Assess project impact, benefits, and risks when scope changes.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Knowledge of software development practice, concepts/methodologies (e.g. waterfall, Agile, iterative), and technologies obtained through formal training and/or work experience.

• Experience with domain and business environment technologies

• Microsoft technologies and applications, Workday, Workday Learning, Skillsoft Percipio).

• HRIS e.g. Workday, Cornerstone, SAP Success Factors

• eLearning software and authoring tools e.g. Articulate Rise/Storyline,

• SCORM packages

• Learning Management Systems (LMS) e.g. Workday Learning, Docebo

• Learner Experience Platform (LXP) e.g. Degreed, Sumtotal

• Talent Management EXP/TXP e.g. Eightfold, Gloat

• Passionate about implementing change in the learning technology space.

• Understanding of industry standards and standard business capabilities.

• Knowledge of business analysis, project delivery practices and standards across the project lifecycle.

• Understanding of techniques associated with user-centered design within the context of organizational standards.

• Familiar with business strategy and assessments (i.e., feasibility studies, business cases and/or cost/benefit, project sizing and costing, and current state analysis/needs assessments).

• Seasoned professional with a combination of education, experience, and industry knowledge.

• Verbal & written communication skills - In-depth / Expert.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills - In-depth / Expert.

• Influence skills - In-depth / Expert.

• Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration - In-depth / Expert.

• Able to manage ambiguity.

• Data driven decision making - In-depth / Expert.

Delivers exceptional service to BMO customers and prospects. Identifies customer needs and provides advice and guidance regarding financial solutions that are in the best interests of customers. Works collaboratively within the branch and through various channels with BMO partners to deliver the desired customer experience and achieve overall business objectives.

• Identifies customer needs and initiates referrals to BMO colleagues.
• Supports customer requests for banking services, including handling transactions and customer inquiries.
• Welcomes customers warmly and meets their banking service and transactional needs with seamless execution.
• Offers advice and guidance on available digital and self-serve options with the goal of making it easy, simple, and fast to bank with BMO.
• Reviews customer profiles and engages customers in a needs-based conversation to identify potential opportunities and address everyday banking plans and credit card needs.
• Escalates complex or unresolved customer situations to managers as required.
• Contributes to meeting branch business results and the customer experience.
• Supports operational activities (e.g. inventory management, escalated service requests, following up on customer applications, filing, opening and closing activities).
• Manages, loads, and reconciles cash transactions between treasury and various branch units (e.g. CRU).
• Executes routine tasks (e.g. service requests, transactions, queries, etc.) within relevant service level agreements.
• Acts as a key member of a collaborative and versatile branch and market team.
• Probes to understand customer personal banking and credit card needs and integrates marketing promotions and programs into customer conversations to provide strategic advice.
• Organizes work information to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Takes the initiative to find creative approaches that make each customer’s experience feel personal.
• Looks for ways to contribute to the ongoing improvement of the overall customer experience.
• Contributes to business results and the overall experience delivered.
• May work at multiple branches or through various channels based on market needs; work schedule may differ from week to week in terms of days worked, hours, and shifts.
• Follows through on risk and compliance processes and policies to ensure we safeguard our customers’ assets, maintain their privacy, and act in their best interest.
• Keeps current with the wider financial services marketplace, the legal and regulatory environment, and our commitment to uphold the highest ethical requirements of our industry.
• Maintains current knowledge of personal banking products, practices, and trends and integrates into customer conversations.
• Identifies and reports suspicious patterns of activity that are suspected to be related to money laundering.
• Complies with legal and regulatory requirements for the jurisdiction.
• Protects the Bank's assets in compliance with all regulatory, legal, and ethical requirements.
• Completes standardized tasks under supervision.
• Performs initial problem solving within given rules/limits & escalates when required.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

• No prior experience necessary; post-secondary degree or certification in related field of study is desirable.
• High-level knowledge of personal, commercial and partner offers, and how each can best serve customers’ individual needs.
• Confident and experienced in the use of social media, tablets, smart phones, online tools, and applications.
• Highly skilled at helping people who don’t find digital applications intuitive to gain confidence in how to use them and to understand their benefits.
• Projects a professional presence.
• Basic knowledge of specialized sales and business banking solutions to refer to specialists.
• Passionate commitment to helping customers.
• A focus on delivering a personal experience to customers.
• Resourceful self-starter with courage and confidence to approach customers.
• Readiness to collaborate and work in different capacities as part of a team.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to build rapport and connections with customers.
• An aptitude for listening, solving problems, and responding flexibly and creatively to new challenges.
• Basic knowledge learned on the job.
• Verbal & written communication skills - Basic (in business environment).
• Organization skills - Basic (in business environment).
• Collaboration & team skills - Basic (in business environment).

Salary: $34,750.00 - $44,900.00

Pay Type: 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

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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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