Senior Technology Officer

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BMO seeks an experienced technology leader who prioritizes and supports customer‑facing and internal platforms, ensuring stability, accessibility, scalability, security, and continuous innovation. The incumbent will manage vendor relationships, coordinate cross‑functional teams, and align platform strategy with business objectives.

• Build relationships with stakeholders to understand the platform vision, align and deliver on the roadmap.
• Document business rules, functional/technical specifications, and process interpretations for assigned applications and systems.
• Analyze platform data to drive and implement optimizations.
• Undertake prioritisation of work for components used by customers and end‑users.
• Understand the competitive and strategic position of the organization to deliver best‑in‑industry products.
• Ensure compliance with service and support agreements and standards.
• Manage technical requirements such as APIs and other platform components with a focus on security and resilience.
• Foster a culture aligned with BMO purpose, values and strategy and model BMO values and behaviours.
• Ensure alignment between values and behaviour that fosters diversity and inclusion.
• Regularly connect work to BMO’s purpose, set inspirational goals, define clear expected outcomes, and ensure accountability.
• Build interdependent teams that collaborate across functional and operating groups to create the highest value for all stakeholders.
• Attract, retain, and enable the career development of top talent.
• Improve team performance, recognise and reward performance, coach employees, support their development, and manage poor performance.
• Operate at a group/enterprise‑wide level and serve as a specialist resource to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Apply expertise and think creatively to address unique or ambiguous situations and find solutions to complex problems.
• Implement changes in response to shifting trends.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

• New product development
• User interface and user experience (UI/UX) design
• Cybersecurity and privacy concepts, principles and solutions
• Learning agility
• Creative thinking
• Emotional agility

• System design and implementation
• Application programming interface (API) management
• Product design
• Test‑driven development
• Dev Ops
• Data collection and analysis
• Cloud computing
• Building and managing relationships
• Product management
• Value propositions
• Continuous improvement management
• Verbal & written communication skills
• Analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Collaboration & team skills with a focus on cross‑group collaboration
• Able to manage ambiguity
• Data‑driven decision making
• Typically 7+ years of relevant experience and a post‑secondary degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Seasoned professional with a combination of education, experience and industry knowledge

• Loan IQ expertise, batch/operations, and environment oversight
• Integration & APIs – IBM API Connect/Data Power, REST/JSON, and secure routing; familiarity with upstream/downstream systems
• Database & performance – Oracle/SQL troubleshooting, monitoring, patch/change readiness
• Cloud technologies – experience with AWS or Azure for API hosting, secure connectivity, and deployment automation
• Production support & release/change management – incident/problem/change, CAB coordination, weekend release execution

Salary: $94,600.00 – $
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 by pay type and may include performance‑based incentives,…