This is a Senior Manager, Data Governance role to join our growing team and help us scale our enterprise-wide data governance efforts across Legal, Regulatory Compliance, and Procurement functions.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the full program lifecycle of data governance: design, rollout, training, documentation, compliance tracking.
- Interpret complex directives (including AI-related) and translate them into actionable programs for business units.
- Act as a thought leader and educator; delivering training, creating templates, and running regular governance forums.
- Drive policy adherence, readiness for audits, and cross-departmental collaboration.
- Build and manage project roadmaps with clear milestones, prioritizing risks and business needs.
Who You Are
- A senior-level data governance professional with banking or financial industry experience.
- You’ve led enterprise-wide programs and hands-on in both strategy and execution.
- Strong communicator, educator, and facilitator; comfortable engaging stakeholders at all levels.
- You thrive in complex, regulated environments and know how to navigate large enterprise structures.
What You Bring
- Proven experience in data governance, data quality, or data management; preferably at a Senior Manager level
- Experience in designing and rolling out programs.
- Strong people leadership experience, including mentoring and supervising mid-level professionals.
- Familiarity with procurement or legal/regulatory compliance data is an asset.
This is a hybrid role based in Toronto, with in-office collaboration expected minimum two days per week
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Creates and implements an integrated roadmap for all aspects of data governance. Develops, maintains and monitors data governance policies and procedures. Deploys technologies, ensures compliance with standards, and provides updates on policy changes. Ensures that data is secure, private, accurate, available and usable. Provides interpretation of enterprise data governance guidelines. Ensures data strategy and management practices are aligned in support of business objectives. Creates a culture where data is managed as a valuable corporate asset, adheres to the regulations around data compliance, and reduces overall risk.
Drives data governance by actively promoting improved data governance practices, enforcing policy, and following data governance best practices.
Harmonizes data in the systems through a collaborative process with members from various business units.
Establishes, maintains, periodically reviews and recommends changes to data governance policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures.
Conducts audits to ensure that policies, procedures and metrics are in place for maintaining/improving the program.
Aligns the Data Governance policy with the overall goals of the business strategy.
Drives change in the organization to maximize the value of its data and plans for how the company will make those changes.
Fosters a culture aligned to BMO purpose, values and strategy and role models BMO values and behaviours in all that they do.
Ensures alignment between values and behaviour that fosters diversity and inclusion.
Regularly connects work to BMO’s purpose, sets inspirational goals, defines clear expected outcomes, and ensures clear accountability for follow through.
Builds interdependent teams that collaborate across functional and operating groups to create the highest value for all stakeholders.
Attracts, retains, and enables the career development of top talent.
Improves team performance, recognizes and rewards performance, coaches employees, supports their development, and manages poor performance.
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.
Implements changes in response to shifting trends.
Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.
Qualifications:
Intermediate level of proficiency:
Information and data strategy.
Managing change.
Advanced level of proficiency:
Privacy governance technology enablement.
Data privacy.
Enterprise data management.
Ontology design.
Master data management.
Data governance.
IT standards and governance.
Data integrity.
Data quality.
Metadata management.
Verbal & written communication skills.
Analytical and problem solving skills.
Influence 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 post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Seasoned professional with a combination of education, experience and industry knowledge.
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.
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