UAT Senior Manager

** This is a hybrid role*
* Accountable for the strategic direction and execution of enterprise wide user acceptance testing across banking platforms, ensuring all releases adhere to business requirements, regulatory mandates, and risk frameworks. Leads high-performing UAT teams, establishing testing governance standards, and engages stakeholders to enable controlled, audit ready technology delivery at scale

+ 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.

+ Provides strategic input into business decisions as a trusted advisor.

+ Acts as a subject matter expert on relevant regulations and policies.

+ May network with industry contacts to gain competitive insights and best practices.

+ Manages resources and leads the execution of strategic initiatives to deliver on business and financial goals.

+ Develops the business case by identifying needs, analysing potential options and assessing expected return on investment.

+ Recommends business priorities, advises on resource requirements and develops roadmap for strategic execution.

+ Provides strategic input into business decisions as a trusted advisor.

+ Acts as the prime subject matter expert for internal/external stakeholders.

+ Manages all UAT requests for the entire business group supported (e.g., only applicable to Canadian P&C, US P&C, Capital Markets, Wealth Management & GAM).

+ May network with industry contacts to gain competitive insights and best practices.

+ Defines business requirements for analytics & reporting to ensure data insights inform business decision making.

+ Develops and applies the framework for databases; oversees database management in adherence with data governance standards.

+ 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.

+ Collaborates across BMO to develop communications strategies and ensure consistency of messaging, in order to positively influence or change behaviour.

+ Leads the execution of operational programs; assesses and adapts as needed to ensure quality of execution.

+ Acts as the prime subject matter expert for internal/external stakeholders.

+ Performs user acceptance testing for projects of various complexities, including but not limited to developing & managing the test strategy, creating & reviewing test cases to ensure traceability, executing test cases, escalating issues, logging outcomes, facilitating/participating in defect meetings, reviewing & validating defect resolutions and developing the exit report.

+ Develops UAT solutions and makes recommendations based on an understanding of the business strategy and stakeholder needs.

+ Provides advice and guidance to assigned business/group on implementation of UAT solutions.

+ Develops and maintains in-depth knowledge of end to end business processes and project requirements through close partnership with business/group stakeholders.

+ Coordinates the appropriate parties to execute the overall test plan for project; including identifying key participants to execute the plan, providing estimates on the UAT cycle, determining the UAT schedule, prioritizing test execution, monitoring the test progress, and escalating as required.

+ Collaborates with internal & external stakeholders to provide business context in the design, develop and implementation of UAT solutions.

+ Builds effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders.

+ Leads or participates in change management activities of varying scope and type.

+ Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide UAT insights and recommendations.

+ Monitors and tracks UAT performance results and addresses any issues.

+ 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.

+ Take measured risks while protecting the bank by applying our Risk Management Framework in the execution of your role, in line…