Lead the Future of Workplace & Real Estate Strategy at M&T Bank
This is a unique opportunity to shape how a leading community-focused financial institution designs, delivers, and experiences work. As the Director of Corporate Real Estate & Workplace Strategy, you will define and deliver the future of M&T’s workplace, impacting how thousands of employees collaborate, innovate, and serve our customers every day. You will guide a multi‑year transformation of a real estate portfolio that fuels growth, strengthens culture, defines how our employees work, and deepens our commitment to the communities we serve.
About the Portfolio
Workplace strategy has become a critical driver of organizational performance—impacting talent attraction, productivity, culture, and financial outcomes. In this role, you will:
In this leadership role, you will build and execute a comprehensive strategy that aligns M&T’s real estate footprint with business priorities and workforce trends to evolve customer and employee expectations.
You will:
You will oversee a diverse and strategically important real estate footprint—balancing cost efficiency, sustainability, risk, flexibility, and human-centered design.
Your scope will include:
This role is responsible for creating the tools, processes, and capabilities that define a best-in-class corporate real estate function and team.
You will:
The team you shape will be grounded in innovation, data fluency, sustainability, customer-centric design, and operational excellence.
Ideal candidates will have:
Preferred qualifications:
This is the role for an innovative, strategic leader who wants to define the future of work at M&T Bank—building a best-in-class corporate real estate capability and shaping a portfolio that drives long-term enterprise value while creating workplaces and experiences that strengthen our culture and support the communities we serve.
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M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $157,500.00 - $292,500.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.
Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Wilmington Trust has built deep and lasting relationships, put our clients first, and provided innovative advice for complex situations. Our guidance has helped generations of families and businesses thrive, backed by the sound experience of our professionals and a forward-looking mindset.
WEALTH MANAGEMENT We offer an array of services delivered through an integrated approach that takes all of your financial concerns into consideration. As part of the M&T Bank family, one of the most financially sound and successful bank holding companies in the U.S. financial services industry, our capabilities are vast—yet our approach is personal, attentive, and trustworthy.
INSTITUTIONAL RETIREMENT SERVICES Our broad-based retirement advisory services including, 401(k) investment vehicles, directed trustee, and custody solutions are designed to meet the needs of plan sponsors and financial advisors. Through our collective investment trust portfolio program, corporate retirement plans can benefit from our corporate trustee and investment management experience.
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M&T Bank is unwavering when it comes to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, age, disability, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, military status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local laws. M&T Bank Corporation has policies and procedures in place to promote a drug free workplace.
