This role is four days onsite at our Seneca One Buffalo, NY location, with the flexibility to work from home one day per week
M&T Bank isseekinga highly analytical, collaborative Strategic Operations professional to help leaders plan, track, and deliver a portfolio of high-priority work across multiple businesses and functions.
Day to day, this role turns “what we need to do” into a clear plan and a set of decision-ready updates—building simple but durable project artifacts (combiningscope, milestones,risks,dependency&stakeholder maps)-translatingquantitative & qualitativedata and business updates into concise insights, and creating executive-ready materials (briefing decks, status readouts, options/recommendations). The ideal candidate can bring structure to evolving priorities, run an effective operating cadence with partners, and communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership.
Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from planning through execution, including defining scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder roles.
Bring structure to ambiguous business problems by clarifying priorities, organizing workstreams, identifying key decisions, and establishing a practical path forward.
Analyze data, updates, and business context to identify trends, risks, gaps, and non-obvious insights that inform decision-making.
Develop executive-ready materials including presentations, briefings, project updates, recommendations, and decision support for senior leaders.
Partner with stakeholders across business lines and functions to gather requirements, align priorities, manage expectations, and drive initiatives forward.
Monitor project performance and execution risk including scope, schedule, budget, dependencies, issues, change controls, and corrective actions.
Exercise sound judgment and influence by determining when to escalate, when to independently resolve issues, and when to respectfully challenge assumptions or direction.
Support strategic transformation and operational improvement through process enhancement, change management, reporting, and execution support.
Maintain adherence to risk, regulatory, audit, compliance, and internal control standards in accordance with M&T Bank requirements.
Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects M&T Bank brand.
Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
Complete other related duties as assigned.
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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 $89,600.00 - $149,300.00 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
Great companies have an enduring sense of purpose. At M&T, our purpose is a simple one: make a difference in people’s lives and uplift the communities we serve. Founded in 1856 in Buffalo, NY we are now a top 11 full-service US-based commercial bank with a retail footprint across the east coast and wealth services available nationwide and abroad. As a bank, we offer advice, guidance, expertise, and solutions across the entire financial spectrum that combines M&T’s traditional banking services with the wealth management and institutional capabilities offered by Wilmington Trust. We are a community-minded organization with more than 167 years of experience. We serve customers, community, and colleagues whether they be across the street, across the state or across the country.
As an employer of choice, we are proud to offer competitive benefits ranging from medical and retirement to forty hours of paid volunteer time, each year. Our core values drive the work we do – integrity, ownership, collaboration, curiosity, candor and we seek to further build upon our record of success by bringing in top talent and fresh skill sets while continuing to support the growth and development of all our team members.
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.
