Managing Director, Group Manager

BMO is the 8th largest bank in North America and the 4th largest commercial lender with aggressive growth ambitions in the U.S. We are driven by a single purpose: to Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. Our Purpose informs our strategy, drives our ambition, and reinforces our commitments to progress: for a thriving economy, a sustainable future, and an inclusive society.

We are seeking a top performing Managing Director, Group Manager for our Emerging Middle Market Group, leading Regional Managers and their teams of Relationship Managers covering the Southern California market from LA to San Diego. The ideal candidate has 9+ years of proven success generating new clients, calling on companies generating $10MM - $50MM in revenue, established relationships with customers, COIs, and key stakeholders in these geographies.

Responsible for the overall growth in market share within the area of their responsibility, leveraging their existing network of clients and drive direct new client acquisition. In addition, the ideal candidate will actively recruit, develop, and coach the team around managing critical emerging middle market relationships with the primary focus of gaining market share and driving top overall client satisfaction. In addition, ensures the required internal control standards, including adherence to audit, regulatory and compliance policies.

The Managing Director, Group Manager is a critical member of the Southern California divisional leadership team. They will develop and leverage strong relationships with the Portfolio Management and Treasury Product Services Teams, as well as other key product and support partners within the Commercial Bank across the various geographies.In addition, will be tasked with leveraging the bank and delivering the integrated BMO OneClient focus across all lines of business including Wealth, Retail, Business Banking, and Diversified Industries Group.

This role facilitates growth initiatives for the Bank through significant business development and excellent management of key client relationships. Maintains an outstanding and continuous record of significant revenue generation from sales and syndications. Ensures the required internal control standards, including adherence to audit, regulatory and compliance policies.

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.

Generates significant revenue for the bank over a sustained period of time and recognizes revenue opportunities to cross-sell bank products for all areas of the Bank.

Leads the deal team in executing pitches to prospective clients with efforts to maximize sector penetration and returns.

Delivers highly reliable activities in instituting cross-selling initiatives to clients across all areas of the firm and transitioning them into sales.

Provides deal structuring expertise and additional expertise as knowledge base and needs dictate.

Negotiates transactions with clients on highly complex matters.

Identifies issues, gaps and process improvements through open communication both internally and with other bank areas, and through the monitoring of productivity against benchmarks

Collaborates to generate ideas, identify client solutions, pursue sector marketing efforts, cover clients, and deliver timely solutions.

Oversees documentation and ongoing monitoring of asset and client performance.

Obtains credit concurrence and coordinates pricing approval as client advocate.

Actively works with specialists as needed to support successful syndication and sales.

Reinforces sales process and client experience, identifies gaps, issues and best practices.

Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leaders for making business decisions and implementing strategic initiatives.

Develops an expert understanding of business/group challenges.

May consult to or serve on various committees and task forces.

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

Helps determine business priorities and best sequence for execution of business/group strategy.

Ensures alignment between stakeholders.

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

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.

Determines and deploys equipment, processes and human resources, and optimize the allocation of resources.

Develops, implements and reviews a plan to complete all assigned tasks in a timely manner to acceptable quality standards and in accordance with bank guidelines.

Acts as daily sales contact for clients on sales related questions such as product information, pricing, implementation timeframes and requirements.

Gathers data to advance sale process and completes all required documentation.

Assists team in pre-sales activities such as pitch preparation, client research, preparation of prospect and client files for further action.

Tracks implementation requests to keep the process on track with timelines.

Tracks Internal reports and recommends improvements to sales support materials based on findings and feedback.

Compiles pre-call and post call information packages by accessing internal systems and bank personnel to validate client holdings, pricing, and volumes.

Provides research and data gathering to sales team to facilitate solution to the client’s/prospect’s business and needs.

Assists with sales and service administration and processing ensuring client experience is seamless and opportunities are identified and met.

Maintains current client information on Bank system/files to ensure client history is accurate and complete.

Ensures accurate billing to clients.

Operates at a group/enterprise-wide level and serves as a senior specialist resource across BMO.

Influences how teams/groups work together.

Applies expertise and thinks creatively to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to multiple, interdependent, complex problems.

Communicates abstract concepts in simple terms.

Fosters strong internal and external networks and works with and across multiple teams to achieve business objectives.

Anticipates trends and responds by implementing appropriate changes.

Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

Typically 9+ years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

This position requires Credit Qualification. The incumbent must possess an in-depth level of Credit knowledge and skills and an in-depth level of Portfolio Management knowledge and skills according to the standards established within the Credit Qualification Process Policies & Procedures.

An undergraduate degree. Focal areas of finance, economics, or accounting preferred.

CPA or MBA or equivalent experience in finance, accounting and business law.

15+ years of relevant experience in negotiating and structuring financial transactions.

Minimum of 15 years in financial services industry experience in a corporate lending environment with solid achievements in developing business.

Formal credit training and prior lending authority.

Seasoned expert with extensive industry knowledge.

Technical leader viewed as a thought leader for innovation.

Analytical and problem solving skills - Expert.

Influence skills - Expert.

Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration - Expert.

Able to manage ambiguity.

Application Deadline:

06/30/2025

Address:

4400 MacArthur Blvd.

Job Family Group:

Commercial Sales & Service

BMO is the 8th largest bank in North America and the 4th largest commercial lender with aggressive growth ambitions in the U.S. We are driven by a single purpose: to Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. Our Purpose informs our strategy, drives our ambition, and reinforces our commitments to progress: for a thriving economy, a sustainable future, and an inclusive society.

We are seeking a top performing Managing Director, Group Manager for our Emerging Middle Market Group, leading Regional Managers and their teams of Relationship Managers covering the Southern California market from LA to San Diego. The ideal candidate has 9+ years of proven success generating new clients, calling on companies generating $10MM - $50MM in revenue, established relationships with customers, COIs, and key stakeholders in these geographies.

Responsible for the overall growth in market share within the area of their responsibility, leveraging their existing network of clients and drive direct new client acquisition. In addition, the ideal candidate will actively recruit, develop, and coach the team around managing critical emerging middle market relationships with