We are looking for an entrepreneurial Manager – ICS Digital Product - UK to help innovate, lead, and execute digital product initiatives across our rapidly growing Institutional Client Services businesses, including Loan Agency and Equipment Finance. You will own digital product initiatives that streamline and automate employee and client workflows, from ideation through go-to-market, working cross-functionally with UX/UI design, engineering, and business stakeholders and executives to deliver a best-in-class customer experience.
Primary Responsibilities:
Collaborates with stakeholders, engineering, and product design to create a compelling product vision that aligns with the company's goals and values.
Defines a comprehensive digital strategy that achieves the vision while aligning with core platforms and capabilities.
Understands the needs, goals, and pain points of customers and incorporate them into the overall strategy.
Analyzes competitors and industry trends to advance our products and drive innovation.
Partners with product designers, engineers, data scientists, business experts, and technology partners to rapidly test product ideas and discover practical solutions that deliver on desired business outcomes.
Oversees the product development lifecycle, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
Measures and analyzes product performance to inform strategic decisions.
Drives effective go-to-market strategies, collaborating closely with cross-functional partners and clients to ensure appropriate operating model change management.
Exercises usual authority of a manager concerning staffing, performance appraisals, promotions, salary recommendations, performance management and terminations.
Understands and adheres to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite.
Designs, implements, maintains, and enhances internal controls to mitigate risk on an ongoing basis. Identifies risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
Promotes an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
Maintains M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
Education and Experience Required:Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 9 years’ product management experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 13 years’ higher education and/or work experience including a minimum of 9 years’ product management experience
Minimum of 3 years’ managerial, supervisory, and/or work leadership experience
Strong leadership and team management abilities.
Excellent communication
Excellent collaboration skills.
Proven track record of driving product innovation and business growth.
Strategic thinker with methodic execution.
Highly focused on details and priorities with the willingness and agility to pivot as priorities change.
Professional maturity and managerial courage.
Experience with large-scale product development
Experience with Agile methodologies.
Proficiency in product management tools and software.
Education and Experience Preferred:Financial services and capital markets experience, including exposure to broadly syndicated, private credit, and / or distressed bank loans.
Prior experience supporting corporate / institutional clients.
Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, computer science/engineering, or related field.
LocationLondon, United Kingdom