BMO U.S.

Director – Pricing & Profitability

BMO U.S.

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: ChicagoCaliforniaIllinoisUnited States

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Salary

💰 $137,000 - $238,000 per year

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About the role

  • Works in collaboration with sales teams to set and adjust prices based on statistical models and customer psychology.
  • Analyzes competitor pricing, assesses market share and margins, and tracks customer engagement to gain a complete picture of effective pricing strategies for product offerings and determine ideal target prices.
  • Breaks down pricing structures and sales funnels of comparable competitor products and services to identify specific strategies used in developing pricing models.
  • Presents analytical findings and recommendations to executives, marketing teams, and sales personnel to develop actionable strategies, tools, and techniques that drive sales and enhance marketing efforts.
  • 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.
  • Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leaders for making business decisions and implementing strategic initiatives.
  • Develops an expert understanding of business/group challenges.
  • Networks with industry contacts to gather competitive insights and best practices.
  • Recommends measures to improve organizational effectiveness.
  • May consult to or serve on various committees and task forces.
  • Drafts strategic pricing plans and processes to improve existing product offerings.
  • Helps determine business priorities and best sequence for execution of business/group strategy.
  • 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.
  • Builds effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders.
  • Ensures alignment between stakeholders.
  • Acts as the prime contact for internal/external stakeholder relationships, which may include regulators.
  • Defines business requirements for analytics and reporting to ensure data insights inform business decision making.
  • Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
  • Coordinates the management of databases; ensures alignment and integration of data in adherence with data governance standards.
  • Develops and applies the framework for databases; oversees database management in adherence with data governance standards.
  • Monitors and tracks performance, and addresses any issues.
  • Designs and produces regular and ad-hoc reports, and dashboards.
  • 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.
  • Analyzes competitor pricing and other data to compare similar products and services.
  • Recommends opportunities based on market trends and industry conditions.
  • Identifies and recommends or defines ideal pricing structures and sales funnels for a portfolio of products in collaboration with sales and marketing teams.
  • Drafts or supports the drafting of strategic pricing plans and processes to improve existing product offerings.
  • Creates reports reflecting metrics and project status, objectives, and barriers to relevant stakeholders.
  • 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.

Requirements

  • Typically 12+ years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in Business or a related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 8 - 10 years of business experience or 3 - 5 years of experience after the completion of graduate business school - required.
  • In-depth analytical experience in management consulting, risk management, marketing analytics, or financial analysis - strongly preferred.
  • In-depth experience creating detailed pricing models - required.
  • Familiarity with statistical analysis techniques such as multivariate regression using analytic tools (e.g., Tableau, SPSS) - preferred.
  • Seasoned expert with extensive industry knowledge.
  • Technical leader viewed as a thought leader for innovation.
  • Expert verbal & written communication skills.
  • Expert analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Expert influence skills.
  • Expert collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration.
  • Able to manage ambiguity.
  • Expert data driven decision making.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Accident and life insurance
  • Retirement savings plans
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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