Bank of Montreal

Project Lead

Bank of Montreal$69K — $129K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Intermediate proficiency in emotional agility and managing change.
  • Advanced coaching and mentoring skills with experience in Agile frameworks.
  • Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively within teams and with stakeholders.
  • Expertise in data-driven decision-making and analytical problem solving.
  • Typically requires 5-7 years of relevant experience and a related post-secondary degree.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coach teams in Scrum adoption and Agile practices.
  • Facilitate collaboration among teams and product owners.
  • Monitor and improve scrum processes and project progress.
  • Guide stakeholders to understand the implementation of empirical product development.
  • Remove obstacles that hinder teams from delivering value.
  • Protect teams from distractions that could delay project delivery.
  • Provide specialized consulting and technical support as needed.

Benefits

  • Health insurance coverage for employees and families.
  • Tuition reimbursement for continuing education.
  • Accident and life insurance options available.
  • Retirement savings plans to secure future finances.
  • Performance-based incentives and discretionary bonuses.
Full Job Description
Application Deadline:

06/26/2026

Address:
100 King Street West

Job Family Group:

Strategy & Change

Leads and coaches teams in their adoption of Scrum theory. Supports and guides teams to execute the Scrum Framework successfully and continuously improve their productivity and performance. Guides teams and product owners through the adoption of agile practices. Supports the delivery of the product backlog, prioritizes work for upcoming sprints and keeps teams on task and time. Facilitates collaboration across teams and stakeholders including product owners. Enables teams by helping to remove obstacles to delivery and success.
  • Coaches the team to apply the techniques of Agile Methodology with Scrum Framework to enable their success and the workflow process.
  • Ensures scrum principles and approaches are understood correctly by the development team and stakeholders; maximizing the performance of the team.
  • Monitors and improves the scrum process and project progress; helping to resolve impediments in the development process.
  • Helps teams and stakeholders to understand when to enact Scrum practices and empirical product development.
  • Protects the team from any distractions and interference that results in the delay of delivering the business value.
  • Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.
  • Provides specialized consulting, analytical and technical support.
  • Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
  • Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations.
  • Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.
  • Take measured risks while protecting the bank by applying our Risk Management Framework in the execution of your role, in line with our Risk Culture and within our approved Risk Appetite, making sound and risk informed decisions that align to business strategy, protect assets, and adhere to applicable policy documents (Frameworks, Policies, Standards, Procedures and Supporting documents), laws and regulations.


Qualifications:

Intermediate level of proficiency:
  • Emotional agility.
  • Managing change.
  • Driving transformation.
  • Verbal & written communication skills.
  • Collaboration & team skills.
  • Analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Data driven decision making.

Advanced level of proficiency:
  • Coaching and Mentoring.
  • System Development Lifecycle.
  • Continuous process improvement.
  • Agile Frameworks and Practices.
  • User Stories Assessment.
  • Program Planning.
  • Building and managing relationships.
  • Typically between 5 - 7 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Deep knowledge and technical proficiency gained through extensive education and business experience.


Salary:

$69,000.00 - $129,000.00

Pay Type:

Salaried

The above represents BMO Financial Group's pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group's expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group's total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

About Bank of Montreal

The Bank of Montreal is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services company. It provides a wide range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management, and investment banking products and services. The bank had revenues of CAD 23.6 billion in 2020.
Learn more about Bank of Montreal
Size
45,454 employees
Market Cap
$60.9 billion
Industry
Founded
1817
5 Year Trend
+9.1%
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