Bank of Montreal

Senior Manager, Unsecured Lending Portfolio Management

Bank of Montreal$86K — $160K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in Credit Card/Unsecured lending strategy and management.
  • Graduate degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Mathematics, etc.).
  • Deep understanding of credit risk concepts and model use.
  • Strong grasp of credit lifecycle economics and risk-return optimization.
  • Expertise in machine learning and data science for credit strategies.
  • Proficiency in decision engines and analytical tools (Python, SQL, etc.).
  • Ability to translate insights into actionable strategies.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement account management strategies for growth and risk objectives.
  • Apply machine learning techniques to develop and interpret decision models.
  • Create forecasting frameworks for strategy decision impacts.
  • Act as a primary user of risk models, ensuring accurate interpretation.
  • Identify opportunities for segmentation and strategy enhancement.
  • Execute testing frameworks to refine decision pathways and treatments.
  • Support lifecycle strategies across acquisition, limit management, and interventions.
  • Collaborate with tech teams to ensure deployable decision rules and operational integrity.

Benefits

  • Health insurance and retirement savings plans.
  • Tuition reimbursement and performance-based incentives.
  • Discretionary bonuses and additional perks.
  • Opportunity for innovation and continuous improvement.
  • Working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Full Job Description

Application Deadline:

06/29/2026

Address:

33 Dundas Street West

Job Family Group:

Audit, Risk & Compliance

The SeniorManager, Unsecured Lending Portfolio Management plays a critical role in designing and executing advanced credit acquisition and account management strategies across Credit Card and Unsecured Lending portfolios. This position combines strategic thinking with hands-on analytical execution to deliver solutions that drive profitable growth, enhance customer experience, and maintain portfolio resilience within the organization’s risk appetite.

Working closely with cross-functional partners in Product, Risk, Technology, Analytics, and Operations, the Senior Manager develops scalable, automated strategies leveraging decision tree technologies, machine learning-enabled models, and optimization tools. This role ensures strategies evolve with customer behavior and market dynamics while adhering to governance and regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategy Development & Execution
    Design and implement customer-level account management strategies using decision tree and optimization platforms, aligning actions to growth, profitability, and risk objectives.

  • Quantitative modeling & analytics (ML/statistics to decision outcomes):

  • Apply statistical and machine learning techniques to develop models and decision frameworks; run tests, conduct statistical analysis, and interpret results to drive strategy changes.

  • Create simulation/forecasting frameworks to estimate the financial and risk impacts of strategy decisions; compare realized outcomes vs. expectations and embed continuous improvement loops.

  • Model Application & Interpretation
    Act as a key model user, applying models and scores within strategy logic, ensuring proper interpretation and segmentation to differentiate risk across the portfolio.

  • Analytical Insights & Innovation
    Identify opportunities for new segmentation approaches, behavioral scores, and analytical enhancements to improve predictive power and strategy performance.

  • Champion–Challenger Testing
    Execute structured testing frameworks to evaluate and refine treatments, segmentation schemes, and decision pathways.

  • Lifecycle Strategy Support
    Contribute to strategy design for acquisition, credit limit management, exposure optimization, early warning treatments, and performance-based interventions, ensuring alignment across the customer lifecycle.

  • Technology & Deployment Partnership
    Collaborate with Technology and Analytics teams to translate strategy logic into deployable decision rules, ensuring technical feasibility and operational integrity.

  • Portfolio Monitoring & Reporting
    Deliver data-driven insights on portfolio performance and emerging trends; recommend proactive adjustments to maintain performance within risk appetite.

  • Governance & Compliance
    Ensure strategies comply with credit policy, regulatory requirements, and model governance standards, including documentation and monitoring.

Qualifications & Experience

  • 7+ yearsof experience in Credit Card/Personal Unsecured lending products and/or Unsecured Lending acquisition and account management strategy.

  • Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline (Statistics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or related field).

  • Strong understanding of credit risk concepts and practical experience as a model user.

  • Strong understanding of credit lifecycle economics, ROE drivers, and riskreturn optimization principles.

  • Proven expertise in applying machine learning and data science techniques to develop and optimize credit risk strategies, ensuring statistical robustness, stability, and alignment with business objectives

  • Proficiency with decision engines, decision tree software, and analytical platforms (e.g., Python, FICO, SAS, SQL, ML scoring systems) ; ability to translate complex analysis for senior audiences.

  • Demonstrated ability to translate analytical insights into executable strategies.

  • Experience managing cross-functional projects and influencing stakeholders.

  • Familiarity with credit policy, regulatory frameworks, and model governance.

  • Commitment to innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement.

  • Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills; able to operate autonomously in a fastpaced environment.

Salary:

$86,000.00 - $160,000.00

Pay Type:

Salaried

The above represents BMO Financial Group9s 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 Group9s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group9s 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: 

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.
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