BMO U.S. · 14 hours ago
Senior Manager, Fusion Intelligence & Crisis Management
Berkeley Heights, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$122K/yr - $228K/yr
7+ years expBMO U.S. is a high-impact financial institution that emphasizes a collaborative and intellectually challenging environment. The Senior Manager will lead the Fusion Intelligence and Crisis Management team, providing critical intelligence analysis and coordinating responses to major incidents while mentoring analysts and engaging with stakeholders.
Banking
Responsibilities
Deliver clear, concise, plain‑language, business-focused intelligence analysis/documentation aligned to U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) or other industry-leading standards
Mentor analysts on structured analysis, writing discipline, and narrative clarity
Coordinate high‑severity incident response across technology, fraud, physical security, and business units
Produce clear, time‑stamped SITREPs distinguishing facts, analysis, and implications
Build strong relationships across technology, security, fraud, and business teams
Influence cross‑functional improvements to threat, incident, and crisis workflows
Lead, coach, and develop analysts and coordinators
Set clear expectations for analytic quality and communication standards
Provides specialized analytical support to senior management
Lead the end‑to‑end intelligence cycle: requirements, collection, analysis, and dissemination
Produce intelligence products and analysis using IC‑standard tradecraft: BLUF, Key Judgments, confidence levels, source transparency
Translate complex technical threats into clear business impacts and recommended actions
Develop forward‑looking assessments on emerging threats and their implications
Develop and maintain crisis playbooks, communications templates, and situational reporting standards
Design and facilitate crisis exercises and after‑action reviews to strengthen resilience
Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders by providing decision‑ready insights
Prepare executive briefings and communicate impacts in non‑technical language
Build strong relationships across technology, security, fraud, and business teams
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
Provides strategic input into business decisions as a trusted advisor
Acts as a subject matter expert on relevant regulations and policies
May network with industry contacts to gain competitive insights and best practices
Anticipates and reduces complexity for others
Develops innovative approaches to resolve problems and significant issues
Defines business requirements for analytics and reporting to ensure data insights inform business decision making
Prepares and delivers presentations for senior leaders
Troubleshoots information security issues within designated business group
Identifies opportunities to strengthen the capability of the information security organization at BMO, such as: sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks across information security and technology
Works with internal stakeholders to validate their requirements via techniques such as reviews and walkthroughs
Performs documentation writing and maintenance of new and existing processes, procedures and requirements
Recommends approaches to streamline and integrate information security processes in the organization to improve overall efficiency
Remains alert to new information security technologies and threats that present risk to the enterprise and determines the best approach to mitigate these risks
Stays abreast of industry trends/risks related to information security, technology and business trends / risks through participation in professional associations, practice communities & individual learning
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in threat intelligence, incident response, crisis management, fraud intelligence, or related domains
Demonstrated ability to write to IC standards including BLUF, Key Judgments, and structured analytic techniques
Exceptional plain‑language communication skills for executive audiences
Strong analytical reasoning and ability to frame threats in terms of business impact
Experience leading major incident coordination and post‑incident reviews
Expert in information security, technology, business requirements gathering and reporting in a financial services setting
Understanding and problem solving ability of Information Security issues across the bank
Understanding of industry standards and frameworks e.g. NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF), ISO 27001 and 27002
Seasoned professional with a combination of education, experience and industry knowledge
Verbal & written communication skills
Analytical and problem solving skills
Influence skills
Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration
Able to manage ambiguity
Data driven decision making
Benefits
Health insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Accident and life insurance
Retirement savings plans
Company
BMO U.S.
We’re a bank, but there’s more to it than that. We're a top ten bank in North America and have been serving our customers since 1817.
5001-10000 employees
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