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Strategic Initiatives Enablement Lead (Hybrid - Buffalo, NY)new

M&T Bank (M&T Bank) · Bank

Who Are We: Customer Experience & The Way We Work Enablement (CXTW3E)

A high-impact team at the heart of M&T Bank’s most strategic and transformative efforts. We are the Customer Experience & The Way We Work Enablement (CXTW3E) team, a diverse group of professionals united by a shared purpose: driving meaningful change through The Way We Work.

The Way We Work is more than a framework—it is our operating system. It combines Agility, Experience & Process Design, Customer Research and Change Management into a cohesive approach that enables individuals, teams, and organizations to deliver better outcomes. It is built on the mindsets, behaviors, and practices that foster customer-centricity, collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, and sustainable transformation.

Primary Responsibilities:

Drive Adoption of The Way We Work

  • Assess adoption of The Way We Work mindsets, behaviors, and practices.
  • Partner with initiative teams to develop and execute adoption plans.
  • Help teams apply The Way We Work disciplines in practical, outcome-focused ways.
  • Track adoption progress and identify opportunities for improvement.

Create Conditions for Success

  • Partner with leaders to establish team practices, routines, and expectations that support adoption.
  • Identify opportunities to improve ways of working, collaboration, and team effectiveness.
  • Help teams address obstacles that may limit adoption.
  • Support a culture of learning, continuous improvement, and shared accountability.

Identify Barriers & Enable Change

  • Identify organizational, process, cultural, and operational barriers affecting adoption.
  • Recommend practical solutions and partner with stakeholders to address challenges.
  • Monitor adoption risks and trends and adjust approaches as needed.
  • Capture and apply lessons learned to strengthen future efforts.

Partner with Teams & Leaders

  • Collaborate with initiative leaders, stakeholders, and teams to support adoption and readiness.
  • Provide insights on adoption progress, risks, and opportunities.
  • Facilitate discussions that build alignment and strengthen ways of working.
  • Reinforce key behaviors including customer focus, collaboration, continuous learning, transparency, and accountability.

Education and Experience Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 9 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Strong ability to lead teams
  • Excellent project management skills
  • Strong analytical ability
  • Creative problem-solving skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills necessary for business partner relationships within and outside the organization
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to communicate professionally at many different levels
  • Self-motivated
  • Results-driven
  • Well-organized
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks and work under time constraints in support of various assignments
  • Proficient with personal computers and pertinent spreadsheet, database, graphing, and presentation software

Education and Experience Preferred:

  • Practical application of one or more of The Way We Work disciplines, including Agile, Change Management or Experience and Process Design in a large scale transformation initiative.
  • Financial services or other regulated industry experience preferred.
  • Ability to influence without authority
  • Systems thinking and organizational awareness

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $89,600.00 - $149,300.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location

Buffalo, New York, United States of America

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