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Role Overview
As a Creative Technology Lead within BMO Design, you sit at the intersection of creative excellence and technology innovation. You are responsible for leading the adoption, integration, and evolution of new creative tools and platforms as well as shaping and executing best-in-class creative solutions.
This role blends technical solutions, hands-on execution, and operational leadership, driving both the quality of work and the way work gets done. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, partner with stakeholders across the bank, and champion new ways of working that elevate efficiency, scale, and impact.
What You’ll Do
1. Creative Technology & Innovation (Core to the Role)
Lead the adoption and integration of creative technologies, including Figma, Adobe Express, Celtra, Firefly, Copilot, and emerging AI tools
Identify opportunities to improve speed, scale, and efficiency through automation, templates, and AI-assisted workflows (focus)
Establish best practices for AI-enabled creative development, ensuring quality, consistency, and brand integrity
Partner with Design Ops, Production, and Technology teams to embed tools into day-to-day workflows
Act as a hands-on practitioner, demonstrating how new tools can elevate output and unlock new creative possibilities
Stay ahead of industry trends and translate them into actionable innovation within BMO Design
2. Creative Leadership
Ensure all work aligns with BMO’s brand standards, tone, and customer-first approach
Act as a thought leader, elevating creative quality and channel best practices across teams
3. Project Leadership & Execution
Balance hands-on creative work with team leadership and project oversight
Drive scalable creative solutions for high-volume and always-on channels
4. Team Leadership & Collaboration
Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing creative culture
Partner closely with stakeholders across Marketing, Brand, UX, and Lines of Business
Interface directly with internal clients to ensure strategic alignment and strong relationships
5. Operational & Workflow Transformation
Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and reduce production overhead
Support resourcing and team allocation in partnership with Creative Directors
Drive standardization through templates, design systems, and modular creative approaches
Champion data-informed creative optimization and continuous improvement
What You Bring
Experience
6+ years supporting creative, design, or advertising roles with technology within an agency or in-house environment
Demonstrated success in both hands-on execution and team leadership
Creative & Strategic Skills
Deep understanding of brand systems and customer-centric design
Ability to translate business objectives into compelling creative solutions
Technology & Innovation Mindset
Hands-on experience with modern creative tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, AI tools)
Strong interest and proven capability in adopting and scaling emerging technologies (Celtra, Adobe Express)
Comfort working in evolving, ambiguous environments and driving change
Leadership & Collaboration
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to influence cross-functional teams and build trust with partners
Passion for mentoring and growing creative talent
What Success Looks Like
Drives measurable improvements in efficiency, speed, and scalability through technology
Establishes BMO Design as a leader in AI-enabled creative innovation
Builds strong partnerships and elevates team performance
Acts as a visible leader who challenges, inspires, and improves everything around them
Why This Role Matters
This role is critical to evolving BMO Design from a traditional creative function into a modern, technology-enabled creative engine—one that delivers world-class work at scale while continuously innovating how it operates.
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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 Us
At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.
As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.
To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmo.com/ca/en.
BMO is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.
Note to Recruiters: BMO does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to BMO, directly or indirectly, will be considered BMO property. BMO will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. A recruiting agency must first have a valid, written and fully executed agency agreement contract for service to submit resumes.
Skills Required
- 6+ years in creative, design, or advertising roles within an agency or in-house environment
- Proven experience leading integrated campaigns and digital-first creative
- Demonstrated success in both hands-on execution and team leadership
- Strong concepting and storytelling abilities across channels
- Deep understanding of brand systems and customer-centric design
- Ability to translate business objectives into compelling creative solutions
- Hands-on experience with modern creative tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Express, Celtra)
- Experience with AI tools and demonstrated capability in adopting and scaling emerging technologies (e.g., Firefly, Copilot)
- Comfort working in evolving, ambiguous environments and driving change
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Passion for mentoring and growing creative talent
BMO Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about BMO and has not been reviewed or approved by BMO.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 16 weeks at full pay for all new parents, plus up to $20,000 for adoption, surrogacy, and fertility, and 10 days of paid backup childcare indicate robust family support. These elements stand out within BMO’s U.S. package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) design combining a core employer contribution with dollar-for-dollar matching up to a set portion of pay, plus immediate vesting on match and employee contributions, signals strong retirement funding. The core contribution’s three-year vesting is clearly defined.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation accrual scales with grade and service, alongside 9–10 paid holidays and additional paid time off buckets (bereavement, school activities, civic duties, blood donation, volunteering). This breadth offers multiple avenues for time away beyond standard vacation.
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What We Do
At BMO, banking is our personal commitment to helping people at every stage of their financial lives. The truth is, people’s needs change: so we change too. But we never change who we are. Which means we’ll never waiver from providing our customers the best possible banking experience in the industry. Our incredible team of over 46,000 people is just the tip of the iceberg. You should get to know us. We’re here to help.
