Job Description

Role Summary:

The Strategic Execution (SE) team for U.S. Bank Operations is broadly responsible for designing and delivering on strategic initiatives that improve our efficiency and effectiveness - expenses, risk, customer and employee experience, operational / productivity / quality metrics. Our work ranges from identifying and solving highly strategic complex problems within a few weeks to leading large multi-year projects with stakeholders across the bank. The SE team is equivalent to an internal, in-house strategy consulting firm with a focus on only one client, i.e., U.S. Bank.

As a member of the SE leadership team, you will work in a highly collaborative fashion with a large cross section of stakeholders, partners and other SE leaders and colleagues. You will become a trusted advisor to the SE leadership team and leaders across Operations. Reporting directly to and supporting the head of SE, you will shape, manage, and deliver on a portfolio of strategic initiatives for U.S. Bank's Operations.  These complex initiatives usually span business areas and stakeholders not only across Operations, but also across the bank. Leading a small team of SE practitioners to manage a strategic initiatives portfolio, you will:

- Help shape and execute on the strategy for U.S. Bank Operations

- Identify new initiatives to add to the existing portfolio

- Serve as the “front door” for strategic initiatives utilizing intake standards and practices for SE

- Lead each initiative through ideation, scoping, funding (CapEx and OpEx), execution, and benefit delivery

- Design, execute, and deliver on the portfolio

- Utilize and propagate the SE standards for developing deliverables, managing projects, reporting progress and managing risks and issues?

- Create relevant reporting across our stakeholder needs

- Provide governance across the portfolio

- Develop trusted relationships with executives, senior leaders, and key business partners

- Provide financial management of the initiatives and the portfolio

- Contribute thought leadership to the broader SE team on the industry, U.S. Bank businesses, banking financials, strong consulting practices, analytics, etc.

- Support shaping the vision, brand, strategy, and execution of the SE function itself

- Nurture and grow talent not only within your own team but also across SE

You will bring an eagerness to expand your knowledge base of banking and embrace challenges to support critical changes and accelerate execution. You will inspire others, build strong relationships, and display high energy and resilience in ambiguous and fast-paced contexts.  You welcome the opportunity to learn new systems and skillsets and develop executive presence. 

Qualifications (Required):

- 15+ years of progressive experience leading large-scale, enterprise-wide transformative initiatives, preferably with leading financial services institutions or consulting firms (e.g., Big Four, top-tier management)

- Extensive experience with managing strategic and operational transformations

- Master's degree or equivalent work experience

- Ability to operate in a demanding high-expectations and standards environment

- Attitude to operate as a doer-leader, instead of a manager of people and tasks

- Problem solver with an ownership mindset, instead of a facilitator

- Exceptional strategic and analytical, problem-solving, and storyboarding skills

- Executive presence

- Ability to influence without authority

- High degree of comfort with ambiguity

- Detail-orientation with excellent organizational skills and ability to adapt to change

- Positive, consultative approach to people leadership as a team leader and/or mentor

- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

- Excellent MS Office skills, including Excel and PowerPoint

- Ability and willingness to travel up to 25%

Qualifications (Preferred):

- Experience in Banking industry / Operations

- Industry reputation as an expert in multiple areas of banking, finance, consulting, and/or enterprise transformation

- Demonstrated commitment to professional development through ongoing education

This role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.

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