At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, all more confidently and more often—that’s what we call the courage to thrive. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goals—no matter what they need. From transaction processing to customer service, to driving innovation and launching new products, we’re building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team, you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers, our communities, and each other.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The GTM Readiness Lead will be responsible for assisting in and/or leading activities tied to go-to-market strategy set within the Product & Channel Marketing Group, with the goal of maximizing revenue for the organization. This role will work with many departments throughout the organization including ePMO, sales and operational teams to ensure successful product launches and repositioning of existing solutions. An ideal candidate for this role will have the ability to work independently with limited guidance, as well as partner with others in the organization to deliver results. Central to the role will be the ability to monetize products, develop rollout strategies, and commercialize products globally working hand-in-hand with product to test and pilot.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with Product Marketing Leads to understand the market landscape and customer centric needs of applicable products
• Develop optimal go-to-market launch strategies by market, including account segmentation, launch pricing, sales team responsibilities, service processes, incentives and boarding needs
• Partner with Product Marketing to ensure clear value propositions are identified and incorporated into training and market collateral ahead of releasee to market
• Use project management skills to partner with groups across the organization for the new product launch to ensure clarity on stakeholder responsibilities, requirements, timelines for deliverables, interdependencies, etc.
• Become the subject matter expert to support business process questions, sales presentations and messaging deliverables, and training content planning and delivery
• Conduct post launch reviews to gauge success and identify learnings that can be used to enhance future product releases and identify revenue growth opportunities
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Client Success, Finance, Product and Engineering to support our new product launch process

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Eight to ten years of experience in project management activities

Preferred Skills/Experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

• BA/MBA in marketing, or other related field
• Demonstrated marketing and marketing research skills
• Knowledgeable of business unit’s function and products
• Considerable knowledge of product/program development, pricing, implementation and strategic analysis
• Strategic and thoughtful communicator with outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Well-developed analytical, decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Strong financial and competitive analysis and computer skills
• Demonstrated management, leadership and interpersonal skills

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with Product Marketing Leads to understand the market landscape and customer centric needs of applicable products
• Develop optimal go-to-market launch strategies by market, including account segmentation, launch pricing, sales team responsibilities, service processes, incentives and boarding needs
• Partner with Product Marketing to ensure clear value propositions are identified and incorporated into training and market collateral ahead of releasee to market
• Use project management skills to partner with groups across the organization for the new product launch to ensure clarity on stakeholder responsibilities, requirements, timelines for deliverables, interdependencies, etc.
• Become the subject matter expert to support business process questions, sales presentations and messaging deliverables, and training content planning and delivery
• Conduct post launch reviews to gauge success and identify learnings that can be used to enhance future product releases and identify revenue growth opportunities
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Client Success, Finance, Product and Engineering to support our new product launch proces

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That’s why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by la