Strategic Program Director

at  US Bank National Association

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 and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. 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 at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Program Management is an organizing framework that creates the capability to act on initiatives within an organization, ensuring quality progress toward delivery of strategic objectives. As a dynamic senior leader of the team, the Program Director will provide strategic direction and execution leadership to our most critical corporate initiatives. This highly visible and strategic role will collaborate with executives and internal partners to drive an enterprise approach to realize a broad set of objectives. Success will be measured through effective program development, execution, and delivery of program benefits. The Program Director is also expected to develop and deepen relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.

• Responsible for oversight and management of large-scale, enterprise-wide transformational programs in alignment with strategic objectives, defining tasks, responsibilities, timelines, and milestones.
• Develop trusted relationships with executives, senior leaders, and key business partners.
• Responsible for allocating and managing resources (financial, human, technological) based on strategic priorities and programs assigned to optimize their usage for efficiency.
• Establish mechanisms to track and evaluate program performance against predefined KPIs, analyzing progress, and identifying areas for improvement.
• Performs periodic reviews to identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with strategic initiatives, programs, projects under their oversight to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Develop business line level strategies to facilitate organizational change and ensure successful adoption of new processes, technologies, or policies.
• Develop and execute business line level communication plans to keep stakeholders informed and engaged throughout the execution process.
• Foster collaboration and coordination between different departments and teams to ensure a unified approach to program execution.
• Promote a culture of innovation among stakeholders and program partners to drive continuous improvement in strategies, processes, and customer experiences.
• Focus on developing the skills and capabilities of the workforce to effectively execute strategic initiatives.
• Stay attuned to changes in the external environment and is prepared to adapt strategies accordingly.
• Ensure that all strategic execution activities adhere to legal and regulatory requirements relevant to the banking industry.
• Delivers benefits that meet ROI hurdles, gaining funding approvals and influencing allocation of multi-million-dollar budgets.
• Level of leader generally engaged with: MC / MC-1/ MC-2

Qualifications: Master’s degree in business or related field, leadership, business acumen, expert program and portfolio management skills, project management certification (e.g., PMP) is a plus, experience in strategic planning and continuous improvement, strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities, Big 4 consulting experience a plus
The 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.
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.

Program Management is an organizing framework that creates the capability to act on initiatives within an organization, ensuring quality progress toward delivery of strategic objectives. As a dynamic senior leader of the team, the Program Director will provide strategic direction and execution leadership to our most critical corporate initiatives. This highly visible and strategic role will collaborate with executives and internal partners to drive an enterprise approach to realize a broad set of objectives. Success will be measured through effective program development, execution, and delivery of program benefits. The Program Director is also expected to develop and deepen relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.

• Responsible for oversight and management of large-scale, enterprise-wide transformational programs in alignment with strategic objectives, defining tasks, responsibilities, timelines, and milestones.
• Develop trusted relationships with executives, senior leaders, and key business partners.
• Responsible for allocating and managing resources (financial, human, technological) based on strategic priorities and programs assigned to optimize their usage for efficiency.
• Establish mechanisms to track and evaluate program performance against predefined KPIs, analyzing progress, and identifying areas for improvement.
• Performs periodic reviews to identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with strategic initiatives, programs, projects under their oversight to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Develop business line level strategies to facilitate organizational change and ensure successful adoption of new processes, technologies, or policies.
• Develop and execute business line level communication plans to keep stakeholders informed and engaged throughout the execution process.
• Foster collaboration and coordination between different departments and teams to ensure a unified approach to program execution.
• Promote a culture of innovation among stakeholders and program partners to drive continuous improvement in strategies, processes, and customer experiences.
• Focus on developing the skills and capabilities of the workforce to effectively execute strategic initiatives.
• Stay attuned to changes in the external environment and is prepared to adapt strategies accordingly.
• Ensure that all strategic execution activities adhere to legal and regulatory requirements relevant to the banking industry.
• Delivers benefits that meet ROI hurdles, gaining funding approvals and influencing allocation of multi-million-dollar budgets.
• Level of leader generally engaged with: MC / MC-1/ MC-

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