Vice President, People Analytics-Data Science

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 The Research & Data Science Team within People Analytics is seeking a Leader to manage a team of researchers and data scientists focused on generating actionable workforce insights through advanced analytics, research design, and data science. This role combines people leadership, stakeholder management, scientific rigor, and technical expertise to solve complex business and talent challenges across the organization. The leader will oversee a team of three professionals spanning social science research and data science disciplines while partnering closely with stakeholders across Human Resources and the business. In addition to delivering high-impact analyses, the role will help scale the team's capabilities through automation, strategic consulting and evidence-based recommendations for senior HR and business leaders. Key Responsibilities  Team Leadership & Talent Development  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of data scientists and social science researchers with diverse technical and methodological backgrounds.  • Provide ongoing performance coaching, career development, and mentoring to individual contributors.  • Establish clear priorities and effectively manage team capacity, workload balancing, and project execution.  • Foster a culture of intellectual curiosity, continuous learning, collaboration, and scientific rigor.  • Build team capabilities in emerging analytics, machine learning, research methodologies, and qualitative data.  Research & Analytics Leadership  • Partner with HR leaders and business stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and address strategic workforce questions.  • Lead complex analytical initiatives spanning advanced statistical modeling, predictive analytics, machine learning, experimental and quasi-experimental design, program evaluation, forecasting, organizational research  • Translate complex technical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leaders and executive audiences.  • Ensure research and analytical work adheres to high standards of methodological rigor and reproducibility.  • Supplement internal analyses with external research reviews, benchmarking, and evidence-based practices to inform recommendations and identify emerging workforce trends.  Data Science & Platform Leadership  • Lead the development of scalable analytical solutions using modern data science tools and technologies.  • Partner with data engineering teams to operationalize and automate analytical workflows, models, and reporting processes.  • Establish and maintain reusable analytical assets that improve efficiency and consistency across projects.  • Support the transition of prototypes and research models into scalable production solutions within Databricks and enterprise data environments.  • Drive best practices related to model governance, documentation, reproducibility, and quality assurance.  • Identify opportunities to automate recurring analyses and enhance self-service analytics capabilities.  Basic Qualifications  • 8+ years of applied experience in data science, advanced analytics, quantitative research, economics, statistics, industrial-organizational psychology, or a related discipline.  • Prior experience leading and dev