Strategic Initiatives Program Manager

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 Strategic Initiatives (SI) team within the Strategic Solutions (SS) portfolio is broadly responsible for designing and executing on transformational initiatives for TPSS (Transaction Processing and Shared Services). Our aim is to deliver efficiencies, reduce expenses, mitigate risk and regulatory issues, and enhance the customer and employee experience. Our work ranges from identifying and solving highly strategic complex problems to leading large multi-year programs with stakeholders across the bank.   As a member of the team, you will work in a highly collaborative fashion with a large cross-section of stakeholders, partners, and other colleagues. You will become a trusted advisor to the leadership team and business partners across Operations. Reporting to a portfolio director, you will: • Design, execute, and deliver on one or more initiatives in support of TPSS’ strategic priorities • Lead each initiative through ideation, scoping, funding (CapEx and OpEx), execution, and benefit delivery • Utilize and propagate the bank’s standards for developing deliverables, managing projects, reporting progress and managing risks and issues​ • Create relevant reporting to fulfill stakeholder needs • Provide governance across the initiatives • Monitor and report on the program’s performance and progress in Jira • Develop trusted relationships with senior leaders and key business partners • Contribute your experience, learnings, and thought leadership to the broader SI team on the industry, best practices, analytics, etc. • Support shaping the strategy and execution of the SI team itself You will bring an eagerness to expand your knowledge base of program execution and delivery, critical thinking, relationship management, and a learning mindset to support critical changes and accelerate execution. You will 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.  Basic Qualifications • Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience • Six or more years of related experience Preferred Skills/Experience • Experience with managing strategic and operational transformations • Ability to operate in a demanding high-expectations and standards environment • Problem solver with an ownership mindset, instead of a facilitator • Exceptional strategic, analytical, problem-solving, and storyboarding skills • Executive presence • Ability to influence without authority, leveraging a positive, consultative approach to clients and team members • High degree of comfort with ambiguity • Detail-orientation with excellent organizational skills and ability to adapt to change • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills • Proficient in project management software, Jira, and MS Office, including Excel and PowerPoint • Demonstrated commitment to professional development through ongoing education • Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% • Master's degree or equivalent work experience • Experience in banking industry / operations or contracting / consulting firms • Proficient in productivity tools and applications Location expectations   This role requires worki