TPS Market Readiness Program Manager

U.S. Bank • Minneapolis, MN

1d • $119,765 - $140,900 • Onsite

About The Position

The TPS Market Readiness team organizes and supports treasury and payment solutions focused market readiness and commercialization programs. The team works across Product, Sales, Marketing, Learning & Development, Communications, Implementation, and other partner groups to help prepare the organization to position, sell, implement, and support TPS solutions. The TPS Market Readiness Program Manager coordinates cross-functional plans and activities for product launches, enhancements, and strategic growth initiatives, helping improve sales readiness, speed to revenue, product growth, and market awareness.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• 10 or more years of related experience
• Five or more years of experience in banking, financial services, product commercialization, product marketing, sales enablement, program management, or a related field.
• Experience coordinating or leading cross-functional programs, projects, or initiatives involving multiple stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, communicate effectively, and move work forward in a collaborative environment.
• Treasury management, transaction banking, payments, product commercialization, product marketing, or sales enablement experience.
• Strong program and project management skills, including planning, prioritization, dependency management, risk identification, status reporting, and follow-through.
• Ability to build trusted relationships, facilitate alignment, and influence stakeholders across a matrixed organization.
• Consultative approach with the ability to understand business needs, identify gaps, and translate complex information into practical recommendations and action plans.
• Strong strategic, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, including the ability to create clarity when information or direction is still developing.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and meeting facilitation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• Ability to balance multiple initiatives while maintaining attention to detail, organization, and timely execution.
• Experience developing or improving repeatable processes, templates, reporting, or governance practices.
• Familiarity with sales enablement content, learning, product positioning, internal or external communications, market activation, or readiness measurement.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, marketing, communications, project management, or another related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• PMP certification or comparable program management training is beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned market readiness and commercialization programs supporting new products, enhancements, re-commercialization efforts, and strategic growth initiatives.
• Partner with Product and Sales teams to understand product strategies, roadmap timing, target clients, use cases, market opportunities, and business objectives, and translate those insights into practical readiness plans.
• Serve as a central point of coordination among Product, Sales, Marketing, Learning & Development, Communications, Implementation, technical and client-facing consultants, and other partners to align activities, clarify responsibilities, and support timely execution.
• Develop and maintain program plans that outline key audiences, deliverables, owners, dependencies, timing, and readiness needs, adjusting the approach based on the size and complexity of each initiative.
• Facilitate cross-functional planning and status discussions, monitor progress, identify risks or gaps, and help resolve or escalate issues that may affect readiness.
• Support established governance and prioritization processes by helping assess partner impact, preparing program information and recommendations, and maintaining visibility into assigned initiatives.
• Help ensure sales and client-facing teams have appropriate positioning, learning, communications, and enablement resources to support effective client conversations.
• Organize programs around client processes, industries, and solution areas such as payables, receivables, liquidity, embedded payments, international payments, healthcare, and other TPS priorities.
• Provide clear program updates and recommendations to stakeholders and leaders, and use feedback and available performance indicators to identify opportunities for continued improvement.

Benefits

• 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 law

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior