Operations Wire Platform Manager

U.S. Bank National Association • St. Paul, MN

21d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Wires platform manager is responsible for leading the Wires team within the Money Movement Platforms team of Operations. This role will serve as the primary contact for wires platforms and partner with multiple levels of stakeholders to advance Wire initiatives. This individual will oversee a team with responsibility over roadmaps, testing initiatives, modernization workstreams, vendor releases and platform enhancements. This role will lead a team that maintains and refines the product backlog. Oversee the team ways of working, including the creation of user stories, acceptance criteria, and helps to prioritize the work as necessary while working with stakeholders. This leader will act as the primary liaison between the business and Agile teams or empowers team members to do so, ensuring the team understands the vision for the wires platforms. Ensures team is working closely in a hands-on style with development teams, including addressing daily prioritization needs, providing real-time feedback and answering questions on an ongoing basis. Works with Product Management to set release dates, determine when sufficient value has been delivered to release to market, understand tradeoffs between schedule, scope and budget and communicates this information to the organization. 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Typically eight or more years of related experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ISO Wires payment types – Fedwire, Swift, or CHIPS
• Agile experience, including use of Jira / Dragonboat
• Experience with large scale re-platforming or platform transitions
• Well-developed ability to collaboratively develop and evolve a product backlog
• Well-developed ability to develop and articulate a product vision that supports outcomes, value and prioritization of work
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills including ability to lead/collaborate with and empower teams
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient computer navigation skills

Responsibilities

• Leading the Wires team within the Money Movement Platforms team of Operations
• Serving as the primary contact for wires platforms
• Partnering with multiple levels of stakeholders to advance Wire initiatives
• Overseeing a team with responsibility over roadmaps, testing initiatives, modernization workstreams, vendor releases and platform enhancements
• Leading a team that maintains and refines the product backlog
• Overseeing the team ways of working, including the creation of user stories, acceptance criteria, and helps to prioritize the work as necessary while working with stakeholders
• Acting as the primary liaison between the business and Agile teams or empowers team members to do so, ensuring the team understands the vision for the wires platforms
• Ensuring team is working closely in a hands-on style with development teams, including addressing daily prioritization needs, providing real-time feedback and answering questions on an ongoing basis
• Working with Product Management to set release dates, determine when sufficient value has been delivered to release to market, understand tradeoffs between schedule, scope and budget and communicates this information to the organization

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: Manager
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees