PDLC Emerging Tech Enablement Leader

U.S. Bank • Atlanta, GA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

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 This leader will manage a high‑impact, enterprise AI P/SDLC Enablement team focused on delivering proof‑of‑concepts (PoCs) across the Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC). The role is accountable for accelerating AI adoption, improving developer productivity, and ensuring U.S. Bank remains competitive in a rapidly evolving software delivery landscape. In addition to leading a core team of onshore software engineers, this role will partner closely with offshore FTC teams to scale and execute AI‑driven PoCs. The leader will serve as a key driver of PDLC innovation through internal experimentation, vendor partnerships, and emerging AI capabilities.

Requirements

• 15+ years of proven software development experience with strong depth across modern development practices
• Demonstrated experience introducing and scaling AI‑enabled development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Cognition, etc.)
• Proven ability to operationalize AI tools at enterprise scale, beyond pilots and experimentation
• Strong architecture and systems design expertise (E.g. Cloud Certifications, Innovation, etc)
• Experience delivering agentic architectures and protocols (e.g., Model Context Protocols or similar patterns)
• Ability to influence senior leaders and partners
• Strong collaboration skills across onshore, offshore, and vendor teams
• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Eight or more years of relevant software engineering experience
• Five or more years of experience leading a software engineering team
• This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an enterprise AI innovation team focused on PDLC proof‑of‑concepts and rapid experimentation
• Identify, prototype, and validate innovative approaches to improve developer productivity and software delivery outcomes
• Partner with offshore FTC teams to extend capacity and accelerate PoC delivery
• Drive adoption and scaling of AI‑enabled development tools and agentic workflows
• Establish partnerships with strategic vendors and emerging AI platforms
• Sponsor and lead internal hackathons and innovation programs to surface new ideas
• Provide architectural leadership and ensure solutions align with enterprise standards
• Communicate outcomes, insights, and recommendations to senior technology and business leaders

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: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees