Senior Program/Project Manager

U.S. Bank • Minneapolis, MN

3d • Hybrid

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 U.S. Bancorp Asset Management (USBAM) is seeking a results‑driven Senior Program / Project Manager to lead large‑scale, complex, cross‑functional business and technology initiatives that enable strategic priorities across the asset management enterprise. This role requires a seasoned delivery leader with a strong bias for execution and sense of urgency , accountable for both program outcomes and people leadership . The Senior Program / Project Manager is responsible for rapidly translating strategy into execution, building momentum across teams, and ensuring initiatives progress decisively while meeting regulatory, risk, and control expectations. Deep financial services and asset management industry experience is critical for this role, which operates at the heart of USBAM’s most complex and visible initiatives spanning client reporting, digital client experience, securities lending, portfolio and investment management, accounting and administration, performance measurement, investment product launches, and marketing and sales enablement. The successful candidate will operate comfortably at both the strategic and execution levels , partnering closely with investment, operations, technology, risk, compliance, vendors, and executive leadership. This role directly supervises and develops project and business analysis talent and is accountable for driving delivery excellence across the Business Solutions portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• PMI Project Management Professional credential
• At least 10 years experience with tools and techniques for planning, organizing, monitoring and controlling IT projects.

Nice To Haves

• Proven experience leading large, complex, multi‑year, cross‑functional programs within the asset management industry
• Deep understanding of financial, operational, regulatory, and risk drivers in asset management
• Expert‑level proficiency with Microsoft Project; experience with additional PPM tools preferred
• Prior professional experience as a Business Analyst, with strong command of business analysis tools, techniques, and documentation standards
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leaders and influence without formal authority through strong executive presence and credibility
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive‑level storytelling and communication of complex topics
• Experience managing third‑party vendors and complex vendor integrations
• Strategic, execution‑focused leader with a strong track record of accountability and delivery
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments, manage competing priorities, and navigate organizational change
• Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and disciplined in planning and execution
• Calm, decisive, and effective under pressure; trusted collaborator who builds strong cross‑functional partnerships

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to-end delivery of large, complex, multi‑year CapEx programs and high‑impact projects spanning multiple business functions, systems, and workstreams.
• Establish clear scope, success metrics, milestones, dependencies, and integrated delivery plans, driving disciplined execution while remaining adaptable to evolving business priorities.
• Select and apply appropriate delivery methodologies ( Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid ) based on initiative complexity, regulatory considerations, and organizational readiness.
• Build, maintain, and actively manage detailed, dependency‑driven project plans and schedules using Microsoft Project , including critical path, resource allocations, and milestone tracking.
• Rigorously own and maintain the RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies ), driving timely mitigation and escalation; lead change and decision governance by presenting clear options and recommendations for senior leadership approval on critical scope, schedule, funding, and risk decisions.
• Monitor delivery performance across scope, schedule, budget, quality, and outcomes, providing frequent status communications to project stakeholders and sponsors.
• Partner with senior leaders, sponsors, and functional heads to align initiatives to strategic objectives, translating ambiguous or high‑level goals into actionable plans and measurable outcomes .
• Prepare and deliver executive‑ready communications including status updates, risk summaries, decision decks, and roadmaps.
• Facilitate governance forums, steering committees, and executive reviews, with credibility at the USBAM CEO and Senior Leadership Team level.
• Manage and develop a team of Business Analysts , including competency assessment, coaching, performance feedback, and professional development.
• Ensure standardization and quality of business analysis deliverables by aligning practices with globally recognized IIBA best practices .
• Apply deep knowledge of business analysis tools and techniques to ensure business intent is clearly translated into effective solutions.
• Mentor project managers and support the ongoing maturity of the PMO by evaluating the effectiveness of methodologies, tools, and governance practices, and driving continuous improvements to strengthen execution discipline and consistency across the portfolio.
• Operate effectively in an evolving product-model environment, integrating traditional project management disciplines into product-oriented ways of working and leveraging tools such as Jira and Confluence to align delivery plans, backlogs, milestones, and documentation across product, engineering, and platform teams.
• Assist product teams and business leaders with initiative prioritization and transition of concepts into executable programs and projects; advocate for assigned business areas.
• Partner with third-party vendors across the engagement lifecycle, including RFQs, contracts, and vendor delivery teams to ensure alignment on scope, plans, milestones, and outcomes.
• Coordinate resource planning across internal teams and external partners.
• Ensure initiatives remain within approved financial and capacity constraints.
• Embed risk management, control, and regulatory considerations into delivery plans.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Legal to ensure adherence to firm and regulatory standards.
• Identify and mitigate delivery risks related to data, controls, vendors, and complex dependencies.

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