Senior Project Group Manager - Global Gateways

U.S. Bank • Atlanta, GA

2d • 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, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, all more confidently and more often—that’s what we call the courage to thrive. 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. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One. As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goals—no matter what they need. From transaction processing to customer service, to driving innovation and launching new products, we’re building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team, you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers, our communities, and each other. About the Team: The Grove (Global Gateways & POS) organization is responsible for delivering and evolving many of Elavon's core payment technology platforms that power omni-commerce experiences across North America and Europe. As a member of our Technology Delivery team, you will support a diverse portfolio that includes Commerce SDK, Enterprise Payment Gateway, Elavon Bridge, CenPOS, Simplify, Converge, Opayo, CPI, Fusebox, enabling merchants to accept and manage payments across in-store, online, mobile, and integrated commerce channels. Position Overview: We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused Senior Project Group Manager to lead complex initiatives supporting Elavon payment products and technology platforms. This role serves as the bridge between Product, Technology, Operations, and enterprise stakeholders, ensuring business objectives are translated into clear execution strategies that drive successful outcomes. The successful candidate will do more than manage timelines and status reporting—they will define how programs are structured and executed. This includes decomposing business objectives into deliverable workstreams, establishing governance and operating models, identifying dependencies, optimizing delivery approaches, and creating alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders.

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

• PMP certification heavily preferred.
• Agile certification (SAFe, PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent).
• 8+ years leading complex technology programs and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile delivery, stakeholder management, risk management, and executive communications.
• Payments, fintech, merchant acquiring, eCommerce, POS, or financial services experience.
• Experience working within Agile product operating models.
• Experience delivering complex programs involving multiple development teams and enterprise stakeholders.
• Familiarity with cloud-based solutions, APIs, payment gateways, and digital commerce platforms.
• Advanced knowledge of: Program and project management methodologies Agile delivery frameworks Risk and dependency management Executive reporting and governance Cross-functional stakeholder management
• Tools: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project

Responsibilities

• Defining and owning the execution strategy for large-scale payment product and technology initiatives.
• Partnering with Product Management to understand product vision, roadmaps, customer needs, and business priorities.
• Collaborating with Engineering, Architecture, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and other enterprise stakeholders to create executable delivery plans.
• Establishing program structures, communication plans, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics.
• Continuously optimizing delivery effectiveness by removing friction, managing risks, and improving execution outcomes.
• Tracking and reporting program status, risks, financial impacts, milestones, and overall health to leadership.
• Driving Agile delivery practices and fostering transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Creating an environment that empowers and energizes teams and peers through accountability, adaptability, collaboration, and shared ownership.

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
• Education Level: Associate degree