Technology Portfolio Project & Product Planning Leader
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 Role Summary This role provides enterprise‑wide leadership for technology portfolio planning, overseeing how demand, capacity, investment, and delivery data come together to support strategic decision‑making across the technology portfolio. The role sits at the intersection of technology, finance, portfolio management, and workforce planning, ensuring leaders have trusted, integrated insights into priorities, tradeoffs, and outcomes. The position manages the technology portfolio management ecosystem with a product‑oriented mindset, setting direction for tools, processes, and data capabilities that enable product‑aligned planning and execution. The role partners closely with senior technology leaders, Finance, HR, and portfolio teams to balance strategic priorities, financial rigor, and delivery realities at scale. Key Responsibilities Provide strategic leadership for enterprise technology portfolio planning, including demand, capacity, and financial management across product‑aligned initiatives. Set the strategic direction and evolution of portfolio management capabilities, ensuring tools and processes support enterprise planning, governance, and regulatory needs. Ensure integration of portfolio, financial, workforce, and delivery data, enabling accurate forecasting, investment transparency, and executive‑level insights. Partner closely with Finance to translate portfolio and delivery data into forecasting, planning, and reporting that supports investment decisions. Collaborate with Technology, Portfolio, and HR leaders to align people, products, and initiatives for effective enterprise capacity planning. Oversee portfolio analytics and reporting, communicating portfolio health, risks, and tradeoffs to senior and executive audiences. Identify portfolio‑level risks and design solutions that improve outcomes, transparency, and strategic alignment. Support enterprise technology initiatives and executive priorities, serving as a central coordination point for portfolio insights and planning. Business & Team Context The role sits within a team responsible for enterprise technology portfolio management capabilities, including platform configuration, integrations, and reporting that support portfolio and finance stakeholders. Finance is a critical partner, and this role is expected to ensure portfolio perspectives are well‑represented alongside financial requirements. The role regularly supports high‑visibility, enterprise‑level initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Typically 10+ years of experience in technology, portfolio management, product management, or related disciplines.
- 3+ years of leadership or senior individual contributor experience with enterprise‑level responsibility.
Nice To Haves
- Strong background in technology portfolio management, product management, or enterprise planning.
- Demonstrated experience managing or influencing portfolio management platforms and tool ecosystems.
- Deep understanding of capacity planning, demand management, and financial management at an enterprise level.
- Ability to translate complex delivery and workforce data into clear financial and executive‑level insights.
- Experience partnering with Finance, Technology, HR, and Portfolio leaders in a highly matrixed environment.
- Well‑developed strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and influence skills.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making capabilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tell a cohesive story using data.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for enterprise technology portfolio planning, including demand, capacity, and financial management across product‑aligned initiatives.
- Set the strategic direction and evolution of portfolio management capabilities, ensuring tools and processes support enterprise planning, governance, and regulatory needs.
- Ensure integration of portfolio, financial, workforce, and delivery data, enabling accurate forecasting, investment transparency, and executive‑level insights.
- Partner closely with Finance to translate portfolio and delivery data into forecasting, planning, and reporting that supports investment decisions.
- Collaborate with Technology, Portfolio, and HR leaders to align people, products, and initiatives for effective enterprise capacity planning.
- Oversee portfolio analytics and reporting, communicating portfolio health, risks, and tradeoffs to senior and executive audiences.
- Identify portfolio‑level risks and design solutions that improve outcomes, transparency, and strategic alignment.
- Support enterprise technology initiatives and executive priorities, serving as a central coordination point for portfolio insights and planning.
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
