Senior Technical Program/Project Manager

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. Bank is seeking an accomplished Program/Project Manager Consultant to lead large, complex, multi-year initiatives within the CBB and Core Platforms Technology organization. This role provides end-to-end leadership from initial concept through implementation and post-implementation, aligning business objectives, technology delivery, risk management, and organizational readiness to achieve measurable outcomes.

The consultant directs cross-functional teams, coordinates interdependent workstreams and shared resources, and partners with sponsoring executives, business leaders, product teams, engineering teams, risk partners, and vendors. The role establishes governance, removes delivery barriers, clarifies acceptable risk, and communicates complex information effectively to audiences up to and including the Senior Vice Chair.

Key Responsibilities Program and Project Leadership Lead multiple concurrent programs and projects from initiation through implementation and post-implementation. Define scope, objectives, success measures, delivery strategies, and integrated plans aligned with CBB and Core Platforms Technology priorities. Coordinate milestones, dependencies, implementation cycles, shared resources, and cross-functional execution.

Drive accountability for delivery within approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk parameters. Stakeholder Management Build trusted relationships with sponsoring executives, business leaders, product and engineering teams, risk partners, vendors, and other key stakeholders. Facilitate timely decisions, resolve conflicts, align priorities, and remove obstacles that affect delivery. Prepare clear, concise, and relevant status reports, governance materials, and executive presentations tailored to the audience.

Serve as a liaison across organizations to maintain alignment on outcomes, risks, and commitments. Governance and Risk Management Establish and maintain governance, decision-making forums, reporting standards, change controls, and escalation paths. Identify, assess, prioritize, and mitigate risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies. Monitor program health, delivery performance, scope changes, and adherence to organizational policies and methodologies.

Escalate concerns with clear options, recommendations, and impacts to support informed decisions. Financial and Resource Management Develop and manage budgets, forecasts, financial reporting, resource plans, and capacity needs. Partner with resource managers to secure the knowledge, skills, and staffing required for successful delivery. Oversee vendor engagements, contracts, and third-party dependencies.

Optimize the use of resources while maintaining delivery commitments and controls. Organizational Change and Continuous Improvement Integrate business readiness, change management, communications, and adoption activities into delivery plans. Improve program management practices, tools, governance, and delivery processes. Coach team members in planning disciplines and promote collaboration, accountability, and consistent execution.

Success Measures Programs and projects achieve committed business and technology outcomes within approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk parameters. Governance enables timely decisions, transparent reporting, and effective escalation. Risks and dependencies are identified early and managed proactively. Stakeholders remain aligned, informed, an