Client Communications Manager

U.S. Bank; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Parental leave

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank seeks a Client Communications Manager to develop and execute non-promotional communication strategies that align with business goals and drive customer engagement.

The role leads complex initiatives, ensuring compliant, on‑brand messaging across multiple channels and collaboration with product, sales, and technical partners. The ideal candidate will have strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, with experience in marketing strategy and cross-functional leadership to optimize

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Six or more years of related experience in marketing and marketing strategy with proven results.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support communication goals and objectives for designated business lines.
• Create multi-channel communication strategies that deliver important information to existing bank clients while supporting retention and engagement.
• Use channels such as email, direct mail, and in-experience messaging to reach clients effectively.
• Apply AI technology and other tools to increase efficiency and speed to market.
• Evaluate communication results and use insights to optimize messaging and performance.
• Work with, and often lead, cross-functional teams to ensure strategy and content are clear, on-brand, and compliant.
• Collaborate with internal partners to ensure communication programs comply with applicable laws, regulations, and bank policies.
• Manage projects to completion on time and on budget, in alignment with project plans.
• Provide communication resources, expertise, and guidance to business line leaders.
• Communicate effectively with senior management and U.S. Bank leadership.
• Stay informed about changing market dynamics and collaborate to test and learn new ways to engage and communicate with customers and prospects.

Skills

Marketing strategy

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Presentation skills

AI tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

AI tools

Job description

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

The Client Communications Manager is responsible for developing and executing non‑promotional communication strategies that support business line objectives and drive customer engagement. This role leads complex communications initiatives with limited guidance, delivering customer‑centric, clear, compliant, and brand‑aligned communications across multiple channels. The position develops and executes communication strategies that support customer growth, retention, and engagement, while identifying and tracking key performance indicators to measure effectiveness and optimize outcomes.

Working collaboratively with product, sales, and technical partners, the Client Communications Manager ensures all initiatives align with business goals, comply with applicable laws, regulations, and bank policies, and uphold brand standards. The ideal candidate will possess strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, demonstrating the ability to influence stakeholders, simplify complex business and technical information, and deliver effective communications to customers, partners, and executive audiences. The role will also help navigate resource, operational, and organizational priorities to successfully execute strategic communications programs.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and support communication goals and objectives for designated business lines.

• Create multi‑channel communication strategies that deliver important information to existing bank clients while supporting retention and engagement.

• Use channels such as email, direct mail, and in‑experience messaging to reach clients effectively.

• Apply AI technology and other tools to increase efficiency and improve speed to market.

• Evaluate communication results and use insights to optimize messaging and performance.

• Work with, and often lead, cross‑functional teams to ensure strategy and content are clear, on‑brand, and compliant.

• Collaborate with internal partners to ensure communication programs comply with applicable laws, regulations, and bank policies.

• Manage projects to completion on time and on budget, in alignment with project plans.

• Provide communication resources, expertise, and guidance to business line leaders.

• Communicate effectively with senior management and U.S. Bank leadership.

• Stay informed about changing market dynamics and collaborate to test and learn new ways to engage and communicate with customers and prospects.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience

• Six or more years of related experience in marketing and marketing strategy with proven ability to deliver results

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience in product marketing and/or communications preferred.

• Strong proficiency with AI and other tools that improve efficiency and speed to market.

• Strategic and critical thinker who collaborates effectively to identify opportunities and priorities.

• Ability to thrive in a complex, fast‑paced environment and adapt to changing market conditions.

• Demonstrates agility in thinking, planning, and delivery.

• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and team‑building skills.

• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

• Ability to interact with and communicate effectively with U.S. Bank leadership.

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and assignments that are delivered on target, on time, and on budget.

Location Expectations

This role is hybrid. Team members who are in a hybrid role typically spend three days a week at the listed U.S. Bank location(s), while having flexibility on their work location for the other working days.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That’s why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• 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

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet‑based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.