Enterprise Risk Process Optimization Lead

Us Bank; New York (NY); On-site; USD 215,000 - 253,000; 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 Process Optimization and Integration Lead within the Risk Management CAO to drive simplification across RM&C, partnering with risk and business leaders to eliminate redundancy and accelerate outcomes in a highly regulated environment.

This senior leadership role requires executive presence, deep risk fluency, and a track record of transforming governance, controls, and processes across the three lines of defense to improve efficiency and alignment with regulatory expectations.

Qualifications

• Senior executive experience leading enterprise-wide transformation within a regulated financial institution.
• Deep expertise in risk, compliance, governance, and controls with regulatory remediation knowledge.
• Ability to influence and partner with senior executives across risk, lines of business, finance, and corporate functions.
• Proven track record delivering measurable outcomes like governance simplification and cost efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to simplify administrative and governance activities, reducing redundancy and improving efficiency across forums, documentation, and decision practices.
• Work with first and second line of defense leaders to assess processes and controls, supporting thoughtful streamlining where appropriate.
• Clarify roles and responsibilities across the three lines of defense to enable stronger alignment and shared prioritization.
• Assess functional overlaps and duplicative activities, supporting decisions related to process consolidation, capacity reallocation, and targeted automation.
• Support simplification of non-financial risk programs by aligning approaches and reducing unnecessary controls.
• Improve cross-functional interfaces with lines of business, finance, and other partners to improve coordination and execution.
• Partner with first line risk leaders on shared enterprise initiatives such as controls rationalization, centralized testing, and resiliency efforts.
• Establish consistent delivery standards, tools, and reporting practices in coordination with the CRO Office and reporting teams.
• Collaborate with PMO partners to support tracking, reporting, and assessment of operational initiatives and potential overlaps.
• Support business readiness and integration planning to enable effective adoption of program outcomes.
• Monitor execution progress and surface early indicators of delivery or integration risk.
• Ensure program delivery aligns with regulatory expectations and documented commitments.
• Partner with Regulatory Affairs on remediation governance and capacity deployment.

Skills

Enterprise transformation

Risk management

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

U.S. Bank seeks a Process Optimization and Integration Lead within the Risk Management CAO to drive simplification across RM&C, partnering with risk and business leaders to eliminate redundancy and accelerate outcomes in a highly regulated environment.

This senior leadership role requires executive presence, deep risk fluency, and a track record of transforming governance, controls, and processes across the three lines of defense to improve efficiency and alignment with regulatory expectations.