Head of Strategy , Insights & Execution, EICS

Usbank; Hopkins (MN); Híbrido; USD 150.000 - 176.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Pregnancy & parental leave

401(k) and retirement plan

Paid vacation (2–5 weeks)

Paid holidays (up to 11)

Adoption assistance

Sick leave

Descripción de la vacante

U.S. Bank is seeking a Strategy & Insights Director who sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, and executive decision‑making within Enterprise Infrastructure & Cloud Services.

This high‑impact individual contributor role demands synthesizing complexity to enable timely decisions and strong leadership alignment. Responsibilities include shaping executive narratives, translating priorities into enterprise storylines, and driving governance routines.

Formación

• 8+ years in strategy, transformation, or enterprise execution within large organizations.
• Experience supporting large-scale technology, infrastructure, or cloud teams.
• Strong executive communication, synthesis, and storytelling for ELT/Board materials.
• Ability to translate complex strategy into a cohesive enterprise storyline.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders without formal authority.
• Experience with executive governance routines or leadership operating models.

Responsabilidades

• Shape executive narratives and decision memos for ELT and Board forums.
• Translate priorities into a clear enterprise storyline.
• Drive leadership alignment on priorities, risks, and outcomes.
• Frame options, constraints, and recommendations to improve decision quality.
• Establish executive operating cadences and governance routines.
• Serve as trusted advisor to senior leaders, removing blockers.
• Ensure leaders have clarity and insight to move the enterprise forward.

Conocimientos

Executive storytelling

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Synthesis & analysis

Influence without authority

Governance & decision processes

Communication with ELT/Board

Descripción del empleo

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

We’re looking for a Strategy & Insights Director to sit at the intersection of strategy, execution, and executive decision‑making within Enterprise Infrastructure & Cloud Services (EICS). This is a high‑impact individual contributor role for a leader who excels at synthesizing complexity and enabling confident, timely decisions.

Responsibilities

• Shape executive narratives, pre‑reads, and decision memos for ELT and Board‑level forums

• Translate strategy, priorities, and progress into a clear, consistent enterprise storyline

• Drive leadership alignment on priorities, trade‑offs, risks, and outcomes

• Frame decision options, constraints, and recommendations to improve decision quality

• Establish and sustain executive operating cadences and governance routines

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, removing blockers and clarifying direction

• Play a critical part in ensuring leaders have the clarity, alignment, and insight needed to move the enterprise forward.

Preferred skills and Experience

• 8+ years of experience in s trategy, transformation, or enterprise execution roles within large, complex organizations

• Experience supporting large‑scale technology, infrastructure, or cloud organizations

• Strong executive communication, synthesis, and storytelling skills, including Board‑and ELT‑level narratives and decision materials

• Ability to translate complex strategy, priorities, and results into a clear, cohesive enterprise storyline

• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment without formal authority

• Expertise in framing decision options, risks, constraints, and trade‑offs to enable prioritization and governance

• Strong leadership alignment and facilitation capabilities to drive decisions, ownership, and follow‑through

• Comfort operating at speed across matrixed business and technology environments, including ambiguity and shifting priorities

• Experience with executive governance routines or leadership operating models

• Trusted advisor mindset, applying structured problem solving and principled challenge with senior leaders

• Strong cross‑functional partnership skills across business, technology, portfolio/program management, risk, and compliance

• This role requires a high degree of flexibility and responsiveness, with frequent unplanned work and shifting priorities. The position routinely exceeds a standard 40‑hour workweek and requires periodic availability during evenings and weekends to support critical needs and ensure timely follow‑through.

Location expectations

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week

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 (https://careers.usbank.com/global/en/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 (https://careers.usbank.com/global/en/benefits/us) .

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 (https://careers.usbank.com/verification-of-eligibility-for-employment) .

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $149,515.00 - $175,900.00

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.