Project Manager - Asana Support

Us Bank; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Life Insurance

Disability

Parental Leave

401(k)

Paid Vacation

Holidays

Adoption Assistance

Sick Leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a skilled Project Manager to support project delivery, portfolio governance, and Agile execution within the Business Banking Product Marketing organization in an Chicago-based setting. You will drive project visibility, process standardization, and reporting to enable business outcomes.

The role partners with executives and cross-functional teams, focusing on Asana operations, governance, and adoption of standardized delivery practices to align with strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Typically four or more years of applicable project management, project coordination, business analysis, operations, PMO, or program support experience.
• Experience coordinating Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid project delivery approaches within a development or software engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support multiple concurrent projects and workstreams, ensuring deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and timelines are maintained and communicated effectively.
• Facilitate Agile delivery activities and project management ceremonies including project planning sessions, standups, backlog reviews, status meetings, stakeholder reviews, and retrospectives.
• Maintain project documentation, action item tracking, decision logs, risk registers, and status reporting to support effective project execution and governance.
• Develop, administer, and enhance project management workflows, templates, portfolios, dashboards, and reporting structures within Asana and related project management platforms.
• Support portfolio governance activities by establishing and maintaining consistent project phases, milestone definitions, workflow standards, and reporting practices.
• Analyze project data and reporting outputs to identify trends, resource considerations, execution risks, and opportunities for improved delivery performance.
• Partner with business stakeholders, project sponsors, technology teams, and functional leaders to gather requirements, resolve issues, manage dependencies, and support project delivery.
• Prepare executive-ready reporting and presentations that provide visibility into project status, portfolio health, milestone achievement, risks, and key initiatives.
• Support onboarding, training, adoption, and continuous improvement efforts related to project management methodologies, governance processes, and project management platforms.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to improve operational efficiency, project execution, reporting capabilities, and overall project management maturity across the organization.

Skills

Project Management

Agile Methods

Stakeholder Management

Time Management

Facilitation

Data Reporting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Asana

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

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

Job Description

U.S. Bank is seeking a Project Manager to support project delivery, portfolio governance, Agile execution, and work management practices across the Business Banking Product Marketing organization. This role is responsible for maintaining project visibility, facilitating Agile delivery practices, supporting portfolio governance, and ensuring teams have the tools, processes, and reporting needed to successfully deliver business outcomes.

The position serves as a key partner to business leaders, project sponsors, and cross-functional teams by driving project organization, milestone management, stakeholder communication, and operational execution. The Project Manager will also serve as a subject matter expert for project management tools and workflows, with a primary focus on Asana administration and operations, process standardization, reporting, and adoption support.

This position serves as the operational backbone of the Business Banking Product Marketing organization by providing project management discipline, Agile ceremony facilitation, portfolio governance, reporting, and administration of project management tools. The role helps ensure strategic initiatives are organized, visible, executed consistently, and aligned to organizational priorities while driving adoption of standardized delivery practices and tools.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support multiple concurrent projects and workstreams, ensuring deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and timelines are maintained and communicated effectively.

• Facilitate Agile delivery activities and project management ceremonies including project planning sessions, standups, backlog reviews, status meetings, stakeholder reviews, and retrospectives.

• Maintain project documentation, action item tracking, decision logs, risk registers, and status reporting to support effective project execution and governance.

• Develop, administer, and enhance project management workflows, templates, portfolios, dashboards, and reporting structures within Asana and related project management platforms.

• Support portfolio governance activities by establishing and maintaining consistent project phases, milestone definitions, workflow standards, and reporting practices.

• Analyze project data and reporting outputs to identify trends, resource considerations, execution risks, and opportunities for improved delivery performance.

• Partner with business stakeholders, project sponsors, technology teams, and functional leaders to gather requirements, resolve issues, manage dependencies, and support project delivery.

• Prepare executive-ready reporting and presentations that provide visibility into project status, portfolio health, milestone achievement, risks, and key initiatives.

• Support onboarding, training, adoption, and continuous improvement efforts related to project management methodologies, governance processes, and project management platforms.

• Identify and recommend opportunities to improve operational efficiency, project execution, reporting capabilities, and overall project management maturity across the organization.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience.

• Typically four or more years of applicable project management, project coordination, business analysis, operations, PMO, or program support experience.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Working knowledge of project management methodologies, governance frameworks, and delivery practices.

• Experience coordinating Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid project delivery approaches within a development or software engineering environment.

• Strong project planning, prioritization, organization, and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

• Experience facilitating project meetings, workshops, stakeholder reviews, and team ceremonies.

• Proficiency in project management and work management platforms such as Asana, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, or similar tools.

• Experience developing project dashboards, portfolio reporting, executive summaries, and status communications.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify trends, assess risks, and recommend process improvements.

• Effective interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively across varying levels of the organization.

• Proficient computer navigation skills using Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and related reporting tools.

• Experience supporting change management, risk and compliance, process improvement, workflow design, governance, administration, and tool adoption initiatives.

• Applicable professional certifications such as CAPM, PMP, Agile, Scrum, CSM or similar credentials are preferred.

• The role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other 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:

• 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.

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.

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: $86,530.00 - $101,800.00

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.

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.