SBA Lending Strategy & Execution Leader

U.S. Bank; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k)

Paid vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank seeks an experienced SBA Lending Strategy and Execution Manager to translate strategy into a portfolio of measurable initiatives. You will own execution discipline across cross-functional teams including Sales, Credit, Operations, Risk, Finance, Marketing, and Technology, driving growth while maintaining credit quality.

The role reports to the Division Head and leads a small team, focusing on improving throughput, capacity, and efficiency with executive-level dashboards and insights.

Qualifications

• Master's degree, or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of experience in project management activities.
• 2+ years of managerial experience.

Responsibilities

• Translate divisional strategy into a clear portfolio of initiatives with defined outcomes, milestones, owners, and success metrics.
• Own execution discipline across high-priority initiatives tied to growth, operating efficiency, capacity expansion, and risk management.
• Own divisional KPI governance and operating rhythm, including production, pipeline health, approvals, cycle times, capacity, and efficiency.
• Drive alignment across Sales, Credit, Operations, Risk, Finance, and Technology for strategic initiatives.
• Identify and drive opportunities to simplify, standardize, and scale processes as volume grows.
• Build and manage a small strategy/execution team (1–3 resources within 12 months).

Skills

Executive leadership

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Influencing without authority

Change management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Master's degree

Tools

Salesforce

Power BI

Job description

U.S. Bank seeks an experienced SBA Lending Strategy and Execution Manager to translate strategy into a portfolio of measurable initiatives. You will own execution discipline across cross-functional teams including Sales, Credit, Operations, Risk, Finance, Marketing, and Technology, driving growth while maintaining credit quality.

The role reports to the Division Head and leads a small team, focusing on improving throughput, capacity, and efficiency with executive-level dashboards and insights.