Senior AI Product Manager - Emerging Capabilities & Future Platforms

U.S. Bank; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior AI Product Manager to shape long‑term AI capabilities and partner with AI Strategy, Architecture, and senior leadership.

The role emphasizes strategic recommendations, evaluation of external capabilities, and influencing roadmap decisions in a rapidly evolving AI landscape. The ideal candidate will operate with autonomy, translate tech insights into business value, and drive opportunities across the enterprise, including working with AI Platform Product Management

Qualifications

• Digital Product Management experience.
• Strong understanding of AI market dynamics and industry trends.
• Experience developing product strategy, technology evaluations, or innovation roadmaps.
• Ability to distill complex technical concepts into business implications.

Responsibilities

• Shape the Future AI Roadmap: Identify emerging AI capabilities, technology trends, and market developments influencing long‑term AI strategy.
• Scout and assess emerging solutions: Monitor AI ecosystem, perform vendor/platform evaluations and build comparative frameworks.
• Explore, experiment, and learn: Conduct proofs of concept and lightweight discovery to validate strategic ideas.
• Inform executive decision-making: Synthesize insights into concise recommendations for senior leaders.

Skills

Digital Product Management

Strategic Thinking

Technical Aptitude

Leadership and Influence

Executive Communication

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 AI Center of Excellence is seeking a Senior AI Product Manager to help shape the bank's future AI capabilities beyond the current planning horizon. This role operates at the intersection of emerging technology, product strategy, platform evolution, and business transformation. Unlike traditional product management roles focused on near-term delivery, this position is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and informing future AI opportunities, technologies, and partnerships that could materially impact the bank over the next several years. The individual will work closely with AI Strategy, AI Platform Product Management, Architecture, and senior leadership to understand where the industry is heading and translate those insights into actionable recommendations for the enterprise. This role requires intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and a strong ability to navigate ambiguity. Success is measured less by the volume of initiatives launched and more by the quality of strategic recommendations, insights generated, and future opportunities uncovered.

Key Responsibilities

Shape the Future AI Roadmap

• Identify emerging AI capabilities, technology trends, and market developments that may influence the bank's long-term AI strategy.


• Develop and maintain a forward-looking view of AI technologies, vendors, and industry solutions that extend beyond current delivery priorities.


• Partner with AI Strategy and AI Platform Product Management to ensure future opportunities align to the bank's evolving AI vision and platform direction.


• Evaluate where external capabilities may accelerate or complement internal investments.

Scout and Assess Emerging Solutions

• Continuously monitor the AI ecosystem, including startups, established technology providers, academic research, and emerging market trends.


• Conduct strategic evaluations of vendors and platforms, assessing their applicability, maturity, risks, and alignment with future business needs.


• Build comparative assessments and recommendation frameworks to support executive decision-making.


• Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on emerging technologies and competitive developments.

Explore, Experiment, and Learn

• Conduct lightweight discovery efforts, proofs of concept, and exploratory prototyping to validate strategic ideas and technology opportunities.


• Utilize modern AI tools and platforms to rapidly assess capabilities and understand technical feasibility.


• Distill complex technical concepts into business implications and strategic choices.


• Pursue opportunities that may have uncertain outcomes while maintaining disciplined evaluation criteria.

Inform Executive Decision-Making

• Synthesize market intelligence, technology assessments, and experimentation results into concise recommendations for senior leaders.


• Highlight strategic tradeoffs, risks, dependencies, and considerations associated with future investments.


• Influence roadmap discussions through evidence-based insights rather than formal authority.


• Help leadership navigate significant technology decisions in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Basic Qualifications

• Digital Product Management experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

Strategic Thinking

• Demonstrated ability to think beyond immediate delivery horizons and anticipate future technology needs.


• Strong understanding of AI market dynamics, emerging technologies, and industry trends.


• Experience developing product strategy, technology evaluations, or innovation roadmaps.

Technical Aptitude

• Working knowledge of modern AI technologies, including foundation models, AI platforms, agentic systems, orchestration frameworks, and related tooling.


• Ability to build simple prototypes, perform hands‑on experimentation, and evaluate technical capabilities.


• Comfortable engaging with technical teams, architects, and platform leaders, even without direct engineering ownership.

Research and Evaluation Skills

• Strong analytical and synthesis skills.


• Ability to assess emerging technologies with incomplete information and evolving market signals.


• Experience evaluating vendors, technology partnerships, and buy‑versus‑build decisions.

Leadership and Influence

• Proven ability to operate independently with minimal oversight.


• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments where exploration often precedes clear requirements.


• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to distill complex topics into actionable recommendations.


• Track record of influencing decisions across functions without direct authority.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is naturally curious about technology and passionate about AI. They actively follow industry developments, consume research and thought leadership, and enjoy exploring emerging capabilities long before they become mainstream. They are energized by discovery work, comfortable taking calculated swings into uncertain areas, and capable of independently narrowing a broad landscape of possibilities into a small number of compelling opportunities. This individual is trusted to explore widely, think critically, challenge assumptions, and return with the insights and considerations that help leadership make better long‑term decisions. They thrive in environments with high autonomy, limited structure, and significant ambiguity, and are motivated by shaping the future rather than managing a large delivery team.

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.

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.

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.

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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 Section19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, RegZ, RegG, 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.

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.