Senior Data Strategy Project Manager

US Bank; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Retirement plan (401k)

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Job summary

U.S. Bank seeks a Senior Data Strategy Project Manager to blend data strategy with disciplined program management, owning roadmaps and guiding cross-enterprise data products within the Enterprise Data Office. This hands-on role emphasizes delivery and executive stakeholder alignment.

You will lead roadmaps, governance, budget oversight, and communications for multiple streams, require 10+ years PM experience, advanced degrees, and strong leadership. The role requires working from a U.S.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Roadmap & Portfolio Planning: Own and maintain integrated roadmaps across EDO workstreams and translate strategy into sequenced plans.
• Status Reporting & Governance: Manage cadence for status reporting and governance routines.
• Financial & Budget Stewardship: Track financials and budgets and monitor vendor spend.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Conduct weekly check-ins and prepare executive-ready communications.
• Data Strategy & Analysis: Develop and guide strategy for cross-enterprise data products.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Data analysis

Project management

Communication

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

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 Senior Data Strategy Project Manager is a hands‑on, execution‑focused professional who blends data strategy analysis with disciplined program management and strategic ownership-building and maintaining roadmaps, owning the development and guidance of strategy for select cross-enterprise data products, and tracking status and financials across EDO initiatives. As the Enterprise Data Office grows quickly and takes on more concurrent workstreams, this role is critical to keeping the portfolio organized, focused, and on track.

Responsibilities

Roadmap & Portfolio Planning

• Own and maintain integrated roadmaps across EDO workstreams, translating strategy and leadership priorities into sequenced, trackable plans.
• Identify dependencies, risks, and resourcing gaps across projects, escalating issues before they threaten timelines.

Status Reporting & Governance

• Own the cadence for project status reporting, collecting, synthesizing, and packaging updates from domain and workstream leads into executive‑ready materials.
• Run governance routines, including agenda setting, documentation, and follow‑ups for EDO working groups, steering committees, and leadership forums.
• Maintain a single source of truth for project status, milestones, and open issues across the EDO portfolio.
• Identify and escalat(e?) cross‑workstream dependencies, risks, decisions, and constraints impacting delivery across the EDO portfolio.

Financial & Budget Stewardship

• Track financials and budgets across EDO programs, partnering with Finance on forecasting, spend tracking, and variance analysis.
• Monitor vendor spend, resource allocation, and cost efficiency across data platforms and initiatives, flagging risks to leadership.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Hold brief 10‑15 minute weekly check‑ins with individual members of the EDO senior leadership group and extended senior leadership group to gather status on their workstreams and surface blockers early.
• Prepare executive‑ready communications, dashboards, and briefing materials that translate technical and operational detail into clear narratives.

Data Strategy & Analysis

• Own the development and guidance of strategy for select cross‑enterprise data products, partnering with domain and product leads to shape direction and priorities.
• Support the development of enterprise data strategy deliverables, ensuring project plans and reporting remain grounded in EDO priorities and data standards.

Basic Qualifications

• Master's degree, or equivalent work experience
• 10 or more years of experience in project management activities
• Two or more years of managerial experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Expert knowledge of assigned business line or functional area
• Demonstrated management and leadership skills
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Advanced knowledge of project management
• Ability to identify and resolve exceptions and to analyze data
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Location Expectations

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

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

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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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