Senior Program & Portfolio Delivery Manager

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

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior Program & Portfolio Delivery Manager to lead complex, highly visible initiatives across multiple programs, projects, and workstreams. The role requires driving delivery health, financial performance, risks, dependencies, and organizational impact in a matrixed organization.

The successful candidate will partner with technology, information security, business, and finance teams, identify risks, and provide senior leaders with clear recommendations and decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in progressive project/program/portfolio delivery roles.
• Experience leading multiple interconnected enterprise programs and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex enterprise programs, projects, and interconnected workstreams.
• Oversee performance across timelines, budgets, risks, and resources.
• Identify cross-program dependencies and downstream impacts; mitigate risks.

Skills

Multi-program delivery

Executive stakeholder mgmt

Budgeting & forecasting

Risk & dependency mgmt

Cross-functional leadership

Communication & updates

Senior-level governance

Microsoft Project & Jira

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

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

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Location expectations

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

U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior Program & Portfolio Delivery Manager to lead complex, highly visible initiatives across multiple programs, projects, and workstreams. This role will provide oversight across interconnected efforts by managing delivery, financial performance, risks, dependencies, resources, and organizational impacts. The successful candidate will bring extensive enterprise program and portfolio management experience and the ability to operate independently in a complex, matrixed organization.

This person will lead strategic program and portfolio delivery while partnering with technology, information security, business, finance, and other stakeholder groups. This individual will proactively identify risks and dependencies, drive resolution of complex delivery challenges, and provide senior leaders with clear recommendations and decision points. This role requires the ability to influence teams, establish accountability, and deliver results.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of complex enterprise programs, projects, and interconnected workstreams.
• Oversee program and portfolio performance across timelines, budgets, forecasts, resources, risks, dependencies, and expected outcomes.
• Identify and manage cross-program dependencies and downstream impacts across projects, investments, business areas, and technology teams.
• Proactively identify, assess, quantify, and mitigate delivery, financial, resource, and organizational risks.
• Anticipate potential delivery challenges and drive resolution before they affect milestones or business outcomes.
• Develop mitigation and recovery plans for programs or workstreams that are at risk.
• Escalate issues with clear business impact, recommended actions, and decisions required from leadership.
• Lead program, portfolio, and senior leadership meetings focused on delivery health, risks, priorities, financial performance, and decision-making.
• Translate complex program and portfolio information into concise executive-level updates and recommendations.
• Manage program and portfolio financials, including budgets, forecasts, resource requirements, and financial performance.
• Provide direction, coaching, and accountability to project managers, program resources, and cross-functional team members in a matrixed environment.
• Build strong relationships across technology, information security, business, finance, risk, and other stakeholder organizations.
• Ensure teams remain accountable for commitments, milestones, financial performance, and expected outcomes.
• Support program governance, strategic planning, portfolio reporting, and continuous improvement activities.
• Use project and program management tools to maintain accurate plans, schedules, risks, dependencies, financial information, and executive reporting.

Must Have Skills

• Ten or more years of progressive project management, program management, portfolio management, or enterprise delivery experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading multiple interconnected enterprise programs, projects, or workstreams.
• Experience overseeing complex initiatives involving multiple teams, business areas, investments, or technology organizations.
• Strong program and portfolio financial management experience, including budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and financial performance tracking.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, assess, quantify, and mitigate complex risks and dependencies.
• Experience proactively identifying delivery challenges and driving resolution before they affect execution.
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.
• Experience establishing accountability and driving results without direct reporting authority.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate complex delivery information into concise executive updates, recommendations, and decision points.
• Experience leading senior-level program, portfolio, or governance meetings.
• Proficiency with enterprise project and program management tools, including Microsoft Project and Jira.

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience leading information security or cybersecurity programs.
• Experience supporting large, highly visible enterprise technology initiatives.
• Experience working in