Strategic Project Lead

U.S. Bank; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 112,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Life insurance

Disability

Parental leave

401(k)

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Strategic Project Lead to manage high-impact migrations and transformation programs. This role partners with stakeholders across the enterprise to ensure timely delivery, risk management, and achievement of business objectives.

It requires navigating ambiguity and leading with traditional PM practices using Smartsheet. The position expects multi-location collaboration and frequent coordination across operations, risk, finance, technology, and talent teams to drive

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of experience in project management activities.
• Experience supporting enterprise migration, transformation, or strategic initiatives.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Advanced knowledge of project management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, enterprise-wide migration and strategic initiatives from planning through implementation, go-live, and transition to BAU.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, and deliverables using PM tools.
• Coordinate activities across lines to ensure project success and risk management.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and serve as central point of coordination for execution and communication.
• Identify risks, dependencies, roadblocks, and opportunities; drive resolution strategies.
• Facilitate meetings, working sessions, and stakeholder discussions to maintain momentum.
• Create executive-ready presentations, status reports, dashboards and communications for leaders.
• Support business readiness, transition planning and implementation activities for adoption.

Skills

Stakeholder influence

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Advanced project management

Communication skills

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Tools

Smartsheet

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

Help lead high-impact enterprise initiatives that drive business transformation. We're seeking a Strategic Project Lead to manage complex migration and strategic projects from planning through implementation. This role partners with stakeholders across the organization to ensure initiatives are delivered successfully, risks are proactively managed, and business objectives are achieved. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, adaptable, and thrives in environments where critical thinking and collaboration are essential.

The role requires the ability to work effectively in an evolving environment where processes may not be fully defined. Applies critical thinking and sound judgment to navigate ambiguity, absorb complex information, identify and resolve issues, and adapt project plans as business needs change. This individual will lead projects using traditional project management practices and tools such as Smartsheet rather than an Agile delivery framework.

This role requires working from one of the posted U.S. Banks location three (3) or more days per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex, enterprise-wide migration and strategic initiatives from planning through implementation, go-live, and transition to business-as-usual operations.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, and deliverables using project management tools.
• Coordinate activities across business lines, operations, risk, finance, talent, technology, and other enterprise partners to ensure project success.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and serve as the central point of coordination for project execution and communication.
• Identify project risks, dependencies, roadblocks, and opportunities, and proactively drive resolution strategies.
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, and stakeholder discussions to maintain alignment and momentum.
• Create executive-ready presentations, status reports, dashboards, and project communications for leaders and stakeholders.
• Support business readiness, transition planning, and implementation activities to ensure successful adoption of project outcomes.
• Work effectively in an evolving environment where priorities may shift and not all processes may be fully defined.
• Analyze information, apply critical thinking, and make sound decisions to move initiatives forward despite ambiguity.
• Manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail and a focus on results.
• Collaborate with geographically dispersed teams and partners to deliver project objectives and business outcomes.

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience supporting enterprise migration, transformation, or strategic initiatives
• Ability to influence and collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Advanced knowledge of project management
• Proven ability to adapt quickly, navigate ambiguity, and drive results
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members' whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• 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.

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: $111,605.00 - $131,300.00

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.