Corporate Real Estate Retail Project Manager

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

U.S. Bank is currently seeking a Corporate Real Estate PM Governance, whose initial focus will be on managing the project pipeline for retail branches. He/she will establish and enforce CRE project management and construction policies and guidelines, as well as manage pipeline reporting, planning, and resource allocation, in collaboration with the Director of Retail Design and the Program Management Office.

Additional responsibilities include:

Process

• Promotes and enforces a consistent process for scope, schedule, and budget development;

• Promotes and enforces the consistent use of tools, templates, and documents;

• Promotes and enforces the consistent use of alliance partners;

• Develops standard project costs;

• Supports design and performance spec standards;

• Reviews and supports the development of onboarding tools and training;

• Promotes and disseminates new learnings, potential pitfalls, value engineering ideas, etc.;

• Educates CRE, with regards to industry trends, market conditions, and policy changes; and

• Establishes metrics, review reporting, and drive data accuracy.

Approvals

• Reviews and approves prefunding requests;

• Reviews and approves requests for service provider resources;

• Reviews and approves project budgets prior to presentation to customers (business lines);

• Reviews and approves project budgets prior to presentation to CRE or Finance for approval;

• Reviews and approves bid levelling and choice of GC; and

• Supports the negotiation of, and executes all, GC contracts.

Governance

• Holds internal CRE, service providers, and customers accountable to the design and performance specs standards;

• Holds service providers accountable to the spirit (and letter) of the contract;

• Watches out for complacency among GC, subcontractors, vendors, and service providers;

• Acts as point of escalation and settles disputes among team members;

• Represents the viewpoint of PM in all CRE and U.S. Bank settings;

• Interacts with, and negotiates on behalf of, CRE with internal U.S. Bank service providers, e.g. technology, printing, branding, signage, etc.; and

• Provides Voice of the Customer to service providers.

Basic Qualifications

• Master's degree, or equivalent work experience

• 10 or more years of experience in project management activities

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Comprehensive 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

Tag: INDMO

*This role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.

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 (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pre