Senior Project Manager - Custody/Investment Services

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 seeking an experienced Project Manager to join the Project Management team supporting Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (WCIB).  This role will play a critical part in the successful evaluation, execution and ongoing performance of strategic projects that strengthen U.S. Bank’s value proposition.  This position will support our Investment Services business. The role will be focused on operations and will not be closely aligned to technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage strategic projects and workstreams with cross-functional teams, ensuring the successful execution of partnership initiatives

• Engage with stakeholders to drive, monitor, and track initiative progress against objectives and timelines

• Communicate clearly and effectively while demonstrating professionalism and building credibility as a key team member

• Assist in the development of business cases and presentation materials for senior-level stakeholder review and support

• Support the alignment of partnership priorities with ongoing business line objectives and product roadmaps

Project Management Responsibilities​

• Stands up core working team​, defines roles and responsibilities

• Creates project plan and charter​

• Facilitates weekly/monthly core working team meetings​

• Organizes monthly Steering Committee meetings​

• Reporting​

• Escalates risk​s and tracks/mitigates risks proactively

• Monitors scope and manages change requests to prevent scope creep

• Manages overall project schedule​

• Project level vendor liaison

• Ensures accountability of project team members by tracking commitments, following up on deliverables, and reinforcing ownership of assigned tasks

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

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Prior knowledge of the financial services industry, specifically Fund and Investment Servicing such as Custody, Administration, etc.

• Prior experience with Cryptocurrency Custody and/or DTCC projects highly valuable

• Creative and strategic thinking

• Flexibility – able to shift priorities based on the needs of the business

• Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams to deliver on a common goal

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop relationships with team members and customers

• Organizational and time management skills to manage multiple priorities effectively

• Analytical and problem-solving skills

• Demonstrated management and leadership skills, including motivating teams and resolving conflicts constructively 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Prior experience with Microsoft products such as Excel, Word, Visio

The 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:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pregnancy disability