Head of Enterprise Data Product Enablement and Execution

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 Head of Enterprise Data Product Enablement and Execution is responsible for driving the successful delivery, adoption, and operationalization of data products across the organization. This leader will collaborate with data engineering, analytics, product management, and business units to ensure data products are scalable, valuable, and seamlessly integrated into business processes.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on program execution and organizational enablement to unlock the full potential of data as a product.

Enablement:

• Champion the adoption of data products across business units by developing training, documentation, and onboarding processes
• Work with business stakeholders to identify use cases and define value metrics for data product adoption
• Develop frameworks and playbooks for data product lifecycle management (from ideation to deprecation)
• Create and manage a Data Product Center of Excellence (CoE) to support organizational knowledge and best practices

Execution:

• Lead Data Engineering teams to deliver high-impact data products on time, within scope, and aligned to business objectives
• Drive operational excellence through agile delivery methods, roadmap planning, and program governance
• Monitor performance of data products and ensure continuous improvement based on feedback and business outcomes
• Own execution metrics and KPIs related to data product delivery, adoption, and ROI

Leadership & Strategy:

• Partner with data and business leadership to shape and execute the enterprise data product strategy
• Influence data architecture, platform investments, and tooling in support of scalable product development
• Advocate for data product thinking across the organization, promoting a culture of data ownership and productization
• Manage a team of product enablement specialists, data product manager and data engineers

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in data, analytics, product management, or a related field, with at least 8-10 years in a leadership capacity
• Proven track record of managing and scaling data product initiatives in complex, matrixed organizations
• Deep understanding of data platforms, modern data stack tools and data governance
• Deep understanding of cloud services, both SaaS and PaaS solutions
• Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with agile delivery methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
• Excellent communication, change management, and executive reporting skills
• Travel required approximately 10-15% within the United States
• The role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week.

Preferred Skills

• Lead with examples and be able to roll up sleeves
• Detailed-oriented
• Non-hierarchical
• Critical thinking
• Leader, not a manager

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

• 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)