Fintech Acceleration Principal

Join to apply for the Fintech Acceleration Principal role at U.S. Bank
.

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.

U.S. Bancorp, with nearly 70,000 employees, is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association, the fifth‑largest bank in the United States. Customers across the country and around the world trust us as a responsible financial partner. Our commitment continues to earn us a spot on the Ethisphere Institute’s World’s Most Ethical Companies list and places U.S. Bank in the top 5% of global companies assessed on the CDP “A” List for climate change action.

• At U.S. Bank, the Fintech Acceleration team manages the discovery, curation and engagement of Financial Technology (Fin Tech) partnerships and investments and all associated compliance and reporting. Working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the right strategic partners are effectively found, projects are efficiently executed, the right opportunities are advanced and reported on, and the bank’s Fintech Strategy is positioned to lead it into the future.
• The Fintech Acceleration Lead helps guide Fintech strategy and objectives by assessing business needs and external trends, investment landscape and consumer shifts; responsible for managing the discovery, curation and engagement of Fin Tech partnerships and investments for the bank’s businesses.
• Manages Fintech engagements strategy, sourcing, partnerships, legal, investment and business development for a subset of business lines, working closely with leaders to build strong relations and flesh out priority areas to focus on. Responsible for products/assignments of highest complexity and/or technological scope; performs at a highly independent level; helps project teams to achieve milestones; may manage multiple relationships with business areas;
  
  applies expert‑level knowledge of professional concepts and established technologies.
• Extensive understanding of consumer trends and markets; advanced knowledge and experience researching trends, topics and companies; involved in extensive analysis, due diligence, project management, and use of CRM tools; advanced skills in using CRM tools, running reporting and performing data analysis; intensive experience collaborating with large teams using effective communication.
• Utilizes a high degree of independence in solving problems and has significant latitude to make decisions and take action.
• Makes decisions that are typically only subject to review by senior management; typically impacts a substantial portion of revenue or expenses, substantial loss of production or service, or substantial monetary loss with negative impact on goals. Extensive experience developing business cases in new or advanced product lines; requires a broad understanding and practical application of applicable laws and regulations.

• Research Fin Techs and be an expert at evaluating and discovering companies that fit with the bank’s strategic needs, able to articulate Fin Tech trends and their potential implications to the bank’s leadership.
• Keep abreast of trends in relevant landscapes and adjacent industries to identify potential opportunities or challenges before they become mainstream.
• Build strong relationships with external partners to help us advance and mature the Fintech Engagement practice at U.S. Bank.
• Collaborate with Fin Tech peers across the bank’s business lines to ensure efficient execution of Fintech projects and serve as point of escalation for any issues.
• Work closely with senior leaders across the bank to understand their strategic needs and priorities, turning those into communications tools and marketing…