Group Business Strategy Consultant

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.

The U.S. Bank Alliance Program is seeking a talented and highly motivated Group Business Strategy Consultant to join our growing team. They will serve as a key technology advisor to the Alliance business-line and represent the ever-evolving technology needs of the program to other internal teams within Consumer & Business Banking, Digital and Technology as well as external vendor and partner teams.

The Group Business Strategy Consultant caretakes for all facets of the technology that underpins, enables and powers our customer alliance partnerships.

• Leads end-to-end partner integration activities from concept to execution through technical consulting and relationship management.
• Collaborates with Alliance and Digital product leadership teams to develop Alliance features, technology roadmaps, implementation plans, estimation efforts, scheduling, and delivery approaches.
• Serves as liaison between internal teams (engineering, sourcing, product, business, strategy) and external partners to ensure alignment and smooth execution.
• Guides engineering and production support teams to resolve production issues as required.
• Has a thorough understanding of industry trends and various partner integration models to help drive improvements and efficiency to the alliance technology package.
• Performs initial technical “due diligence” for prospective vendors and partners; and oversees the vendor onboarding process as required.
• Assists with business development activities including RFP responses, partner onboarding and relationship management activities.
• Supports technical solutioning including “proofs of concept”, “limited rollouts / pilots” and helping to gather feedback necessary to validate and measure success.

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.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Computer Science.
• 10 years of experience in Banking or Partnerships.

• Adept with agile software development lifecycle and Dev Ops principles.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, ability to engage and influence stakeholders at both team and executive levels.
• Strong knowledge of API design, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with security frameworks (OAuth, SAML, Zero Trust) and regulatory compliance (PCI, GDPR).
• Demonstrated ability to offer new and creative solutions.
• Experience with Software and/or Systems Architecture.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.

• 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.

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