Project Manager, Business Systems & Technology Analysis, Change Management

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U.S. Bancorp Asset Management (USBAM) is seeking a highly motivated and organized Project Manager to support the delivery of strategic business and technology initiatives across the organization. This role is ideal for an ambitious professional who combines experience in project management, project coordination, and business analysis with a strong desire to grow into increasingly complex project leadership responsibilities.

The Project Manager will lead smaller to mid-sized projects, providing project support through project management and coordination, requirements gathering, test planning, stakeholder engagement, and execution oversight. The successful candidate will be a collaborative problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment, demonstrates strong attention to detail and organization skills, is comfortable taking ownership and driving work forward with minimal direction, and can effectively translate business needs into actionable plans and solutions.

This position partners closely with business leaders, operations teams, technology teams, vendors, risk and compliance partners, and other stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered efficiently and effectively. Experience in the asset management or financial services industry is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Management & Delivery

• Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of small to mid-sized business and technology projects, including work streams within larger strategic initiatives.
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and status reporting to ensure successful outcomes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and stakeholders, applying Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies to drive delivery and support project governance activities.

Business Analysis & Requirements Management

• Partner with stakeholders to understand business objectives, operational needs, challenges, and opportunities, translating them into actionable solutions.
• Facilitate requirements elicitation and document business requirements, user stories, process flows, use cases, and functional specifications.
• Perform current-state and future-state analysis, gap assessments, and process improvement evaluations while ensuring requirements remain traceable throughout delivery.

Project Coordination & Execution Support

• Coordinate project meetings, communications, action items, and deliverables to maintain alignment and momentum across teams.
• Track project health, milestones, dependencies, and resource needs, proactively identifying and escalating challenges.
• Support budgeting, vendor coordination, and execution activities while continually seeking opportunities to improve delivery effectiveness.

Testing & Quality Assurance

• Coordinate end-to-end testing activities, including test planning, execution tracking, defect management, and status reporting.
• Partner with business and technology teams to facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and ensure readiness for implementation.
• Validate that delivered solutions meet documented requirements, business expectations, and quality standards.

Stakeholder Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships…