Senior Data Strategy Project Manager

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The Senior Data Strategy Project Manager is a hands‑on, execution‑focused professional who blends data strategy analysis with disciplined program management and strategic ownership-building and maintaining roadmaps, owning the development and guidance of strategy for select cross-enterprise data products, and tracking status and financials across EDO initiatives. As the Enterprise Data Office grows quickly and takes on more concurrent work streams, this role is critical to keeping the portfolio organized, focused, and on track.

Roadmap & Portfolio Planning

• Own and maintain integrated roadmaps across EDO work streams, translating strategy and leadership priorities into sequenced, trackable plans.
• Identify dependencies, risks, and resourcing gaps across projects, escalating issues before they threaten timelines.

Status Reporting & Governance

• Own the cadence for project status reporting, collecting, synthesizing, and packaging updates from domain and workstream leads into executive‑ready materials.
• Run governance routines, including agenda setting, documentation, and follow‑ups for EDO working groups, steering committees, and leadership forums.
• Maintain a single source of truth for project status, milestones, and open issues across the EDO portfolio.
• Identify and escalat(e?) cross‑workstream dependencies, risks, decisions, and constraints impacting delivery across the EDO portfolio.

Financial & Budget Stewardship

• Track financials and budgets across EDO programs, partnering with Finance on forecasting, spend tracking, and variance analysis.
• Monitor vendor spend, resource allocation, and cost efficiency across data platforms and initiatives, flagging risks to leadership.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Hold brief 10‑15 minute weekly check‑ins with individual members of the EDO senior leadership group and extended senior leadership group to gather status on their work streams and surface blockers early.
• Prepare executive‑ready communications, dashboards, and briefing materials that translate technical and operational detail into clear narratives.

Data Strategy & Analysis

• Own the development and guidance of strategy for select cross‑enterprise data products, partnering with domain and product leads to shape direction and priorities.
• Support the development of enterprise data strategy deliverables, ensuring project plans and reporting remain grounded in EDO priorities and data standards.

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

• Expert knowledge of assigned business line or functional area
• Demonstrated management and leadership skills
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Advanced knowledge of project management
• Ability to identify and resolve exceptions and to analyze data
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week

• 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

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