Commercial Real Estate Relationship Manager

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.

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U.S. Bank’s Wealth, Corporate, Commercial, and Institutional Banking Product Group has an exciting opportunity for a seasoned Relationship Manager to join its Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Team covering the Washington and Oregon markets. The ideal candidate brings a strong track record of business development within the commercial real estate space, along with the ability to manage, grow, and optimize a large and complex loan portfolio.

The candidate will be responsible for driving revenue growth by actively prospecting for new business, while also retaining and expanding existing client relationships. This includes building trusted partnerships with developers, investors, high-net worth individuals/family offices and institutional capital/funds by delivering tailored financial solutions that support clients’ long‑term objectives.

In this role, the candidate will originate large and complex commercial real estate transactions, including construction loans, bridge loans, permanent financing, and lines of credit, while maintaining overall portfolio credit quality. The candidate is expected to demonstrate sound credit judgment, proactively manage risk, and ensure adherence to bank policies and regulatory requirements.

The candidate will also advise clients and prospects on a broad range of commercial banking products and ancillary services, identify cross‑sell opportunities and make appropriate referrals to internal partners. The candidate will serve as a brand ambassador for U.S. Bank, representing the organization in the local market, building relationships with real estate professionals, and supporting the Bank’s visibility through industry engagement and events as applicable.

Success in this role requires the ability to effectively collaborate across product teams to deliver comprehensive, client‑centric solutions and support the continued growth of the CRE platform.

• Basic:
  Bachelor's or Master’s degree in finance, accounting or other related field
• Minimum:
  Five or more years of commercial real estate experience

• Advanced knowledge and experience in commercial real estate loan origination and portfolio management.
• Understanding of commercial real estate credit and underwriting.
• Proven business development and strategic management skills.
• Experience with driving successful internal partnerships with deposit/treasury management and payment solutions, syndications, derivatives, wealth management, etc.
• Strong leadership and strategic management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Well-developed analytical, decision‑making and problem‑solving skills.
• Salesforce and nCino experience a plus.

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location in downtown Seattle (Seattle Tower) three 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

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.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity…