Senior Product Manager - CLO

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze and interpret business data using various techniques to meet business needs and requirements.
• Activate the connective tissue between U.S. Bank, customer experience, digital, technology, and business line strategy to identify and prioritize product / portfolio opportunities, and establish the product vision, charter and roadmap.
• Define product outcomes and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to prioritize Features/Epics and break down work into actionable steps to facilitate product discovery, design, development and delivery.
• Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle and drive the product roadmap leveraging OKRs.
• Create the product in conjunction with agile, experience design, technology and risk partners to achieve business and customer outcomes.
• Understand and care for the technical features, debt reduction and modernization of technical products, especially for technical products, with expertise in the required technology.
• Lead an agile team for Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLO), focusing on transforming the core platform.
• Provide insight and assist with planning on conversion strategy.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand current state, collaborate for future state, and incorporate feedback.
• Serve as the product expert, working effectively with technology, business lines, and other partners to evolve and optimize the platform.
• Manage the team backlog, epics, user stories, priorities, and roadmap.
• Lead backlog refinement to define acceptance criteria and create shared understanding.
• Collaborate with Scrum Masters and Product Owners for dependencies and cross-team planning.
• Partner with the Product Manager to understand and deliver the product vision and roadmap and communicate timelines.
• Execute acceptance tests and coordinate with stakeholders for user acceptance testing.
• Plan and perform readiness activities.

Requirements

• Product Management experience.
• Ability to understand both technical and non-technical processes, requirements, and design.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of technical aspects of software products and ability to design, configure, and integrate technical features.
• Knowledge of Agile ways of working, processes, tools, and techniques for risk assessment and control.

Nice to Have

• Self-directed, with strong organizational skills and the ability to drive initiatives forward.
• Experience with Collateralized Loan Obligations.
• Expertise on product model system elements that impact performance and ability to plan and design solutions.
• Ability to anticipate shifting market priorities and customer needs.
• Strong customer centricity to ensure positive customer experiences.
• Knowledge of product PnL, product strategy, vision and planning, product discovery, development, and channel management.
• Experience with adoption, customer experience research, insight and execution, go-to-market strategies, performance measurement, marketing, and analytics.

Qualifications

• Experience in product management.

Benefits & Perks

• 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.