Market Development Manager

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Job Description

The Network Planning team drives the development, activation, and delivery of market-based strategies across the bank's distribution network. The Market Development Manager serves as a strategic connector-linking strategy with execution across multiple business lines. This role ensures market strategies are translated into actionable plans, implemented effectively, and communicated clearly to senior leadership.

This position is responsible for overall management and oversight of new or existing assets across retail banking markets. The role functions as the central communication and project management liaison for all network planning projects-portfolio management, branch reinvestments, new builds, relocations, and natural disaster responses.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Market Collaboration

• Partner with Market Planners and Regional Leadership to ensure alignment of strategy across assigned geographies
• Lead synthesized communication across business lines, ensuring unified updates, escalations, risk/mitigation discussions, and alignment from strategy through execution and ongoing operations
• Act as the single point of contact for Branch Regional Executives and Market Leaders, connecting strategy to execution across their portfolios

Project Leadership & Execution

• Collaborate with internal and external partners in the identification, design, development, and implementation of network-related initiatives within assigned markets
• Maintain high-level understanding of end-to-end project activities to ensure seamless handoffs and coordinated execution
• Interface with internal and external partners to ensure timely and successful completion of projects in alignment with organizational commitments

Solution Development & Issue Resolution

• Anticipate, manage, and diffuse potential issues or risk points across stakeholders by proactively identifying challenges, facilitating alignment, and collaborating across teams to develop, advance, and implement effective solutions.
• Build trusted internal partnerships through clarity, consistency, and dependable execution

Leadership & Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal clients and key leaders across the organization
• Support enterprise-wide strategy execution by ensuring initiatives are fully integrated across lines of business
• Facilitate frequent recurring meetings and portfolio reviews with business line leadership
• Effectively communicate with senior-level audiences, synthesizing complex information into clear, actionable updates

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 10 or more years of experience in project and relationship management activities

Preferred Skills / Experience

• Financial services industry experience; retail branch banking experience highly preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational and analytical capabilities
• Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies and tools
• Experience with market planning or retail distribution strategies
• Ability to identify, navigate, and resolve complex issues
• Demonstrated leadership, collaboration, and cross-functional influence

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.

Benefits:

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. Our benefits include the following:

• 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.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $133,365.00 - $156,900.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.