Product Lead - Private Funds

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. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One. Job Description Product Managers at U.S. Bank are customer obsessed in driving product visioning, planning and development to deliver on our human + digital product strategy and staying one step ahead of evolving economic, technological, and customer needs. As a Product Manager, you will: Identify, analyze and interpret business data using various kinds of 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. Defines product outcomes and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to prioritize Features/Epics and breaks down work into actionable steps to facilitate product discovery, design, development and delivery. Manages the end-to-end product lifecycle and drives the product roadmap leveraging OKRs (Objectives and Key Results). Creates the product in conjunction with agile, experience design, technology and risk partners to achieve business and customer outcomes. In the case of technical products, understands and cares for the technical features, debt reduction and modernization of the technical product with expertise in the technology required of the product About the Team/Product: The U.S. Bank Chief Product Office is seeking a Product Lead focused on private markets products and solutions within the Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (WCIB) division. The Product Lead, Private Markets, is responsible for the strategy, development, enhancement, and ongoing management of U.S. Bank's global private markets and private funds offering. This role partners closely with Investment Services Product Leaders, Global Fund Services stakeholders, technology, operations, risk, and business teams to drive growth, improve client outcomes, and ensure our product offering remains competitive and responsive to market demands. The successful candidate will evaluate market opportunities, competitor offerings, client needs, regulatory developments, and vendor capabilities to identify and prioritize enhancements and new product opportunities. This leader will also support product commercialization efforts through the development of marketing materials, thought leadership content, and client-facing presentations. Key Responsibilities Product Strategy & Roadmap Develop, manage, and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the private markets product portfolio. Lead product governance processes and facilitate product councils to drive prioritization and decision-making. Monitor competitive, regulatory, and industry trends to identify market opportunities and product gaps. Conduct market and vendor research, develop business cases, and advocate for strategic investments that support client and business growth. Define measurable product outcomes and align priorities to business objectives and key results. Product Development & Delivery Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle for enhancements and new product initiatives. Partner with technology, operations, risk, legal, and business stakeholders to deliver roadmap priorities. Coordinate and prioritize product requests consistent with WCIB and Global Fund Services strategies. Develop funding proposals and capital expenditure requests where appropriate. Drive product discovery, design, development, testing, and implementation activities through Agile ways of working. Client & Market Engagement Partner with business development and marketing teams to create and maintain product collateral, sales tools, client presentations, articles, white papers, sell sheets, and thought leadership content that support product growth and commercialization. Represent the product during client meetings, due diligence sessions, and sales engagements. Participate in industry conferences, client events, and market forums to gather intelligence and strengthen U.S. Bank's market position. Serve as a subject matter expert on private markets trends, client needs, and industry developments. Some domestic and international travel may be required to support client engagement, industry conferences, and market intelligence activities. Basic Qualifications Product Management experience Preferred Skills/Experience: Experience with private markets, alternative investments, private funds, fund administration, custody, asset servicing, or institutional investment products. Knowledge of the Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (WCIB) industry and investment services ecosystem. Experience evaluating market trends, competitor offerings, and regulatory developments to inform product strategy and roadmap decisions. Strong executive communication and client-facing presentation skills, including participation in due diligence meetings and industry events. Experience supporting product commercialization through client-facing presentations, sales enablement materials, thought leadership content, and due diligence engagements. Expertise on the critical interdependencies among product model system elements that help and hinder performance; ability to plan and design solutions that synchronize resources to achieve business results using business metrics, key performance indicators, design systems, service blueprints, and reusability Ability to anticipate shifting market priorities, internal and external customer needs in a manner that consistently adds value Strong customer centricity to implement strategies and techniques used to ensure that customers have a positive experience with the organization's products and services at every touch point Knowledge of technical aspects of software products; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects of software products Knowledge of Agile ways of working, knowledge of processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization's exposure to risks of various kinds; ability to apply knowledge of risk management appropriately to diverse situations Preferred skills: product PnL, product strategy, vision and planning, product discovery, product development, channel alignment and management, adoption, customer experience research, insight and execution, agile ways of working, go to market and sales channels, performance measurement and optimization, marketing and analytics, customer centricity 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