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Senior Product Leader - Program Management

U.S. Bank · Oshkosh, WI · $149,515–$175,900 a year · Full time

Posted Sep 18, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a product where you set the vision, charter and roadmap yourself. What did you decide to leave out, and why?

What they are checking: Whether they have truly owned a product direction, since saying no is the clearest sign of real ownership.

Tell me about a time data changed your mind about a product decision you were already committed to.

What they are checking: Whether they let evidence win over their own preference, which matters when roadmaps carry real money.

Tell me about a product launch that missed its key results. What did you do next?

What they are checking: Whether they own a miss honestly and adjust, or explain it away and keep going.

What would you do

Our strategy is human plus digital. Pick a banking product and tell me where you would want a person in the journey and where you would want it fully digital.

What they are checking: Whether they can reason about when customers need a banker and when a screen serves them better.

Digital, technology, customer experience and the business line each want something different on your roadmap. How do you decide what goes first?

What they are checking: Whether they have a clear prioritization method they can defend to several powerful groups at once.

How do you account for regulation and risk review in a bank product roadmap without letting it stall everything?

What they are checking: Whether they plan for compliance as part of the work rather than treating it as a surprise blocker.

How do you keep engineers and designers bought into a roadmap when priorities shift halfway through a quarter?

What they are checking: Whether they explain the why behind changes so the team stays motivated instead of whiplashed.

About the work

How do you write an OKR for a product team so it measures an outcome and not just shipped features?

What they are checking: Whether they understand that output counts are easy to hit while the customer result stays flat.

Walk me through how you would break a large epic into features and stories the team can actually start this sprint.

What they are checking: Whether they can turn a big idea into small, testable pieces without losing the reason it exists.

What does good product discovery look like before a single line of code is written?

What they are checking: Whether they test the problem and the demand early instead of building first and hoping.

Which customer or market signals do you watch to stay ahead of where banking customers are going?

What they are checking: Whether they have a real habit of tracking change instead of reacting after competitors move.

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The full job description

As published by U.S. Bank.

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 Basic Qualifications • Product Management experience Preferred Skills/Experience • 4+ years of experience with consumer deposit products, preferably checking accounts, including product strategy, customer journey optimization, roadmap development, performance management, competitive benchmarking, and cross-functional delivery. • 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 About the team/product(s): In this role for the Consumer Checking team, the incumbent will be responsible for strategic review preparation, maintaining roadmaps and progress reporting, coordinating cross functional programmatic work, and benchmarking peers/developing research requests. Experience with Deposit products and their key customer journeys, preferably Checking-related, is essential (4 years+). 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: $149,515.00 - $175,900.00 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.

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