Digital and Emerging Technology Architecture Governance & Decision Enablement Leader

 

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Job Description

Governance & Decision Enablement Leader - Digital and Emerging Technologies

Role Overview

The Governance and Decision Enablement Leader is a senior technology leader responsible for establishing clear, scalable governance and decision‑making frameworks across Digital and Emerging Technology initiatives. This role partners closely with technology, architecture, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure complex initiatives—spanning modern platforms, emerging technologies, and enterprise systems—are aligned with strategy, standards, and risk expectations.

This leader provides direction across multiple teams and initiatives, enabling faster, higher‑quality decisions by bringing structure, transparency, and rigor to how technology investments are evaluated, prioritized, governed, and delivered. The role blends people leadership, portfolio oversight, and strategic advisory responsibilities, with a strong focus on enabling enterprise outcomes while maintaining operational discipline.

Key Responsibilities

Governance & Decision Enablement

• Establish and evolve governance frameworks, decision forums, and operating mechanisms that support Digital and Emerging Technology initiatives across the enterprise.
• Enable consistent, high‑quality technology decisions by defining clear intake, prioritization, escalation, and approval processes.
• Partner with architecture, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure governance practices align with enterprise standards, policies, and regulatory expectations.
• Provide transparency into technology portfolios, trade‑offs, and dependencies to support executive‑level decision‑making.

Technology Leadership & Partnership

• Work closely with application owners, platform leaders, and business partners to advise on technology options, implications, and delivery considerations.
• Provide leadership and oversight across multiple complex initiatives, ensuring alignment to strategy, architectural direction, and delivery best practices.
• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on emerging technologies, implementation approaches, and enterprise impacts.

People & Team Leadership

• Promote a culture of inclusion, engagement, and professional growth while maximizing individual and team contributions.

Delivery, Quality & Operations

• Monitor delivery performance and continuously improve processes, tooling, and governance practices.

Financial & Portfolio Management

• Plan and manage budgets for projects and programs within scope, ensuring responsible investment and alignment to outcomes.
• Support portfolio‑level planning, forecasting, and capacity management.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience 
• 10 or more years of experience with developing and implementing applications 
• Eight or more years of experience with major tasks, deliverables, formal methodologies and disciplines for delivering new or enhanced applications

Experience Should Include

• Extensive experience in IT service management, project or program management, and enterprise delivery
• Experience supporting or governing large‑scale platforms or enterprise systems (e.g., ERP, core platforms, shared services)
• Strong background in information management and application delivery environments
• Experience working with modern application development tools and platforms

Subject Matter Expertise

• Enterprise technology environments and operating models
• IT standards, policies, and governance practices
• Systems management, implementation oversight, and application delivery lifecycles

Why This Role Is Impactful

This role plays a critical part in shaping how Digital and Emerging Technologies are governed, scaled, and integrated across the enterprise—bringing clarity to complex decisions and enabling teams to move faster with confidence.

***This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.***

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: $139,230.00 - $163,800.00

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.