U.S. Bank

Automation Enablement Lead

U.S. Bank$119K — $140K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-year degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of related experience
  • Proven ability to clarify ambiguous business problems
  • Fluent in process analysis and requirement translation
  • Familiar with automation and AI solutions
  • Experience in designing or implementing automation solutions
  • Hands-on experience in a lean environment

Responsibilities

  • Define and clarify business problems with stakeholders
  • Translate business needs into testable requirements for technical teams
  • Map current and ideal process flows independently of systems
  • Champion automation-first approaches to problem-solving
  • Validate solution feasibility using prototypes and proofs of concept
  • Ensure solutions align with existing systems and infrastructure
  • Identify impacted systems and dependencies early in the process
  • (Future scope) Develop the role and lead automation talent as demand increases

Benefits

  • Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
  • Life insurance options
  • Short and long-term disability coverage
  • Parental leave and pregnancy disability
  • 401(k) with employer contribution
  • Paid vacation ranging from two to five weeks
  • Up to 11 paid holidays
  • Adoption assistance
  • Earned sick leave up to 80 hours per year
Full Job Description
Job Description

This role connects business needs to technical solutions by translating stakeholder objectives into clear, feasible, well-defined requirements aligned to existing systems, infrastructure, and delivery timelines. The role leads with an automation-first mindset, evaluating how automation, AI, and emerging capabilities can simplify work, improve experiences, and scale operations, while exercising judgment when manual, process, or configuration-based solutions are more effective. Through strong discovery and problem framing, the role ensures solutions address root causes while maximizing automation opportunities where they create durable business value.

Key Accountabilities
  • Define the problem clearly. Partner with business and operations stakeholders to understand incoming needs, identify root causes, and shape ambiguous requests into well-defined problem statements before a solution is proposed.
  • Act as the bridge between business and technical teams. Translate business intent into clear, testable requirements that configuration analysts, integration developers, and delivery managers can execute without chasing answers.
  • Map process independent of system. Document current-state and ideal-state process flows so the solution fits the problem, rather than shaping the problem to fit an available tool.
  • Champion automation-first solution design Evaluate automation, AI, and emerging capabilities as the preferred path for solving business problems, developing solution recommendations that maximize efficiency, scalability, and experience outcomes while remaining practical and sustainable.
  • Validate feasibility before implementation. Use prototypes and proofs of concept where appropriate to demonstrate feasibility, constraints, scalability, infrastructure implications, cost, and delivery considerations - reducing risk before build.
  • Ensure solutions are well-defined, feasible, and aligned. Confirm every recommended solution is consistent with requirements, existing platforms, infrastructure, and delivery timelines.
  • Identify impacted systems and dependencies. Surface affected systems, data sources, cross-process dependencies, and infrastructure requirements early, so nothing breaks downstream in execution.
  • (Future scope) Anchor and grow the capability. As demand proves out, this role may define the discipline for others, and hire and lead junior definition, configuration, and automation talent beneath it.


Decision Authority

- Defines how incoming problems are scoped, framed, and translated into requirements.

- Owns recommendations for solution approach, with a bias toward automation and AI where they can deliver meaningful business value, while exercising sound judgment when configuration, process redesign, or manual intervention is the better option.

- Influences architectural direction and prioritization through evidence-based validation and experimentation.

-Success is measured by the clarity and executability of the requirements produced, the durability of the solutions recommended, and the effective application of automation and AI where they add real value.

Typical Qualifications:

- 4-year degree (or equivalent experience)

- 5+ years of related experience

- Demonstrated ability to take ambiguous business problems and make them well-defined and executable

- Fluency in process analysis and requirements translation across business and technical audiences

- Working knowledge of automation and AI as a solution class, with the judgment to know when they fit and when they do not

- Demonstrated experience identifying, designing, or implementing automation solutions that improved business outcomes, operational efficiency, employee experience, or service delivery.

- Comfort operating as a hands-on individual contributor in a lean environment

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

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.

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: $119,765.00 - $140,900.00

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

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