U.S. Bank

Technical Senior Product Manager - SDLC Governance Platform

U.S. Bank$149K — $175K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of technical product management experience
  • Strong technical acumen and understanding of product architecture
  • Experience in product discovery practices such as personas and journey mapping
  • Proficient in collaborating with engineering teams to implement product strategies
  • Familiarity with DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline environments
  • Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into product solutions
  • Experience working within technology governance frameworks

Responsibilities

  • Align product vision with cross-functional stakeholders to shape roadmap and success measures
  • Drive product development and manage backlog to enhance speed to market
  • Define product performance goals based on user needs and customer experience
  • Oversee SDLC engagement for assigned technical portfolio
  • Analyze and report on performance metrics for continuous improvement
  • Leverage OKRs to prioritize product roadmap

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare options (medical, dental, vision)
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage
  • Paid vacation ranging from two to five weeks
  • Up to 11 paid holidays annually
  • Retirement plans including 401(k) and employer contributions
  • Adoption assistance programs
  • Sick leave accrual of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours
Full Job Description
Job Description

Note: U.S. Bank will not offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Technical Senior Product Managers at U.S. Bank oversee the strategic product management for an assigned technical product line(s) in support of the Enterprise organization's goals and market needs. Engages with key stakeholders to define, document, and prioritize features; ensures delivery of marketable capabilities for all U.S. Bank engineering teams while collaborating with agile teams.

As a Technical Senior Product Manager, you will:
  • Align the strategic vision with cross-functional stakeholders to shape outcome-based product roadmap, product risk, investment areas and success measures
  • Integrate technical product outcomes to aligned Enterprise and Portfolio objectives
  • Drive product development with ownership of backlog and actively engage cross-functional stakeholders to enable faster speed to market
  • Manage across Enterprise users to define and deliver product performance goals (e.g., outcomes, customer experience, etc.)
  • Own all engagement for assigned technical portfolio regarding the SDLC, including adoption and collaboration
  • Develop, analyze, monitor, and report on performance metrics to identify key trends and opportunities for continuous improvement
  • Leverage OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) to drive roadmap priorities


Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
  • Expertise on the interdependence of product systems and the ability to design solutions aligned to business outcomes and performance metrics
  • Strong technical acumen with the ability to understand product architecture and technology trade-offs
  • Experience defining customer needs using product discovery practices (e.g., personas, journey mapping, product charters)
  • Proven ability to collaborate with engineering teams to execute product vision and roadmap
  • Preferred skills: product strategy, product discovery, agile delivery, enterprise technical alignment, and performance optimization
  • Experience working within DevSecOps environments, CI/CD pipelines, or platform engineering ecosystems is highly desired


Minimum Qualification:

Technical product management experience

About the team/product(s):

The SDLC Product team defines and delivers the enterprise capabilities that govern how software is built, tested, and deployed across U.S. Bank. Operating at the center of the software delivery lifecycle, the team enables consistent, compliant, and scalable practices across a large volume of application changes.

This role owns product strategy and execution for a core SDLC governance platform used by development teams to evidence, document, and obtain approvals for code changes from development through production.

What this product does:
  • Ensures required controls (design documentation, testing validation, code reviews, approvals) are captured and enforced
  • Provides a centralized system for managing SDLC policy and governance requirements
  • Supports audit and risk-based validation of production changes


What you'll lead:
  • Continued evolution of the platform following its migration to ServiceNow
  • Modernization of SDLC workflows to improve usability, scalability, and compliance
  • Expansion of automation across the DevSecOps lifecycle, including integration with CI/CD pipelines to capture evidence seamlessly


How you'll work:
  • Partner with engineering, platform, and architecture teams to define and deliver capabilities
  • Collaborate with risk, governance, and audit partners to align on control requirements and validation processes
  • Influence how software delivery practices are implemented across a large, complex enterprise


This is a high-impact opportunity to help redefine how software is delivered at scale-driving modernization of SDLC practices, improving developer experience, and enabling more efficient, compliant delivery across the bank.

Successful Candidates Will Have:
  • Experience operating as a senior product manager within Agile SDLC environments, delivering software products at scale
  • A strong technical foundation, with prior experience in engineering, platform, or other hands-on technical roles that enable effective partnership with development teams
  • Experience operating within technology governance frameworks and partnering with Security/Compliance to implement pragmatic guardrails for SDLC and tool usage
  • Familiarity with security, privacy, and compliance requirements (e.g., SOC 2, PCI) and secure SDLC practices
  • Ability to translate complex technical and regulatory requirements into clear product requirements, workflows, and scalable solutions


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: $149,515.00 - $175,900.00

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

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