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The AI Strategy & Transformation is a senior enterprise leader responsible for shaping how AI strategy is translated into scalable, high-impact outcomes across the organization. Reporting to the Head of AI Strategy and Portfolio, this role serves as a strategic partner—guiding portfolio direction, enabling transformation, and orchestrating internal and external capabilities to accelerate AI adoption and value realization. The role also supports AI is deployed responsibly by embedding governance, risk, compliance, privacy, and security requirements into enterprise AI portfolio, operating models, and delivery practices.
Partner with the Head of AI Strategy to operationalize enterprise AI strategy through roadmaps, RAI principles, and transformation priorities.
Drive cross-business alignment to ensure AI initiatives reinforce a unified enterprise direction while enabling domain-specific tailoring.
Enable AI product/platform strategy execution by translating strategy into reusable enterprise capabilities, reference patterns, and adoption plans.
Partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Privacy, Security, and Model Risk Management to align AI initiatives with enterprise governance requirements and emerging regulatory expectations.
Establish and scale governance mechanisms (e.g., model inventory, approval workflows, controls, auditability, monitoring) that support safe and compliant AI deployments.
Shape and prioritize high-impact AI use cases and transformation initiatives; ensure the pipeline balances quick wins, strategic bets, and foundational platform capabilities.
Implement measurement frameworks to evaluate business impact, efficiency, risk reduction, customer outcomes, and ROI for AI deployments; continuously inform strategy and solution improvements based on measurable outcomes.
Drive organizational engagement through outreach, workshops, and collaborative forums to instill an AI-first mindset and best practices at scale.
Guide large, cross-functional AI programs to ensure alignment, execution discipline, and value realization across business and technology teams.
Identify and support breakthrough transformation initiatives (e.g., workforce transformation through advanced automation) to accelerate readiness and adoption across the organization.
Influence without direct authority to align stakeholders across business lines, enterprise architecture, engineering, data, operations, and risk functions.
Lead strategic AI vendor and ecosystem partnerships across hyperscalers, AI platforms, data providers, and system integrators.
Inform build-vs-buy decisions and enterprise investment trade-offs; ensure vendor choices align with architectural standards, responsible AI controls, and operating model requirements.
**The role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.**
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.
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:
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.
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: $181,730.00 - $213,800.00
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.
At U.S. Bank, we help millions of clients achieve their goals with a balance of best-in-class technology and human expertise tailored to individual needs. As the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, we’ve built a reputation for strength and stability across a diversified mix of businesses, including commercial and institutional banking, business banking, payments, wealth management and consumer banking. We’ve been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute and the most admired superregional bank by Fortune.
In addition to thousands of branches serving consumers, U.S. Bank offers a complete suite of products, services and strategic partnerships for business. Within our Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking division, we serve more than half a million clients across the country and around the world, ranging from wealthy individuals and families to the largest corporations, including 90% of Fortune 1000 companies.
We’re also consistently recognized as a great place to work. We’re shaping our company culture with intention, focused on creating a workplace where it’s safe to speak up, share ideas and try new things. We’re proud to be recognized as a “Best for Vets” employer by the Military Times and included on Fair360’s (formerly DiversityInc.) list of Top 50 Companies for Diversity.
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