Market Development Manager

Market Development Manager

Company: U.S. Bank

Location: Cincinnati, OH

U.S. Bank is on a journey to empower customers and businesses to make smarter financial decisions and to enable communities to thrive. We believe everyone brings unique potential, and each person’s career can grow from Day One with a wide range of opportunities across our organization.

Job Description: The Network Planning team drives the development, activation, and delivery of market-based strategies across the bank’s distribution network. The Market Development Manager serves as a strategic connector—linking strategy with execution across multiple business lines. This role ensures market strategies are translated into actionable plans, implemented effectively, and communicated clearly to senior leadership. The position offers overall management and oversight of new or existing assets within retail banking markets and acts as the central communication and project‑management liaison for all network planning projects—portfolio management, branch reinvestments, new builds, relocations, and natural disaster responses.

• Partner with Market Planners and Regional Leadership to align strategy across assigned geographies.
• Lead synthesized communication across business lines, ensuring unified updates, escalations, risk/mitigation discussions, and alignment from strategy through execution and ongoing operations.
• Act as the single point of contact for Branch Regional Executives and Market Leaders, connecting strategy to execution across their portfolios.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners in the identification, design, development, and implementation of network‑related initiatives within assigned markets.
• Maintain high‑level understanding of end‑to‑end project activities to ensure seamless handoffs and coordinated execution.
• Interface with internal and external partners to ensure timely and successful completion of projects in alignment with organizational commitments.
• Anticipate, manage, and diffuse potential issues or risk points across stakeholders by proactively identifying challenges, facilitating alignment, and collaborating across teams to develop, advance, and implement effective solutions.
• Build trusted internal partnerships through clarity, consistency, and dependable execution.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal clients and key leaders across the organization.
• Support enterprise‑wide strategy execution by ensuring initiatives are fully integrated across lines of business.
• Facilitate frequent recurring meetings and portfolio reviews with business line leadership.
• Effectively communicate with senior‑level audiences, synthesizing complex information into clear, actionable updates.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 10 or more years of experience in project and relationship management activities.

• Financial services industry experience; retail branch banking experience highly preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and analytical capabilities.
• Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies and tools.
• Experience with market planning or retail distribution strategies.
• Ability to identify, navigate, and resolve complex issues.
• Demonstrated leadership, collaboration, and cross‑functional influence.

• 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.

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.

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,…