Issue Management Coordinator & Project Lead - Services Risk & Compliance

Issue Management Coordinator & Project Lead - Payment Services Risk & Compliance

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.

Are you a detail‑oriented risk professional with exceptional written communication skills and a passion for risk management? Join our Payment Services Chief Risk Office as an Issue Management Coordinator & Project Lead where you’ll play a critical role in safeguarding our operations and driving risk excellence. You’ll be part of a team that champions risk management, fosters collaboration, and ensures the integrity of our Payment Services ecosystem.

If you thrive on solving complex challenges and making an impact, we’d love to hear from you.

The Payment Services Issue Management team delivers shared services support to Payment Services – Consumer & Small Business (PCS) and Payment Services – Merchant & Institutional (PMI) for issues sourced from the first through fourth lines‑of‑defense. We partner across Payment Services‑related business lines to identify, assess, control, and monitor operational and regulatory risks through a robust issue management process.

• Facilitate complex second and third line‑of‑defense issues from end to end including corresponding validations ensuring timely and appropriate resolution within ORM policy/process requirements.
• Ensure corrective actions are effective, compliant and audit‑ready while also supporting operational resilience and regulatory adherence.
• Conduct analysis of issue trends and develop PowerPoint presentations to convey insights to senior leaders.
• Lead special projects to support the drive for continuous improvement of the issue management program.
• Collaborate with business leaders, business SME's, Control, Compliance, Operations Risk, Legal and other partners to document Issues and the corresponding risk mitigation plans.
• Effectively lead Issue calls with internal and external stakeholders with a focus on outcomes.
• Create detailed risk mitigation plans with appropriate milestone timelines to ensure timely issue closure in accordance with issue management policy.
• Document progress throughout the issue management process including a detailed memo to support issue closure.
• Provide regular issue updates in eGRC platform as dictated by policy. Create weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting on issue portfolio. Participate in issue status calls.
• Craft cohesive documentation to support extension timelines and issue completion summaries.
• Organize, track and conduct follow‑up responsibilities in a fast‑paced environment with minimal management involvement.

• Typically more than six years of applicable experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

• 5+ years in risk management, compliance testing, internal audit or issue validation.
• Strong knowledge of issue management frameworks, operational risk and/or regulatory expectations.
• Experience in payments, fintech or financial services.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Exceptional organizational skills.
• Hands‑on experience with eGRC tools (e.g., Archer).
• Excellent analytical, documentation and communication skills.
• Exceptional critical thinking and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, regulated environment.

Position offers a hybrid/flexible schedule with an expectation of three or more days in‑office per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the remaining 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.

• 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…