Chief of Staff to CEO

Job Description

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. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career.

Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.
Job Description The Chief of Staff will report into the EVP, Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer of the organization, while directly working with, and supporting the President and CEO. In this role, while supporting the President and CEO, they will engage and work with the Managing Committee and Senior Leadership Group (top ~200) as a strategic partner to drive key strategic and operational initiatives, in alignment with the CEO’s vision and priorities.

This will include maintaining a wholistic view of the bank’s operation, while driving the execution of tasks, initiatives and priorities with great attention to detail.

The successful candidate will be a strategic thought partner to the CEO and Managing Committee, with a bias for accountability and action, paired with a strong ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, and with an innate ability to focus on details and execution without losing sight of the broader business strategy. This role is Minnesota based.

Serve as a trusted and strategic execution partner to the President and CEO, while engaging with the Managing Committee and broader Senior leadership Team; will provide the CEO with data-driven insights, reports, updates, and recommendations to facilitate informed decision making on critical topics

Will ensure impactful and action-oriented Managing Committee meetings by preparing agendas, attending, supporting with facilitation when needed, and tracking follow-up actions and key outcomes

Work closely with the CEO and key partners, including the broader administrative team to fully optimize the CEO’s calendar and time as needed: will ensure intentional and proactive management of calendar and activities to fully optimize the CEO’s time, in alignment with the CEO’s vision and priorities

Lead and execute high-impact projects assigned by the CEO, ensuring alignment and accountability across senior leadership. When not directly leading, will still play a key influential role in advising and supporting the leadership team, in alignment with the broader business strategy

Proactively identify and prioritize key issues and opportunities, developing strategies in partnership with the broader leadership team to solution and capitalize where appropriate

Build and sustain trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders to advance the CEO’s agenda and organizational goals

Provide oversight and coordination around internal and external CEO messaging, working closely with Corporate Communications, Human Resources, and other key partners

Plan and prepare for all major CEO and Managing Committee events, including media interface, townhalls, industry boards and forums (BPI, EWS, TCH), client visits, video recordings, community appearances; collaborate with other areas to prepare presentations, talking points, and briefing notes on behalf of the CEOGather leadership perspectives on critical issues and/or opportunities as they arise; facilitate leadership with a high degree of transparency and high-touch communications, and ensure the appropriate stakeholders are included in relevant decisions and actions

Facilitate a short, weekly business briefing across all areas and synthesize key findings to share with the CEO and Managing Committee members when appropriate

Manage the S /SFR process: strategic business and functional reviews through an established operational calendar — once or twice per year Continually scan the environment for trends, innovations and new technologies that impact the business and educate the broader U.S. Bank management team on the changing and…