HRC Product Portfolio Leader - Talent Acquisition

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

Product Managers at U.S. Bank are customer obsessed in driving product visioning, planning and development to deliver on our human + digital product strategy and staying one step ahead of evolving economic, technological and customer needs.

As the Talent Acquisition Portfolio Leader , you will lead the product strategy, roadmap and end-to-end experiences that enable U.S. Bank to attract, engage and hire talent. You will partner closely with Talent Acquisition leadership, HR&C, Technology, Operations, Digital, Data and Risk partners to translate recruiting strategy into simple, scalable and intuitive experiences and product capabilities for candidates, recruiters and hiring leaders .

You will be accountable for ensuring investments across the Talent Acquisition portfolio are prioritized based on candidate and customer outcomes, business value, recruiter productivity, data integrity, operational efficiency, risk and long-term scalability.

As the Talent Acquisition Portfolio Leader, you will:

- Own the product vision, strategy and roadmap for the Talent Acquisition portfolio , connecting enterprise talent and workforce priorities with HR&C product strategy and the broader employee and candidate experience.
- Serve as the connective tissue between Talent Acquisition, HR&C Product, Technology, Operations, Data, Digital and Risk , translating recruiting strategy and business needs into an integrated product roadmap.
- Own the end-to-end hiring product experience , considering the interconnected journeys of candidates, recruiters and hiring leaders from talent attraction and job discovery through application, assessment, interview, selection, offer and transition into onboarding.
- Establish portfolio outcomes and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and use customer insights, recruiting and operational measures, business value and data to prioritize investments, capabilities, features and epics.
- Own portfolio-level prioritization and trade-off decisions , creating transparency around investment, capacity, dependencies and sequencing across the Talent Acquisition product ecosystem.
- Lead product discovery and continuous improvement using candidate, recruiter and hiring-manager research, journey insights, analytics and operational data to identify friction and opportunities to simplify and improve hiring experiences.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition subject-matter experts to translate recruiting strategies, processes, policies and regulatory requirements into scalable product capabilities while preserving appropriate governance and controls.
- Drive simplification and integration across the recruiting technology ecosystem , identifying opportunities to reduce fragmentation, eliminate manual work and unnecessary handoffs, improve reuse and create more consistent experiences.
- Shape the role of automation and AI within the Talent Acquisition portfolio , identifying opportunities to improve experiences and productivity while partnering with appropriate Risk, Legal, Technology, Data and business stakeholders on responsible use and governance.
- Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle , from strategy and discovery through design, development, deployment, adoption, measurement, optimization and modernization.
- Partner with Technology and architecture teams on the health of the Talent Acquisition technology ecosystem , balancing new capabilities with integration, reliability, scalability, modernization and technical debt.
- Champion recruiting data quality and governance , establishing clear requirements for trustworthy data, appropriate access and effective use of recruiting information across products, processes and analytics.
- Drive adoption and realization of business value , ensuring new capabilities are not simply delivered but improve the experience and effectiveness of candidates, recruiters, hiring leaders and Talent Acquisition teams.
- Lead and develop Product Managers within the portfolio , creating clear product accountability and consistent product-management practices while strengthening product thinking across business and technology partners.

Basic Qualifications

- Product Management experience
- Experience leading complex products, platforms, portfolios or large-scale business capabilities
- Experience working across business, technology and operational organizations to deliver enterprise solutions

Preferred Skills/Experience

- Experience with Talent Acquisition, recruiting, HR technology or related employee/candidate products and processes , with the ability to translate complex business requirements into customer-centered product experiences
- Expertise developing product and portfolio strategy, roadmaps, OKRs and outcome measures
- Strong understanding of candidate, recruiter and hiring-manager journeys , with demonstrated ability to use research, analytics and customer insight to improve experiences
- Ability to manage complex cross-product dependencies, prioritization and investment trade-offs
- Strong understanding of recruiting data, data governance, privacy and controls
- Ability to partner across Talent Acquisition, HR, Technology, Operations, Digital, Data and Risk
- Knowledge of technical aspects of enterprise software products, including integrations, data flows, architecture, technical debt and modernization
- Experience with HR and recruiting technology ecosystems , preferably including enterprise human capital management and applicant tracking platforms
- Understanding of opportunities, risks and governance considerations associated with AI and automation in recruiting
- Knowledge of Agile and modern product management practices, including discovery, experimentation, product analytics and continuous improvement
- Experience leading Product Managers and developing strong product-management disciplines and capabilities
- Ability to anticipate changing candidate expectations, labor-market dynamics and enterprise workforce needs and translate them into product priorities
- Strong executive communication and influencing skills, including the ability to simplify complex choices and facilitate decisions across multiple stakeholders

Preferred capabilities: product strategy, portfolio management, Talent Acquisition, candidate experience, recruiter experience, product discovery, roadmap development, OKRs, prioritization, customer research and insights, HR technology, data governance, AI and automation, Agile ways of working, adoption, performance measurement and optimization.

Location expectations

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

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 .

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 .

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.

E-Verify

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: $149,515.00 - $175,900.00

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.