Head of Elan Strategy and Implementation

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 Head of Elan Strategy & Implementation is responsible for defining, governing, and executing the long-term strategy, roadmap, and transformation agenda for the Elan Program. The Elan Program represents the complete end-to-end value proposition delivered to Financial Institution partners, including products, economics, marketing, technology, integration, servicing, and operational capabilities. This executive serves as the central architect of Elan's future-state strategy and the primary leader responsible for translating strategic priorities into measurable business outcomes. The role combines strategic planning, market analysis, portfolio management, and enterprise execution leadership to ensure Elan remains the preferred partner for Financial Institutions while accelerating growth, competitiveness, and partner satisfaction. The leader will work across Product, Sales, Marketing, Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk, and Partner Management functions to identify opportunities, prioritize investments, and drive implementation of transformational initiatives. Executive Scope **Strategy -** Define the Elan Program vision, strategic position, priorities, and multi-year roadmap. **Implementation -** Translate priorities into disciplined execution plans, milestones, ownership, and outcomes. **Governance -** Create enterprise routines for prioritization, resource alignment, KPI tracking, and decision-making. Key Responsibilities 1. Define the Elan Program Strategy & Roadmap - Lead the development and ongoing evolution of a comprehensive strategic roadmap for the Elan Program. - Define the multi-year vision and strategic direction of the Elan Program. - Evaluate the competitiveness of Elan's end-to-end offering across products, technology, servicing, integration, economics, and partner experience. - Assess market trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging opportunities impacting Financial Institution partnerships. - Develop actionable recommendations that strengthen Elan's market position and differentiation. - Establish and maintain a prioritized strategic roadmap aligned with Elan's growth objectives. 2. Partner and Market Intelligence - Serve as the primary strategist evaluating Elan's position from both prospective and existing partner perspectives. - Prospective partner focus: analyze decision drivers for Financial Institutions evaluating card program partners; identify competitive strengths, weaknesses, objections, and win themes; assess market opportunities, whitespace segments, and acquisition priorities; and recommend capabilities and investments necessary to improve win rates and market penetration. - Existing partner focus: evaluate partner satisfaction, retention drivers, operational pain points, and growth opportunities; assess current program capabilities and experience; identify opportunities to improve partner economics, growth outcomes, and overall relationship value; and translate partner feedback into strategic priorities and roadmap enhancements. 3. Enterprise Priority Management - Establish and maintain an integrated view of Elan's strategic, technology, and operational priorities. - Collect and maintain the enterprise-wide inventory of Elan technology priorities. - Collect and maintain the enterprise-wide inventory of Elan operational priorities. - Partner with business leaders to evaluate business cases, benefits, dependencies, and implementation requir…