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Job Description
The Strategic Analytics Director partners with senior and executive leaders to define and execute the advanced analytics strategy for Enterprise Financial Crimes Compliance. This role leads a multidisciplinary team responsible for developing analytically sound, operationally practical, and regulator-ready solutions that enhance risk identification, regulatory coverage, and operational decision-making across AML, sanctions, fraud, and emerging risk domains.
The Director serves as a strategic translator - connecting regulatory expectations, investigative insight, and advanced analytics to drive defensible, real-world outcomes. This role balances technical depth with strategic leadership , remaining hands-on to provide analytical direction while shaping an ambitious, executable multi-year vision. This vision will include the design, testing, documentation, deployment, and ongoing governance of advanced analytics, machine-learning models, and risk intelligence solutions. The role also serves as a central connector across FIU, Risk Management, Technology, and Investigations, ensuring analytics are actionable, defensible, and scalable.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Leadership
Set the strategic direction for advanced analytics within EFCC, with an emphasis on AI, machine learning, and scalable cloud architectures .
Lead and develop a high-performing analytics team spanning emerging risk analytics, quantitative modeling, and data intelligence.
Translate regulatory expectations, emerging typologies, and business needs into analytically sound, defensible solutions.
Advanced Analytics & AI
Oversee development and enhancement of customer -and account -level risk models , anomaly detection, and typology-driven analytics.
Expand use of machine -learning frameworks and AI-enabled tooling (e.g., clustering, relationship intelligence, natural-language analysis) to surface risk not fully covered by traditional monitoring.
Guide iterative model improvement using new data sources, feedback loops from investigations, and performance metrics.
Remain hands-on as needed to unblock team members, proto@type solutions, and credibly challenge analytical assumptions.
Cloud & Open -Source Enablement
Assist in driving the transition from legacy statistical tooling toward open -source and cloud -ready solutions , improving flexibility and speed to insight.
Support development of open-source equivalents for existing analytics and reporting capabilities to enable future cloud adoption.
Partner with Technology and Model Risk teams to ensure solutions meet security, governance, and validation standards.
Emerging Risk & Rapid Response
Coordinate rapid-response analytics for emerging financial crime risks , integrating subpoena data, human intelligence, transaction data, and external insights.
Lead analytics supporting new and evolving typologies (e.g., novel fraud schemes, sanctions evasion, trafficking-related activity).
Maintain strong feedback cycles with investigators and risk partners to refine coverage and prioritize effort.
Governance, Documentation & Communication
Ensure clear, consistent documentation across analytics lifecycles, including model design, assumptions, validation artifacts, monitoring reports, and procedures.
Communicate complex analytical concepts clearly to executive leadership, regulators, auditors, and cross-functional partners.
Represent Strategic Analytics in regulatory exams, internal reviews, and enterprise-level discussions.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (MS/PhD) strongly preferred.
9+ years of experience in advanced analytics, quantitative modeling, or data science within financial services or regulated environments.
5+ years of experience leading analytics or quantitative teams.
Preferred Skills & Experience
Analytics & Technology
Strong grounding in statistical modeling, machine learning, and model performance evaluation.
Experience working with open -source analytics stacks (e.g., Python-based ecosystems) and designing analytics for cloud or cloud -adjacent environments .
Ability to integrate structured and unstructured data, including transaction data and narrative-based intelligence.
Risk & Regulatory Expertise
Deep understanding of financial crime risk, emerging typologies, and risk-based monitoring approaches.
Strong familiarity with regulatory expectations, supervisory guidance, and model governance standards.
Experience supporting regulatory exams and translating analytics into examiner-ready narratives.
Leadership & Influence
Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels.
Proven success influencing across teams without direct authority.
Clear, confident communicator with executive presence and strong written skills.
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 (https://careers.usbank.com/global/en/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 (https://careers.usbank.com/global/en/benefits/us) .
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 (https://careers.usbank.com/verification-of-eligibility-for-employment) .
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: $164,390.00 - $193,400.00
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.
