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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 Total Rewards Portfolio Leader, you will lead the product strategy, roadmap and end-to-end experience for the Total Rewards portfolio. You will partner closely with Total Rewards leadership, HR&C, Technology, Operations, Digital, Data and Risk partners to translate Total Rewards strategies, programs and policies into simple, scalable, intuitive employee and leader experiences and product capabilities.
You will be accountable for ensuring investments across the Total Rewards portfolio are prioritized based on employee and business outcomes, strategic value, data integrity, operational efficiency, risk and long-term scalability.
As the Total Rewards Portfolio Leader, you will:
- Own the product vision, strategy and roadmap for the Total Rewards portfolio, connecting Total Rewards strategy and priorities to the HR&C product strategy and broader employee experience.
- Serve as the connective tissue between Total Rewards, HR&C Product, Technology, Operations, Data, Digital and Risk, translating business and employee needs into an integrated product roadmap.
- Lead the end-to-end Total Rewards product experience, ensuring that policy, process, technology, data and employee/leader interactions work together as an integrated experience rather than as independent solutions.
- Establish portfolio outcomes and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and use customer insights, operational measures, business value and data to prioritize investments, capabilities, features and epics.
- Own portfolio-level prioritization and trade-off decisions, creating transparency around investments, capacity, dependencies and sequencing across Total Rewards products and capabilities.
- Lead product discovery and continuous improvement using employee and leader research, journey insights, analytics, service data and business needs to identify opportunities to simplify and improve the Total Rewards experience.
- Partner with Total Rewards subject-matter experts to translate complex compensation, benefits and rewards requirements into understandable, intuitive and scalable product experiences while maintaining appropriate governance and controls.
- Drive simplification and integration across the Total Rewards ecosystem, identifying opportunities to reduce fragmentation, eliminate unnecessary handoffs, increase reuse and improve consistency of data and experiences.
- Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle across the portfolio, from strategy and discovery through design, development, deployment, adoption, measurement, optimization and modernization.
- Partner with Technology and architecture teams on the health of the Total Rewards technology ecosystem, balancing new capabilities with integration, modernization, technical debt, reliability and scalability.
- Champion data quality, governance and appropriate use of Total Rewards data, recognizing the sensitivity and business importance of compensation, benefits and employee data.
- Drive adoption and realization of business value, ensuring new capabilities are not simply delivered but are understood, used and producing measurable employee and business outcomes.
- Lead and develop Product Managers within the portfolio, establishing clear accountability and consistent product management practices while creating a strong product mindset 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 Total Rewards, compensation, benefits or related HR products and processes, with the ability to translate complex programs, policies and requirements into employee- and leader-centered experiences
- Expertise developing product and portfolio strategy, roadmaps, OKRs and outcome measures
- Strong understanding of employee journeys and moments that matter and demonstrated ability to use research, analytics and customer insights to improve experiences
- Ability to manage complex cross-product dependencies, prioritization and investment trade-offs
- Strong understanding of HR data, data governance and controls, particularly when working with sensitive employee, compensation and benefits information
- Ability to partner across Total Rewards, HR, Technology, Operations, Digital, Data, Risk and external solution providers
- Knowledge of technical aspects of enterprise software products, including integrations, data flows, architecture, technical debt and modernization
- Experience working with HR technology platforms and ecosystems, preferably including Workday and benefits/rewards technology
- 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 employee, business, regulatory and market needs and translate them into portfolio 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, Total Rewards, customer experience, product discovery, roadmap development, OKRs, prioritization, employee research and insights, data governance, HR technology, 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.
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: $170,255.00 - $200,300.00U.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.
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 Total Rewards Portfolio Leader, you will lead the product strategy, roadmap and end-to-end experience for the Total Rewards portfolio. You will partner closely with Total Rewards leadership, HR&C, Technology, Operations, Digital, Data and Risk partners to translate Total Rewards strategies, programs and policies into simple, scalable, intuitive employee and leader experiences and product capabilities.
You will be accountable for ensuring investments across the Total Rewards portfolio are prioritized based on employee and business outcomes, strategic value, data integrity, operational efficiency, risk and long-term scalability.
As the Total Rewards Portfolio Leader, you will:
- Own the product vision, strategy and roadmap for the Total Rewards portfolio, connecting Total Rewards strategy and priorities to the HR&C product strategy and broader employee experience.
- Serve as the connective tissue between Total Rewards, HR&C Product, Technology, Operations, Data, Digital and Risk, translating business and employee needs into an integrated product roadmap.
- Lead the end-to-end Total Rewards product experience, ensuring that policy, process, technology, data and employee/leader interactions work together as an integrated experience rather than as independent solutions.
- Establish portfolio outcomes and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and use customer insights, operational measures, business value and data to prioritize investments, capabilities, features and epics.
- Own portfolio-level prioritization and trade-off decisions, creating transparency around investments, capacity, dependencies and sequencing across Total Rewards products and capabilities.
- Lead product discovery and continuous improvement using employee and leader research, journey insights, analytics, service data and business needs to identify opportunities to simplify and improve the Total Rewards experience.
- Partner with Total Rewards subject-matter experts to translate complex compensation, benefits and rewards requirements into understandable, intuitive and scalable product experiences while maintaining appropriate governance and controls.
- Drive simplification and integration across the Total Rewards ecosystem, identifying opportunities to reduce fragmentation, eliminate unnecessary handoffs, increase reuse and improve consistency of data and experiences.
- Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle across the portfolio, from strategy and discovery through design, development, deployment, adoption, measurement, optimization and modernization.
- Partner with Technology and architecture teams on the health of the Total Rewards technology ecosystem, balancing new capabilities with integration, modernization, technical debt, reliability and scalability.
- Champion data quality, governance and appropriate use of Total Rewards data, recognizing the sensitivity and business importance of compensation, benefits and employee data.
- Drive adoption and realization of business value, ensuring new capabilities are not simply delivered but are understood, used and producing measurable employee and business outcomes.
- Lead and develop Product Managers within the portfolio, establishing clear accountability and consistent product management practices while creating a strong product mindset 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 Total Rewards, compensation, benefits or related HR products and processes, with the ability to translate complex programs, policies and requirements into employee- and leader-centered experiences
- Expertise developing product and portfolio strategy, roadmaps, OKRs and outcome measures
- Strong understanding of employee journeys and moments that matter and demonstrated ability to use research, analytics and customer insights to improve experiences
- Ability to manage complex cross-product dependencies, prioritization and investment trade-offs
- Strong understanding of HR data, data governance and controls, particularly when working with sensitive employee, compensation and benefits information
- Ability to partner across Total Rewards, HR, Technology, Operations, Digital, Data, Risk and external solution providers
- Knowledge of technical aspects of enterprise software products, including integrations, data flows, architecture, technical debt and modernization
- Experience working with HR technology platforms and ecosystems, preferably including Workday and benefits/rewards technology
- 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 employee, business, regulatory and market needs and translate them into portfolio 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, Total Rewards, customer experience, product discovery, roadmap development, OKRs, prioritization, employee research and insights, data governance, HR technology, 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.
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: $170,255.00 - $200,300.00U.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.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in head of total rewards jobs.
- 10 or more years of progressive compensation and benefits experience in a corporate environment
- Demonstrated experience designing and administering executive compensation and equity programs
- CCP, CBP, or similar WorldatWork certification strongly preferred or required
- Proficiency with HRIS and compensation management platforms such as Workday or SAP
- Experience conducting job architecture design, pay equity analysis, and market benchmarking
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, finance, or a related field
Tips for Your Head of Total Rewards Job Search
Quantify compensation program impact
Hiring managers want numbers. Show the headcount your programs covered, the percentage reduction in benefits costs you achieved, or the dollar value of equity plans you administered. Vague claims about 'leading total rewards strategy' won't separate you from other candidates.
Lead with your philosophy statement
Many head of total rewards interviews open with 'how do you think about compensation philosophy?' Draft a two-sentence answer before you apply, so your resume summary and cover letter already preview it. Consistency between your materials and your interview answer signals strategic readiness.
Target postings that name specific frameworks
Job descriptions that cite job architecture, pay equity audits, or executive compensation benchmarking tell you exactly what the team is working on. These are more useful signals than generic seniority titles, so prioritize them when deciding where to focus your applications.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists head of total rewards openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Address compensation cycle ownership directly
Many candidates bury annual merit cycle or long-term incentive plan ownership inside a bullet. Bring it to the top. Hiring panels for this role care deeply about whether you've run a full cycle end-to-end, from calibration to payout, not just supported one.
Prepare a pay equity talking point
Pay equity analysis comes up in almost every final-round interview for this role. Know the methodology you've used, the statistical approach if any, and how you communicated findings to leadership. If you haven't led one, describe the closest adjacent work and what you'd do differently next time.
Head of Total Rewards Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most head of total rewardss?
The companies hiring the most head of total rewardss right now include Fivetran, Mastercard, and XiFin, with the largest share of openings in Texas, California, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Healthcare systems, large financial institutions, and enterprise technology companies consistently generate the most demand for this role.
How many head of total rewards jobs are remote?
About 86% of head of total rewards openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the function's reliance on data systems and cross-functional collaboration rather than physical presence. Executive compensation design and benefits strategy work tends to be the most remote-friendly, while roles requiring close partnership with HR business partners or payroll often favor hybrid arrangements.
How do you become a head of total rewards?
Start by building deep expertise in one pillar of total rewards, either compensation benchmarking, benefits plan design, or equity administration, then deliberately expand into the others. Pursue WorldatWork certifications like the CCP or CBP to formalize your knowledge. Move into manager and director roles where you own full program cycles, and develop the ability to present compensation philosophy and pay equity findings directly to executive leadership and the board.
Can you get hired as a head of total rewards with limited experience?
Candidates coming from a director of compensation or director of benefits role are the most common path in. If your title hasn't reached that level yet, focus applications on companies where total rewards is a newer, smaller function being built out, since those employers are more open to candidates who haven't yet held the full head-of-function title. Demonstrating ownership of a complete annual compensation cycle and at least one executive pay program will carry more weight than years of experience alone.
What does the head of total rewards interview process look like?
Most processes start with a recruiter screen focused on scope and compensation philosophy, followed by a panel interview with HR leadership and often the CHRO. A case study or presentation round is common, typically asking you to design or critique a compensation structure or present a pay equity analysis. Final rounds often include a conversation with finance leadership or a compensation committee member, particularly at public companies where executive pay is a board-level concern.
Where can I find and apply to head of total rewards jobs?
You can find and apply to head of total rewards jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search for roles that match your background and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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