Business Process Owner Lead

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.

The Opportunity

This role sits within Member Value and will establish and maintain the governing bodies tied to Member Definition and Member Profile. It's a chance to build a governance program from the ground up while also strengthening the governance we already have. These programs will shape how we support members through every stage of membership.

This is a dynamic, fast-paced role. We're looking for someone with extensive experience establishing, improving, and running strong governance programs. Working in partnership with peers, you'll take the lead in developing and shaping these programs.

It's an exciting time to be in this part of the organization. The work we do directly shapes the experience we deliver and brings real, high value to our members.

As a dedicated Business Process Owner Lead, you will lead planning for highly complex processes including problem definition, evaluation of requirements, design, testing, and implementation of business processes. Understand the process operating objectives, business rules, performance requirements, risks, and controls and interactions between dependent processes to minimize failures, eliminate redundancies, and control process performance necessary to achieve efficient, effective design and execution of the process Actively develops and drives alignment of process to overall experience strategy and vision.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Colorado Springs, CO, Charlotte, NC, or Tampa, FL. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

What you'll do:

· Develops business process deliverable program plans that align customer, business deliverable and enterprise strategy.

· Ensures alignment with customer and appropriate roadmap(s).

· Applies and maintains expert knowledge of the business and manages ongoing alignment and development of business deliverable processes and capabilities with business needs to materially change and improve business performance.

· Serves as strategic advisor bringing diverse perspective to leverage multiple ways of thinking while developing end-user focused process solution.

· Guides and influences process re-engineering and technology implementation to enable process redesign and innovation.

· Leads the overall management of process performance by developing control limits, monitoring key performance indicators and informing stakeholders of any deficiencies, improvements, operational risks issues, etc. and drives collaborative efforts to ensure process delivers against requirements.

· Identifies, owns, executes, enhances, and aligns controls to mitigate operational and compliance risks as it pertains to owned processes as it pertains to owned processes.

· Collects and consolidates demand and identifies opportunities by business portfolio, vertically within the business unit and/or horizontally across the enterprise.

· Reviews, advises, and develops communication plans for customers and internal stakeholders and ensures communications are in alignment with overall strategy.

· Ensures alignment between internal stakeholders and customers across all business process projects and services using proactive communication and engagement strategies.

· Utilizes data and analytics to deliver insight into customer and business process performance and shares best practices with overall team.

· Stays current with emerging technologies and evaluates business processes to lead continuous process improvement efforts.

· Lead solution development including business case / benefits substantiation and drive business requirements for process improvement initiatives.

· Provides mentorship and guidance support for team and applicable business partners.

· Plans and designs business processes and make recommendations and changes in order to improve and support business systems and activities and/or to deliver greater effectiveness and efficiency.

· Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

· Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.

· 8 years business process execution/knowledge/experience, consulting, and/or process engineering/optimization.

· Experience in successfully applying quality management, process improvement, and problem-solving tools and methodologies.

· Experience in implementing and sustaining change/improvements (change champion).

· Extensive hands on experience with Process Mapping and Modeling and creating and validating process documentation.

· Extensive experience in the application of process management standards and policies, and comprehensive knowledge of applicable regulations and risk management practices.

· Demonstrated experience with Lean, Business Process Management, or similar methodology.

· Demonstrated experience with utilizing various systems to collect and analyze data.

What sets you apart:

· Extensive experience establishing governance programs from the ground up and strengthening existing ones. This includes defining charters, decision rights, escalation paths, and operating rhythms for cross-functional governing bodies, and showing measurable improvement in how those bodies perform.

· Experience with affiliate agreements, including how they shape accountability, data use, and shared responsibilities across entities.

· Ability to lead a group of peers and partners without direct authority, bringing them together to build out new programs, keep them aligned, and sustain momentum through ambiguity and competing priorities.

· Excellent communicator and influencer who can build consensus across functions and levels, turning complex topics into clear, concise materials that help leaders make decisions.

· US military experience gained through military service or gained as a military spouse / domestic partner

Compensation range: The salary range for this position is: $114,080 - $218,030.

USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location.

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.