Director, Senior Experience Owner - Credit Cards (Rewards) (Remote Work Environment Available)

Company: USAA
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: November 22, 2020

Job Description:

Purpose of JobUSAA is looking for a talented Director, Senior Experience Owner to work in the San Antonio Home Office II/III or Remote Work Environment Available.

Director, Senior Experience Owner is a people leader role for USAA's credit card rewards team. The team owns end-to-end credit card rewards experience from enrollment to rewards redemption, and also serves as the business capability owner for the rewards and loyalty platforms. The team consists of experience owners who each own and manage one or multiple card reward functionalities, as well as dedicated leads for monitoring/balancing, and platform capabilities and conversions. In addition to the Member experiences, the team manages issue resolution and prevention for the rewards space. The leader will work closely across USAA's rewards capabilities stack to deliver on Member, product, compliance and risk commitments. She/he will also partner closely with product management, finance, marketing, technology, and operations teams to ensure alignment across organizational objectives. We are looking for a results-focused thought-leader with strong rewards background who understands the credit card industry landscape and can guide her/his team to success. We are looking for a leader who understands Member needs, the payments landscape and the future of rewards and loyalty experiences. Deep hands on experience with loyalty platform development and management is a must. Experience building a rewards business and a marketplace for engagement is key. Expertise in strategic thinking, compelling storytelling, persuasive communication, combining Member needs with future thinking to build differentiated experiences, large scale data and capability migrations, developing a compliant and operationally sound ecosystem, and drafting and developing talent will be critical for this position.

Oversees a team of Experience Owners and/or Process Owners responsible for creating and executing cross-channel experiences and/or Business Deliverables. Leads, guides, and supports the development of strategies, determines roadmaps for Member, Employee and/or Business Deliverable-need outcomes, and empowers stakeholders to turn Member/Business Deliverable needs into experiences. Understands the business performance of the portfolio of experiences and their financial impact on the business. Responsible for the risk, controls and mitigation strategies for experiences through consistent use and application of existing frameworks and follows documented risk and compliance policies and procedures for all business activities. Identifies and manages existing and emerging risks that stem from business activities and ensures these risks are effectively identified, measured, monitored and controlled.Job RequirementsAbout USAAUSAA knows what it means to serve. We facilitate the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. This singular mission requires a dedication to innovative thinking at every level.In each of the past five years, we've been a top-40 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For--, and we've ranked among Victory Media's Top 10 Military Friendly-- Employers 13 years straight. We embrace a robust veteran workforce and encourage veterans and veteran spouses to apply. (17 seconds) (31 seconds)

• Leads a team in the development of strategies for Member/Employee/Business needs, validates the cost/benefit analysis for changes designed to improve the member or employee experience and the impact on USAA financials. May prioritize changes for Experience Owners to execute.
• Aligns focus of Experience Owners towards leading and executing beautiful experiences that serve a Member, Employee and/or Business Deliverable need.
• Builds and manages a high performing team of Experience Owners and/or Process Owners through recruitment, training, coaching, performance management, and related managerial activities.
• Holds financial accountability for the Member, Employee and/or Business Deliverable need and portfolio of experiences therein, including allocation of funding to experiences, to ensure the sustainable delivery of experiences addressing the Member, Employee and/or Business Deliverable need.
• Accountable for financial, regulatory and operational risk management related to experiences within the Member, Employee and/or Business Deliverable need; ensures Experience Owners close any gaps or findings.
• Develops, implements, and oversees Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs); uses data to refine Member, Employee and/or Business Deliverable -need business cases and experience portfolio.
• Participates in management routines to alleviate impediments and promote Agile way of working with stakeholders throughout experience portfolio.
• Drives and influences key stakeholders towards a unified experience that serves Members', Employees and business needs, aligned to strategic outcomes in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Communicates with executive audience to ensure Member-need experience portfolio is driving towards overall USAA mission.
• Prioritizes the identification and management of existing and emerging risks across all business activities and ensures these risks are effectively measured, monitored and controlled.
• Understands primary regulations commonly applicable to regulated products and services. Minimum Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree OR 4 additional years of related experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted in lieu of a Degree.
  • 8 years of relevant experience in product development, marketing, strategy, digital, process, or user experience design OR Master's Degree and 6 years of relevant experience in product development, marketing, strategy, digital, process or user experience design.
  • 3 years of direct team leadership experience or leading large matrixed, cross-functional teams.
  • Process engineering and/or agile experience.*Qualifications may warrant placement in a different job level*When you apply for this position, you will be required to answer some initial questions. This will take approximately 5 minutes. Once you begin the questions you will not be able to finish them at a later time and you will not be able to change your responses.Preferred Experience
    • 5 or more years working for a card issuer in product, finance, pricing, operations, marketing or similar functions
    • 3 or more years credit card rewards management experience.
    • 3 or more years in ecommerce or marketplace development.
    • Financial and negotiation experience to drive premium economics across partner ecosystem.
    • Third party relationship management experience.
    • Large scale platform conversion leadership, program and project management experience.
    • Business capability roadmap development, management and delivery experience.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.At USAA our employees enjoy one of the best benefits packages in the business, including a flexible business casual or casual dress environment, comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, along with wellness and wealth building programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education will assist you with your professional goals.USAA also offers a variety of on-site services and conveniences to help you manage your work and personal life, including seven cafeterias, two company stores and three fitness centers.Relocation assistance is not available for this position.For Internal Candidates:Must complete 12 months in current position (from date of hire or date of placement) or must have manager's approval prior to posting.Last day for internal candidates to apply to the opening is 11/02/20 by 11:59 pm CST time.

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