About Us:

Umpqua Bank is headquartered in the Pacific Northwest with 5,000+ employees and offers banking services to customers throughout the nation. It’s an especially exciting time to join our team as, following the recent merger with Columbia Bank, we have grown to become a leading western-based regional bank with more than $50B in assets under management and an unwavering commitment to our associates, our customers, and our communities.    

We create a great place to work by offering a special brand of relationship banking and by providing a culture where associates thrive. Associates who embody our core values fit in well here and we are eager to meet candidates who demonstrate behaviors that align with Trust, Ownership, Growth, Empathy, Teamwork, Heart, Enjoyment, and Relationships.

About the Role:

The Strategy Manager works closely with line of business executives to be a strategic advisor on initiatives, goals and key business decisions that support the overall strategy for Core Banking. This includes strategy formulation, activation and communication to advance the success of Core Banking.

• Lead strategic project problem solving efforts by helping executives and teams to structure and define key issues, develop hypotheses, and design required analyses.
• Develop and refine business goals to measure success of strategic initiatives. Identify and analyze business gaps and opportunities, synthesizes insights, develops initiatives.
• Lead competitive and industry research and provide data support and analysis.
• Manage complex research, perform business case analysis, refine management presentation and support stakeholders as required.
• Engage with business partners to ensure that critical strategic decisions are vetted and well thought out prior to execution. Ensure project dependencies are clearly defined and communicated appropriately.
• Develop and create structured presentations illustrating key business issues, new insights and recommendations and communicates to key sponsors and cross-functional teams. Develop executive and board-level presentations to report program progress and facilitate alignment.
• Develop deep trust-based advisor relationships with key client stakeholders and ensure client is satisfied throughout engagement.
• Develop junior team members both formally and informally, including serving as a mentor.
• Demonstrates compliance with all bank regulations for assigned job function and applies to designated job responsibilities – knowledge may be gained through coursework and on-the-job training. Keeps up to date on regulation changes.
• Follows all Bank policies and procedures, compliance regulations, and completes all required annual or job-specific training.
• Maintain a working knowledge of Bank's written policies and procedures regarding Bank Secrecy Act, Regulation CC, Regulation E, Bank Security and other regulations as applicable to this job description.
• May be asked to coach, mentor, or train others and teach coursework as subject matter expert.
• Actively learns, demonstrates, and fosters the Umpqua corporate culture in all actions and words.
• Takes personal initiative and is a positive example for others to emulate.
• Embraces our vision to become “Business Bank of Choice”
• May perform other duties as assigned.

About You:

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Economics, Business, Mathematics, or Analytics.
• Master's Degree
• 4-7 years of experience in Corporate Strategy, Finance, and/or other relevant Banking experience, with proven experience leading strategy and/or programs in a complex business/banking environment.

•Proven experience leading strategy and/or programs in a complex business/banking environment.

•Demonstrated experience in strategic planning and change management with strong financial acumen and analytical/quantitative skills.

•Extensive analytical and decision-making skills. Demonstrates good judgment, balancing the interests of key parties with those of Bank associates, customers, community interests and shareholders.

•Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with ability to present complex ideas and solutions in an organized and compelling manner.

•Ability to anticipate potential areas of concern; identify and resolve challenging situations among individuals and/or groups.

•Experience negotiating difficult subjects between multiple executive stakeholders with different agendas.

•Demonstrated involvement with strategic planning including experience evaluating cross-departmental impacts and operational impacts.

•Ability to present to large audiences including executives and associates of multiple business units.

•Advanced understanding of Microsoft Office product suite with proficient use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word. Ability to master updated or new software and platforms as required by evolving technology.

Workstyle: Fully onsite

Travel: Occasional

Our Benefits:

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base wages and comprehensive benefits. The pay range for this role is $85,115 - $121,593, and the pay rate for the selected candidate is dependent upon a variety of non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, education, and geographic location. The role may be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation and those details will be provided during the recruitment process.

We offer eligible associates comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), a 401(k)-retirement savings plan with employer match for qualifying associate contributions, an employee assistance program, life insurance, disability insurance, tuition assistance, mental health resources, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, access to an online discount marketplace, and paid vacation, sick days, volunteer days, and holidays. Benefit eligibility begins the first day of the month following the date of hire for associates who are regularly scheduled to work at least thirty hours weekly.

Our Commitment to Diversity:

Umpqua Bank is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to employing, engaging, and developing a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, protected veteran status, disability, or any other applicable protected status or characteristics. If you require an accommodation to complete the application or interview(s), please let us know by email: [email protected]

To Staffing and Recruiting Agencies:

Our posted job opportunities are only intended for individuals seeking employment at Umpqua Bank. Umpqua Bank does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies and Umpqua Bank will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resume submissions. Staffing and recruiting agencies are not authorized to submit profiles, applications, or resumes to this site or to any Umpqua Bank employee and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited unless requested directly by a member of the Talent Acquisition team.