Manager of Strategic Value Initiatives

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:
The Manager of Strategic Value Initiatives identifies, prioritizes, and delivers data‑driven and automation‑enabled improvements across Controls, Operations, and Supervision (COS). The role partners with business and control stakeholders to translate operational problems into scalable solutions that reduce risk, improve efficiency, and deliver measurable outcomes.

This job is responsible for developing and executing long-term strategies for a broad business area, ensuring integration across lines of business to drive growth and market penetration. Key responsibilities include defining resource needs, leading planning and implementation, managing complex projects, overseeing testing and defect resolution, and partnering with stakeholders to deliver outcomes. Job expectations include influencing decisions, ensuring governance, tracking success measures, mitigating risks, and driving innovation through continuous improvement and change leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and frame operational problems into actionable transformation opportunities
• Review, refine, and prioritize intakes aligned to risk, efficiency, and strategic goals
• Partner with stakeholders to design data‑driven and automation‑enabled solutions
• Support delivery of approved initiatives with strong governance and controls
• Measure, validate, and report realized business and risk outcomes
• Enable adoption through stakeholder engagement, coaching, and change support
• Develops and implements long-term strategies for a business area
• Manages complex projects from initiation to delivery ensuring milestones and outcomes are met
• Identify and mitigates risk to safeguard project and business objectives
• Influences decision-making and facilitates alignment across teams
• Drives innovation by championing change and continuous improvement

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience driving process improvement, business transformation, or operational change initiatives
• Experience working in regulated, risk‑aware, or control‑focused environments
• Proven ability to translate business problems into structured requirements and actionable solutions
• Experience partnering with cross‑functional stakeholders to deliver measurable outcomes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive‑level documentation and presentations

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supporting data‑driven, automation, or AI‑enabled transformation initiatives with quantifiable outcomes delivered
• Familiarity with enterprise analytics, reporting, or automation tools such as SQL, Python, and VBA
• Experience quantifying and reporting efficiency, capacity, or risk‑reduction benefits
• Prior experience operating within formal intake, prioritization, and governance frameworks
• Exposure to change management, process redesign, or continuous improvement methodologies

Skills:

• Structured problem solving
• Data‑driven decision making
• Automation and AI literacy
• Controls‑aware process design
• Cross‑functional execution
• Executive communication
• Critical Thinking
• Prioritization
• Risk Management
• Collaboration
• Performance Management
• Planning
• Change Management
• Conflict Management
• Process Mapping
• Project Management

Minimum Education Requirement: High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

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Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$126,000.00 - $159,100.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.