Lead Commercial Banking Portfolio Manager

Wells Fargo • Salt Lake City, UT

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Commercial Banking Portfolio Manager within its Commercial Banking group. The role oversees lending activities for a wholesale banking business and geographic market, and leads complex initiatives with broad, cross-functional impact. It involves researching and evaluating multifaceted business challenges, making decisions informed by relevant functional policies, procedures, and compliance requirements, and guiding the broader work team to meet deliverables and advance initiatives. The position also collaborates with peers, colleagues, and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals, and may lead projects and teams or serve as a peer mentor.

The role requires at least five years of Commercial Banking Portfolio Management experience, or equivalent experience demonstrated through work, training, military experience, or education. Desired qualifications include advanced credit structuring and portfolio analysis, experience leading cross-functional initiatives, knowledge of commercial credit policy and risk methodologies, mentoring ability, and strong communication skills. The position may require travel up to 10% and follows a hybrid work schedule. It does not support visa sponsorship. Specific compliance policies may apply to outside activities or personal investing.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of Commercial Banking Portfolio Management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education.
• Ability to evaluate complex business challenges and make decisions in multifaceted situations while applying relevant policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues and managers and lead initiatives, projects, or teams.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced credit structuring and portfolio analysis skills, including the ability to evaluate complex and unique lending situations.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving Credit, Risk, Relationship Management, and Operations.
• Strong understanding of commercial credit policy, regulatory considerations, and risk rating methodologies.
• Proven ability to mentor and guide peers or junior portfolio managers in underwriting quality, portfolio monitoring, and credit decisioning.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to present complex credit findings and recommendations to leaders and credit partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives with broad impact and oversee lending activities for a wholesale banking business and geographic market.
• Review and research complex, multifaceted, large-scale, and long-term business challenges, evaluating multiple factors including intangible or unprecedented factors.
• Make decisions in complex situations by applying knowledge of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements, and guide the broader team in meeting deliverables and driving initiatives.
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level to more experienced managers to resolve issues and achieve goals.
• Lead projects and teams or serve as a peer mentor.
• Support risk and compliance programs by following applicable policies and procedures, fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, escalating and remediating issues, and making sound risk decisions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed