Lead Product Manager

Wells Fargo Bank • Charlotte, NC

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Product Manager (Product Owner) to drive end-to-end product ownership and delivery execution for large scrum teams supporting Investment Risk Implementation and strategy capabilities within Investment Solutions (IS), part of the Wealth & Investment Management (WIM) Chief Product Office. This role provides dedicated senior-level product ownership across the tools, data, and workflows that enable investment risk implementation, portfolio risk oversight, and strategic execution. The Product Owner ensures consistent prioritization, strong decision-making, and aligned roadmap delivery across a complex, multi-stakeholder ecosystem spanning risk methodology implementation, investment data, platform controls, and strategic risk initiatives. This is a high-autonomy, execution-focused role where you will own roadmap definition, feature delivery, and cross-functional coordination across Business, Technology, and Operations. As the organization continues to flatten, this role operates as a de facto stream lead, strengthening execution discipline and reducing reliance on management layers. This position plays a key role in advancing the Investment Risk Implementation roadmap, strengthening risk-aligned delivery, data-driven controls, and scalable implementation capabilities that support Investment Solutions strategy and future-state operating models. In this role, you will: Serve as the Product Owner for one or more Investment Solutions scrum teams focused on Investment Risk Implementation and strategy, with end-to-end accountability for product management and delivery outcomes Define and execute product vision, roadmap, and priorities for investment risk implementation capabilities, risk data workflows, platform controls, and strategic risk initiatives Own backlog management across risk implementation capabilities, ensuring clear requirements, defined scope, and alignment to the broader IS strategic direction Lead release planning, dependency management, and open issue governance across integrated platforms supporting risk data, implementation workflows, controls, and downstream investment solutions capabilities Drive cross-functional alignment across Investment Risk, Portfolio Strategy, Technology, Operations, and control partners without requiring escalation Ensure consistent execution standards, prioritization practices, and delivery cadence across scrum teams supporting investment risk implementation and strategy workflows Resolve complex product and delivery challenges at the intersection of investment risk requirements, data quality, implementation logic, platform controls, and strategic business outcomes Operate with a high degree of autonomy as a decision-maker and execution leader within a flattened operating model Partner with stakeholders, scrum masters, and delivery teams to maintain momentum and execution quality Advance the platform roadmap by incorporating data-driven and automation-enabled capabilities that improve risk implementation accuracy, control effectiveness, workflow efficiency, and strategic decision support Ensure adherence to risk, control, compliance, and regulatory standards across all product management activities

Requirements

• 5+ years of Product Management, product development, strategic planning, process management, change delivery experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Nice To Haves

• Experience serving as Product Owner for large, complex scrum teams with end-to-end ownership of the product lifecycle, including roadmap definition, backlog prioritization, feature delivery, and execution outcomes
• Experience operating across multi-team or platform-level ecosystems supporting integrated investment risk, data, controls, and strategy workflows rather than single applications
• Strong track record of release planning, dependency coordination, and issue governance across complex, cross-team environments
• Experience driving execution across business, technology, and operations teams, partnering closely with cross-functional leaders to deliver outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to maintain delivery momentum in environments with competing priorities, evolving risk requirements, data dependencies, and regulatory constraints
• Proven ability to operate as a senior individual contributor in lean, flattened organizations, absorbing coordination, prioritization, and execution responsibilities typically handled at the management layer
• Experience making independent product and delivery trade-offs, balancing business needs, technical constraints, data quality considerations, and risk
• Ability to manage complex stakeholder dynamics across investment risk, portfolio strategy, technology, operations, and control partners and align competing priorities into clear roadmap and execution plans without escalation
• Strong communication skills with a focus on clarity, prioritization, and outcome-driven alignment with senior investment risk, portfolio strategy, and business leadership
• Track record of improving execution discipline, team accountability, and delivery consistency across Agile teams
• Experience in wealth management, investment risk, portfolio management, investment operations, or financial services — with familiarity with how risk capabilities support investment strategy and portfolio oversight
• Understanding of investment risk workflows, risk methodology implementation, portfolio risk oversight, and strategy execution, with the ability to connect product decisions to risk management effectiveness and business outcomes
• Familiarity with investment risk platforms, portfolio analytics tools, data controls, risk reporting capabilities, or investment data infrastructure
• Exposure to or experience incorporating automation, analytics, or AI-driven capabilities into product roadmaps, including data quality monitoring, risk insights, workflow optimization, or decision support
• Ability to translate risk, data, automation, and strategy concepts into practical product features and measurable business value, contributing to platform evolution beyond near-term delivery

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Product Owner for one or more Investment Solutions scrum teams focused on Investment Risk Implementation and strategy, with end-to-end accountability for product management and delivery outcomes
• Define and execute product vision, roadmap, and priorities for investment risk implementation capabilities, risk data workflows, platform controls, and strategic risk initiatives
• Own backlog management across risk implementation capabilities, ensuring clear requirements, defined scope, and alignment to the broader IS strategic direction
• Lead release planning, dependency management, and open issue governance across integrated platforms supporting risk data, implementation workflows, controls, and downstream investment solutions capabilities
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Investment Risk, Portfolio Strategy, Technology, Operations, and control partners without requiring escalation
• Ensure consistent execution standards, prioritization practices, and delivery cadence across scrum teams supporting investment risk implementation and strategy workflows
• Resolve complex product and delivery challenges at the intersection of investment risk requirements, data quality, implementation logic, platform controls, and strategic business outcomes
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy as a decision-maker and execution leader within a flattened operating model
• Partner with stakeholders, scrum masters, and delivery teams to maintain momentum and execution quality
• Advance the platform roadmap by incorporating data-driven and automation-enabled capabilities that improve risk implementation accuracy, control effectiveness, workflow efficiency, and strategic decision support
• Ensure adherence to risk, control, compliance, and regulatory standards across all product management activities

Benefits

• Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company.
• They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions.
• There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

What This Job Offers

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