Lead Product Owner – Payments Data Services, GPL Platform Transformation

Wells Fargo & Company•Charlotte, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Product Owner to support the Platform Transformation Data Services team, driving strategic execution and product enablement across the Global Payments & Liquidity, Product & Platform organization. This team focuses on expanding core payments products, enhancing pricing discipline for deposits and fees, and modernizing payments platforms and architecture to build a robust payment ecosystem. This role involves leading a Payments Data initiative aligning transformation goals with delivery milestones, driving execution in cross-functional teams to deliver impactful omni-channel experiences and measurable business outcomes. The Lead Product Owner will help manage the product roadmap and vision, prioritize and document key requirements, and implement change delivery solutions across technology and process workstreams. Additionally, this role will require collaboration across the enterprise with managers, stakeholders, and delivery teams to plan releases, resolve issues, navigate complex execution challenges, and drive execution of strategic project goals. In this role, you will: Own the Payments Data intake process end‑to-end, from initial request through follow‑up and feature creation Ensure ongoing product backlog quality, completeness, and readiness Provide day‑to-day product coverage across multiple Payments Data platforms to ensure continuity and execution velocity Partner with delivery leads, project managers, and scrum masters to ensure progress, decisions, and updates are documented Apply strategic thinking to align Payments Data requirements with industry best practices, transformation objectives, and internal data strategy Act as a cross‑product execution partner, enabling partner Product Owners to focus on strategic outcomes while ensuring delivery commitments are met Clearly translate business requirements for both technical and non‑technical partners and leaders Orchestrate cross-team dependencies across pods, platforms, and program partners Collaborate closely and consult with stakeholders at multiple levels (product managers, scrum masters, project managers, technology, operations and delivery team members) to drive execution and report / resolve / escalate issues and risks Identify and recommend opportunities for product enhancements and business requirements

Requirements

5+ years of Product Management, product owner, 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

Demonstrated experience managing product artifacts in JIRA and confluence
Proven experience working with payments data, data quality checks, control frameworks, and complex payment architecture
Expertise in identifying, sourcing, and documenting business-critical and regulatory requirements including associated artifacts.
Familiarity with implementing controlled and effective Artificial intelligence
Experience with Large Scale Transformation or Migration initiatives
SWIFT Wires product management within banking or financial services
Payment transformation & messaging experience (ACH, FedNow, MT-to-MX, SWIFT, CHIPS, ISO20022, KAFKA)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with expertise in PowerPoint and storytelling.
Strong organizational and prioritization abilities, with keen attention to detail.
Proficient in synthesizing and simplifying complex information from diverse stakeholders.
Customer-centric mindset, with the ability to think end-to-end, take initiative, and independently track and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

Own the Payments Data intake process end‑to-end, from initial request through follow‑up and feature creation
Ensure ongoing product backlog quality, completeness, and readiness
Provide day‑to-day product coverage across multiple Payments Data platforms to ensure continuity and execution velocity
Partner with delivery leads, project managers, and scrum masters to ensure progress, decisions, and updates are documented
Apply strategic thinking to align Payments Data requirements with industry best practices, transformation objectives, and internal data strategy
Act as a cross‑product execution partner, enabling partner Product Owners to focus on strategic outcomes while ensuring delivery commitments are met
Clearly translate business requirements for both technical and non‑technical partners and leaders
Orchestrate cross-team dependencies across pods, platforms, and program partners
Collaborate closely and consult with stakeholders at multiple levels (product managers, scrum masters, project managers, technology, operations and delivery team members) to drive execution and report / resolve / escalate issues and risks
Identify and recommend opportunities for product enhancements and business requirements