Product Owner for Unstructured Data

Wells Fargo Bank•Minneapolis, MN

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Digital Product Owner within the Cybersecurity Information Protection domain. This role reports to the Cybersecurity Governance Product Management Director and partners closely with the Head of Information Protection to execute the enterprise Information Protection Data Protection strategy. In this role, you will: Lead Delivery and Execution: Translate strategic direction, policy requirements, and risk priorities into shipped capabilities—driving backlog execution, coordinated roadmaps, and measurable outcomes across discovery, scanning, classification, labeling, enforcement, and remediation workflows. Own end-to-end delivery for Information Protection unstructured scanning and governance capabilities—from discovery and design through build, rollout, adoption, and sustainment. Serve as the primary interface between Information Protection leadership and engineering teams, ensuring strategic intent is translated into clear technical requirements, delivery scope, and release milestones. Drive cross-team coordination to manage dependencies, unblock delivery, and ensure consistent implementation across platforms and lines of business. Work directly with privacy, compliance, legal, risk, and lines of business to deliver scalable, auditable, and compliant solutions across unstructured data in on-prem, cloud, SaaS, and M365 environments. Plan and manage the feature backlog by writing and refining epics, features, and user stories in Jira, partnering with scrum teams to deliver iteratively and remove impediments. Lead discovery and prioritization using voice-of-customer input from application teams, data owners, and governance partners—balancing usability with enterprise control needs. Establish, communicate, and monitor goals and performance indicators (OKRs/KPIs), using data to drive delivery decisions and continuous improvement. Apply process optimization and automation to reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and scale enterprise scanning, classification quality, and remediation execution. Lead investment planning and quarterly delivery execution across the Information Protection product area, tracking progress, risks, and outcomes through governance routines.

Requirements

7+ years of digital product management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
3+ years of experience with Agile practices and frameworks, with strong Jira proficiency (product owner or product manager role).

Nice To Haves

Experience delivering enterprise Information Protection, DSPM, data governance, or data protection programs at scale.
Hands-on experience with data discovery, scanning, classification, labeling, and/or DLP platforms (e.g., Microsoft Purview, Varonis or similar tools).
Experience working across multiple cyber domains (Information Protection, Privacy, IAM, Cloud Security, Application Security, Cyber Defense, Third-Party Risk).
Demonstrated risk management leadership and experience improving enterprise risk posture through technology enablement and governance.

Responsibilities

Translate strategic direction, policy requirements, and risk priorities into shipped capabilities—driving backlog execution, coordinated roadmaps, and measurable outcomes across discovery, scanning, classification, labeling, enforcement, and remediation workflows.
Own end-to-end delivery for Information Protection unstructured scanning and governance capabilities—from discovery and design through build, rollout, adoption, and sustainment.
Serve as the primary interface between Information Protection leadership and engineering teams, ensuring strategic intent is translated into clear technical requirements, delivery scope, and release milestones.
Drive cross-team coordination to manage dependencies, unblock delivery, and ensure consistent implementation across platforms and lines of business.
Work directly with privacy, compliance, legal, risk, and lines of business to deliver scalable, auditable, and compliant solutions across unstructured data in on-prem, cloud, SaaS, and M365 environments.
Plan and manage the feature backlog by writing and refining epics, features, and user stories in Jira, partnering with scrum teams to deliver iteratively and remove impediments.
Lead discovery and prioritization using voice-of-customer input from application teams, data owners, and governance partners—balancing usability with enterprise control needs.
Establish, communicate, and monitor goals and performance indicators (OKRs/KPIs), using data to drive delivery decisions and continuous improvement.
Apply process optimization and automation to reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and scale enterprise scanning, classification quality, and remediation execution.
Lead investment planning and quarterly delivery execution across the Information Protection product area, tracking progress, risks, and outcomes through governance routines.