Securities Quantitative Analytics Senior Manager

Wells Fargo Bank•Charlotte, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

About this role Wells Fargo is seeking a Securities Quantitative Analytics Senior Manager (Executive Director) within the Investment Portfolio organization. In this leadership role, you will guide a team responsible for building and enhancing quantitative models and tools that support mortgage risk management, trading, pricing, forecasting, and strategy optimization. You will also provide direction and oversight to the Mortgage Analytics Platform team to ensure high‑quality, timely deliverables that support both business growth and strategic initiatives. Essential Duties & Responsibilities Lead the design and implementation of quantitative models for mortgage risk management, trading strategies, and pricing of mortgage and mortgage‑derivative products. Develop, integrate, and deploy pricing models in partnership with other Quant teams, offering expertise in software design, implementation, and performance optimization. Collaborate and communicate effectively with Business Stakeholders, Quant Teams, Technology partners, and Project Management. Deliver high‑quality software and documentation aligned with standardized planning practices and an Agile‑based SDLC process In this role, you will: Manage and develop teams of individual contributors and managers in roles with moderate complexity and risk Use quantitative and technological techniques to solve complex business problems Develop automated trading algorithms, create cutting-edge derivative pricing models, and empirical models to provide insight into market behavior Interpret and develop policies and procedures for functions with a moderate complexity within scope of responsibility Analyze exposures and structuring transactions to meet client needs Determine appropriate strategy and actions of Securities Quantitative Analytics team to meet moderate to high-risk deliverables Design and develop complex parallel computing architectures, electronic trading tools, and advanced algorithm Collaborate with and influence all levels of professionals, including more experienced managers Play an integral role to the trading floor Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Securities Quantitative Analytics Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy

Requirements

6+ years of Securities Quantitative Analytic experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
3+ years of management or leadership experience
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
This position is eligible for Visa sponsorship
Must be able to work on-site

Nice To Haves

6+ years hands on programming experience, Java is most relevant, with an emphasis on integration of numerical models.
3+ experience in mentoring and coaching junior software engineers
3+ years of quantitative analytics library software development experience in a buy-side or sell-side institution or a quant solution vendor
Demonstrated ability to lead and manage large scale software development projects
Expert in managing the software development cycle, e.g. Git, Jira, Confluence
Extensive experience in high performance computing architecture design and implementation
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Experience in Agentic AI
Master's degree or higher in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, statistics, engineering, physics, economics, or computer science

Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of quantitative models for mortgage risk management, trading strategies, and pricing of mortgage and mortgage‑derivative products.
Develop, integrate, and deploy pricing models in partnership with other Quant teams, offering expertise in software design, implementation, and performance optimization.
Collaborate and communicate effectively with Business Stakeholders, Quant Teams, Technology partners, and Project Management.
Deliver high‑quality software and documentation aligned with standardized planning practices and an Agile‑based SDLC process
Manage and develop teams of individual contributors and managers in roles with moderate complexity and risk
Use quantitative and technological techniques to solve complex business problems
Develop automated trading algorithms, create cutting-edge derivative pricing models, and empirical models to provide insight into market behavior
Interpret and develop policies and procedures for functions with a moderate complexity within scope of responsibility
Analyze exposures and structuring transactions to meet client needs
Determine appropriate strategy and actions of Securities Quantitative Analytics team to meet moderate to high-risk deliverables
Design and develop complex parallel computing architectures, electronic trading tools, and advanced algorithm
Collaborate with and influence all levels of professionals, including more experienced managers
Play an integral role to the trading floor
Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy
Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Securities Quantitative Analytics
Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy