Senior Lead Product Manager

Wells Fargo•Columbus, OH

5d•$139,000 - $239,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Product Manager to lead a critical product area within the Credit Services product line. This role will own one of the foundational product domains enabling real-time credit decisioning, including decisioning orchestration, data enablement, etc. This leader will be responsible for translating complex business problems into scalable technology solutions. Success in this role requires strong analytical and systems thinking capabilities, including the ability to decompose ambiguous business needs into products, capabilities, processes, data requirements, and technical execution plans that can be delivered by engineering teams.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated expertise decomposing large, ambiguous business problems into discrete technology capabilities and executable work streams.
Strong systems thinking skills with the ability to understand interactions across applications, data platforms, APIs, business processes, and operational workflows.
Demonstrated success owning end‑to‑end product delivery for complex technology‑centric capabilities
Strong product partnership experience with engineering, architecture, and data teams
Proven ability to align business objectives to technology roadmaps, prioritizing work to optimize delivery outcomes across multiple teams
Financial services experience, with an understanding of governance, control, and risk considerations in product delivery
Track record of driving structured discovery and refinement to translate business problems into clear, executable product initiatives
Demonstrated ability to manage large, multi‑stakeholder books of work, balancing short‑term delivery commitments with long‑term product strategy
Exceptional executive communication skills, including experience creating and delivering concise, strategy‑level product updates to senior leadership and governance forums
Ability to influence outcomes, building alignment across business, technology, data, and external partners
Ability to synthesize multi-dimensional, complex, and interrelated concepts into clear, consumable, implications, actions, and decisions
Demonstrated track record of effective influencing and collaboration at all levels
Exceptional problem solving abilities
Exceptional ability to translate complex business and operational concepts so they are clearly understood in support of sound decisions to meet business objectives
Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to clearly communicate results

Responsibilities

Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, shaping product strategies, roadmaps, and priorities for highly complex digital capabilities supporting credit eligibility and decisioning
Own end-to-end delivery of critical product features and initiatives, from discovery through delivery and operational readiness
Partner with engineering and architecture teams to evaluate solution options, tradeoffs, dependencies, and implementation approaches for highly complex enterprise initiatives.
Translate business objectives into clear, actionable product requirements that optimize technology delivery and long-term platform scalability
Partner closely with technology leaders to align product and engineering capabilities, balancing speed to market, resilience, and control
Drive structured discovery, refinement, and prioritization of product initiatives to maintain a clearly sequenced and outcome-driven book of work
Coordinate and influence across business, technology, data, and external partners to deliver against agreed product objectives
Provide clear product vision, direction, and accountability within the assigned product area, ensuring alignment to broader portfolio and enterprise goals
Communicate product strategy, progress, trade-offs, and risks with clarity and confidence to senior executives and governance forums
Serve as a subject matter expert in modern digital product practices and real-time decisioning environments, with sufficient technical fluency to partner effectively on APIs, data movement, and orchestration solutions
Foster a strong agile discipline that inspires teams to continuously improve delivery evidenced through key agility metrics
Build frameworks for complex decision making that enable effective debate and accelerate getting to the right answer