GPL Platform Transformation: Lead Product Manager – Payments Data Services

Lead Product Manager

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Product Manager to support the Platform Transformation Data Services team, driving strategic execution and product enablement across the Global Payments & Liquidity, Product & Platform organization. This team is focused on expanding core payments products, enhancing pricing discipline for deposits and fees, and modernizing payments platforms and architecture to build robust payment ecosystems. 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 Manager 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:

• Lead complex Payment data transformation initiatives End to End including planning, prioritization, tracking and delivery execution.
• Translate business goals (KPI's/OKR's) into actionable written requirements for Features and User Stories.
• Use strategic thinking to align payment data requirements to industry best practices, transformation goals, and internal data strategy.
• Actively participate in planning sessions to prioritize and maintain the backlog to align with delivery needs.
• Demonstrate the ability to explain business requirements to technical and non-technical partners and leaders.
• Orchestrate dependencies with required PODS, Teams, and business 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.

Required Qualifications:

• 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.

Desired Qualifications:

• 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).
• 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.

This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship. This position is a hybrid work model. Must be willing to work out of aligned office approximately 3 days a week.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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 commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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Req Number: R-517946