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Wells Fargo · 2 days ago

Lead Business Execution Consultant

Chandler, AZ

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$119K/yr - $206K/yr

5+ years exp

Wells Fargo is a global financial services leader seeking a Lead Business Execution Consultant to join the Payments Change Delivery team. This role will lead a critical workstream of the Payments Transformation program, focusing on migrating from legacy systems to a modern, AI-enabled architecture while optimizing Payments Operations.

BankingFinancial ServicesFinTechInsurancePayments

No H1B

Responsibilities

Define, refine, and prioritize the team backlog aligned with Program PI objectives

Write clear features for dev team to decompose into user stories, define acceptance criteria, and ensure business context

Develops Jira stories to document requirements

Collaborate closely with Dev Team partners to refine feature requirements and support translation into user stories

Work with the team to scope iteration goals and balance capacity vs. commitment

Manage the Jira backlog and ensure proper Jira hygiene

Identify opportunities to leverage capabilities across value streams

Assess existing operational procedures to identify opportunities to optimize in the target-state ecosystem and eliminate waste and pain points

Lead support functions or operations for multiple business groups and contribute to large scale strategic initiatives

Ensure efficiency, quality, cost effectiveness of solutions, and pipeline management relating to assigned operations

Research moderately complex business, operational, and strategic initiatives that require analytical skills, basic knowledge of organizational strategy and Business Execution, and understanding of international business

Work independently to make recommendations for support function by providing support and leadership

Assist in the planning and execution of a variety of programs and initiatives that may include risk mitigation, efficiency, and customer experience

Collaborate and consult with team leaders in developing project plans, policies and procedures

Provide leadership in management of relationships and implementation of programs, services, and initiatives with cross functional business partners

Supports requirements definition via operational stakeholder elicitation, collaboration with Tech partners on black-box testing, and analysis of data to derive requirements

Identify cross-impacts/interdependencies and collaborate with Value Stream Leads and Capability Product Managers to manage effectively

Acts as proxy for customers and business stakeholders within the team

Ensures deliverables support capability, product, or value stream outcomes

Qualification

Business ExecutionAgileJiraPayments OperationsChange ManagementProcess ImprovementProject ManagementOperational Risk ManagementData AnalysisCross-Enterprise Projects

Required

5+ years of Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Preferred

4+ years leading large-scale transformation programs operating in complex IT ecosystems with myriad application interfaces, datasets and systems of record

Previous experience in project management, change management, or process improvement, including support for initiatives migrating from legacy systems to target-state strategic platforms (e.g., gap analysis, data and reporting strategy, dependency management, migration planning, and stakeholder communication)

4+ years of payments, wires or operations experience preferred

Experience/knowledge of HV RTGS systems (Fedwire, CHIPS), Swift Network and ISO 20022 messaging standards preferred

5+ years of Agile experience preferably in a Product Owner or Product Manager role

Expert/Advanced Jira skills and experience maintaining Jira board hygiene

Knowledge and understanding of operational processes and operational risk management

Investigations experience (knowledge of Pega or investigations as a business)

General understanding of technology change management and SDLC processes

Release management experience (including go/no-go governance, oversight of tech deployments, and coordination of customer migrations/go-lives)

Good understanding of agile/product metrics and instrumentation managing product backlogs and aligning stakeholders on prioritization tradeoffs

Experience creating and maintaining business/product capability catalogs

Demonstrated experience designing and leading cross-enterprise projects

Ability to translate and summarize complex data into understandable, actionable information and recommendations