Sr Lead Product Owner/Sr Lead Business Analyst - Financial Crimes Operations Transformation & Product

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

IT, Accounting & Finance, Product, Operations
Charlotte, NC, USA
Posted on May 9, 2025

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a highly detail-oriented and proactive Sr Lead Product Owner/Sr Lead Business Analyst (Senior Lead Business Execution Consultant) to join our Financial Crimes Operations Transformation & Product team, focusing on the development and enhancement of enterprise Financial Crimes solutions, including the sunrise of an Enterprise KYC platform. In this role, you will bridge the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams, gathering, analyzing, and documenting requirements to support compliance with regulatory standards and optimize KYC processes. Learn more about our career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com.

In this role, you will:
• Lead complex and unique initiatives to provide technological solutions with broad impact for cross functional businesses and technology teams
• Act as an advisory to senior leadership, with strategic business solutions to companywide technology initiatives
• Evaluate highly complex business problems and provide subject matter knowledge proficiency for technology initiatives
• Understand and ensure compliance and risk management requirements for supported area and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
• Make decisions regularly for highly complex and multifaceted situations requiring solid understanding of domain and technology applications, and which influence companywide technology solutions
• Collaborate and consult with business and technology teams to provide comprehensive technological solutions for highly complex business problems
• Provide guidance and mentorship to individuals at all levels and provide advice to senior leadership on highly complex and strategic issues
• Ensure communication and information flow between business and technology teams


Required Qualifications:
• 7+ 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

Desired Qualifications:
• Wells Fargo Financial Crimes, product and/or technology experience preferred
• Excellent understanding of KYC processes, regulatory requirements, and best practices
• Advanced familiarity with KYC technologies, data integration, and workflow automation tools
• Experience with Fenergo or other configurable vendor solutions is a plus
• Proficient in writing epics, features and user stories using tools like JIRA
• Proficiency in process mapping tools (e.g., Visio, Lucidchart)
• Leadership experience - projects, programs, and/or people
• Experience working with senior leaders and stakeholders across multiple lines of business
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Strong knowledge of enterprise software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies
• Exceptional ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Proactive and adaptable mindset in a fast-paced environment

Job Expectations:
This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

Position Location:
1525 W W T Harris Blvd, CHARLOTTE, NC 28262

Posting End Date:

21 May 2025

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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