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Lead Digital Product Manager

Wells Fargo & Company - Institutional Retirement & Trust business

Des Moines, IA
Full Time
Senior
3 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Digital Product Manager within the Retail Services business unit that has deep agile expertise to design, develop and execute against a prioritized backlog for products distributed via Merchants. In this role, you will act as an advisor to senior leadership, lead digital strategies, and foster an agile discipline to improve digital account management experiences and support business growth objectives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking
  • Act as an advisor to senior leadership to develop or influence digital products, initiatives, plans, specifications, resources, and long-term goals for highly complex business and technical needs across a functional area within the Digital environment
  • Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise
  • Coordinate highly complex activities and guidance to others
  • Provide vision, direction and expertise to senior leadership on implementing innovative and significant digital business plans, programs and initiatives which have significant impact
  • Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise
  • Serve as an expert advisor to leadership
  • Develop and execute the multi-year strategy to drive sustainable improvements in account management experiences through the digital channel
  • Consult with dependent product partners (including legal, risk, compliance and control) on digital application capabilities required to meet business growth objectives
  • Define and continually refine OKRs / KPIs; develop related reporting/dashboards
  • 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

Requirements

  • 5+ years of digital product management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education
  • Experience managing tradeoffs and executing day-to-day backlog prioritization and refinement in an Agile environment
  • Experience leading the development and execution of complex digital business plans, programs and initiatives enterprise-wide while managing risk and ensuring regulatory and policy compliance
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to present information persuasively and clearly
  • Outstanding problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to turn findings into strategic imperatives
  • Ability to influence, motivate, and lead diverse teams in a shift-based, decentralized, and geographically dispersed environment
  • Customer centricity mindset focused on putting the customer first in product development
  • Ability to synthesize complex, multi-dimensional concepts into clear, actionable insights
  • Proven ability to influence and collaborate effectively at all levels
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

Nice to Have

  • 4+ years of experience with large scale, complex product portfolios with broad scope and impact across large organizations
  • Experience working in an Agile environment managing tradeoffs and defining release plans
  • Experience leading the development and execution of enterprise-wide digital initiatives while managing risk and compliance
  • Previous experience with Financial Services or Fintech industry
  • Experience enabling new features for merchant experiences
  • Prior successful work leading scrum teams in a matrixed environment
  • Experience as a Transformation leader driving organizational change
  • Highly refined communication skills for presenting to varied audiences
  • Experience consulting, influencing, and partnering with stakeholders

Qualifications

  • Educational background or training demonstrating the required experience

Benefits & Perks

  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule
  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

Working at Wells Fargo & Company - Institutional Retirement & Trust business

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer committed to building strong customer relationships and a risk-mitigating, compliance-driven culture. Employees are expected to support risk programs, adhere to policies, and proactively manage risk and compliance obligations. The company emphasizes proactive monitoring, governance, and sound risk decisions, fostering an environment of inclusion and integrity.

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Job Details

Posted AtSep 18, 2025
Job CategoryProduct Management
SalaryCompetitive salary
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeHybrid
ExperienceSenior

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About Wells Fargo & Company - Institutional Retirement & Trust business

Website

wellsfargo.com

Company Size

5001-10000 employees

Location

Des Moines, IA

Industry

Commercial Banking

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