Senior Lead Digital Product Manager- Card Spend & Payments Discovery

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a strategic and execution-oriented Senior Lead Digital Product Manager to own the discovery strategy for money movement and line increase capabilities across our Consumer, Co-Brand, and Small Business Card portfolios.
This leader will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of how our customers move money and manage their credit lines, ensuring our products are competitive, customer-centric, and aligned with our broader business goals. You will report directly to the Head of Product for Card and serve as a key partner to the Transact and Manage Area Product Owner, who leads the product and technology delivery teams for these capabilities.
In this role, you will:

• Collaborate with Business General Managers to refine and evolve the strategic direction for money movement and line increase capabilities.
• Monitor and interpret market trends, competitive dynamics, and regulatory developments to inform product strategy and identify whitespace opportunities.
• Analyze customer behavior, feedback, and performance metrics to uncover pain points and optimization opportunities.
• Partner with analytics, design, and research teams to ensure discovery efforts are grounded in customer needs and platform realities.
• Translate business gaps and strategic needs into high-level product concepts and build asks with sufficient detail to enable sizing and initial execution planning.
• Own and prioritize the discovery backlog, balancing short-term delivery needs with long-term strategic investments.
• Lead cross-functional discovery squads, distributing research and analysis capacity to ensure feasibility, timing alignment, and tradeoff clarity.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing clear, data-driven recommendations and updates on discovery progress.
• Facilitate alignment across product, technology, design, analytics, and business teams to ensure seamless handoffs from discovery to delivery.
• Contribute to the evolution of product governance routines, ensuring transparency, accountability, and agility in decision-making.
• Champion best practices in discovery operations, including hypothesis-driven exploration, rapid prototyping, and iterative validation.
• 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

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of digital product management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Proven success leading product discovery efforts for complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to synthesize insights from diverse sources into actionable product direction.
• Experience working with agile delivery teams and translating business needs into technical requirements.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of influencing senior leaders and cross-functional partners.
• Deep understanding of money movement, payments, or credit line management in consumer or small business financial products.
• Experience in a matrixed organization with multiple product lines and stakeholder groups.
• Familiarity with design thinking, lean experimentation, and customer journey mapping.
• MBA or advanced degree in business, technology, or related field.
• 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

Pay Range
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.
$159,000.00 - $279,000.00
Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:
17 Nov 2025
* Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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