Senior Lead Product Manager, SWIFT Payments

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Product Manager to join our SWIFT Payments team. This position will be a SWIFT product manager and act as product owner to define product outcomes and strategy, driving towards the end-state vision. This individual will act as SWIFT SME and work with product managers, Operations and Technology to deliver core SWIFT solutions across multiple partner businesses throughout the enterprise eco-system. Will have ownership over optimizing internal customer satisfaction, controlling costs, improving efficiency, ensuring compliance and mitigating risk.  They will collaborate with, coordinate, and support multiple business partners including: global product, sales, relationship management, marketing, foreign exchange, payment strategy, vendor management, technology, operations, customer care, implementation, compliance, risk, and legal. Our Global Payments & Liquidity, Product & Platform organization is dedicated to expanding core payments products and enhancing pricing discipline for deposits and fees with existing clients. We are investing in modernizing our payments platforms & architecture to build robust payment ecosystems. For additional information on this line of business, refer to the external Careers Site at www.wellsfargojobs.com

In this role, you will:

• Advise experienced leadership to develop or influence business plans, business requirements, direct product design and implementation for complex business and technical needs

• Oversee overall product management and strategic focus for the most technical, complex, and diverse products and services

• Lead the strategy and resolution of complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth understanding of potential synergies, opportunities companywide

• Set the product vision, strategy and roadmap and maintain delivery backlog with delivery partners.

• Deliver solutions that are long-term, large scale, and require consideration of global market dynamics, trends, regulatory impact, and risk management

• Provide vision, direction and expertise to leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions that are strategically focused for diverse product lines

• Articulate product vision, define scope, prioritize backlog, establish goals, and provide direction for teams to design, develop, and deliver technology and processes for updating, upgrading technologies and vendor relationships

• Engage with leaders, stakeholders, subject matter experts, scrum masters, project managers and delivery team companywide

• Serve as an adept advisor to leadership

Required Qualifications, US:

• 7+ years of Product Management, product development, strategic planning, process management, change delivery, or agile product owner experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• SWIFT messaging knowledge

Desired Qualifications:

• Proven track record of advising and influencing senior leadership horizontally
• Ability to develop partnerships and collaborate with other business and functional areas
• Ability to interact with all levels of an organization

• 5+ years Knowledge and understanding of product management in banking or the financial services industry

• ISO 20022 Transformation and Global Payments Innovation (gpi) is a big plus

• Knowledge and understanding of project management in the financial services industry

• Knowledge and understanding of audit, regulatory compliance, or risk management

• Payment transformation & messaging experience (ACH, FedNow, MT-to-MX, SWIFT, CHIPS)

• Expertise in PowerPoint and storytelling

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

• 5+ years of experience with an international bank with knowledge of SWIFT, whether directly or indirectly through such products like US Dollar or multicurrency clearing and the correspondent banking business.

• Ability to lead a cross-functional team of business partners and stakeholders to a common goal.

• Experience in planning and development of new complex products, including leadership or sponsorship of the development process.

• Familiarity with current initiatives in global banking, including knowledge of SWIFT gpi and ISO 20022.

• Ability to drive product innovation based on evolving customer needs, technological evolution, and dynamic market conditions.

• Proficient in the use of analytical tools such as spreadsheets and databases to conduct analyses

Job Expectations:

• Not eligible for visa sponsorship
• This opportunity provides a hybrid work schedule at one of the posted locations

Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities and/or personal investing; affected employees will be expected to provide information to the Wells Fargo Personal Account Dealing Team and abide by applicable policy requirements if hired. Information will be shared about expectations during the recruitment process

Posting End Date: 

*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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