Wells Fargo

Director - Trade Finance Product Leader - Import/Export Finance

Wells Fargo$120K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in Commercial Banking Products or equivalent
  • Deep understanding of trade finance products and end-to-end processes
  • Proven track record in product management and scaling products
  • Strong analytical and critical-thinking capabilities
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills for influencing stakeholders
  • Solid regulatory knowledge on trade finance compliance
  • Expertise in letters of credit and governing rules

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement strategies for product adoption and revenue growth
  • Monitor product performance and identify improvement areas
  • Conduct product testing and gather user feedback for enhancements
  • Define and resolve product-related issues and risks
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration to meet roadmap milestones
  • Advise leadership on business development proposals
  • Act as lead product specialist for a diverse client portfolio
  • Mitigate product-related risks to ensure compliance

Benefits

  • Up to 20% travel
  • On-site work required at designated location
  • Specific compliance policies apply for outside activities and personal investing
Full Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking an experienced Trade Finance Product Leader to drive the strategy, development, and lifecycle management of a suite of trade finance solutions. This role sits at the intersection of product, risk, and client delivery—focused on delivering innovative, compliant, and scalable solutions that meet evolving client needs across global markets.

The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in trade finance products. A strong understanding of product governance and data flows, and the ability to translate market insights into actionable product strategies. This individual will partner closely with cross-functional teams—including sales, risk, operations, and technology—to enhance product capabilities, drive adoption, and ensure operational excellence.


In this role, you will:

  • Develop and implement strategies to drive product adoption, usage and revenue growth
  • Monitor product performance, analyze key matrices and identify areas for improvement
  • Conduct product testing, gather user feedback and iterate on product features
  • Ability to define and help resolve problems, identify product risks and propose solutions to mitigate them
  • Ability to resolve difficult and/or technical matters, providing informed opinions and substantiating responses with a rule or by documenting best industry practice
  • A grasp of how letter of credit data flows to help ensure proper accounting, data flows and reporting
  • Ability to lead and/or collaborate effectively with diverse teams to achieve roadmap milestones
  • Advise leadership to develop and execute business development plans and proposals for product such as payment, trade, risk mitigation and project financing
  • Develop and execute product strategies aligned with business objectives and create roadmaps identifying opportunities for product enhancement and innovation
  • Act as lead product specialist for varied portfolio of clients developing and executing business development plans and closing
  • Lead and support product development, initiative and campaigns
  • Be responsible for capital markets origination and structuring of credit financing for international banking transactions
  • Provide vision, direction and expertise to implement innovative and significant business solutions
  • Identify and mitigate product-related risks, ensuring compliance with regulations and internal policies
  • Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
  • Interact with internal customers
  • Receive direction from leaders and exercise independent judgment while developing the knowledge to understand function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements


Required Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of Commercial Banking Products experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

  • Deep understanding of trade finance products, workflows, and end-to-end processes
  • Proven product management experience, including a track record of successfully launching and scaling products
  • Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to solve complex problems and drive data-informed decisions
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
  • Solid knowledge of regulatory frameworks and compliance requirements within trade finance
  • Extensive expertise in letters of credit, including applicable governing rules (e.g., UCP, ISP)
  • Demonstrated ability to identify, evaluate, and execute on sales and growth opportunities
  • Experience leading products through the full lifecycle, from concept and development through launch and post-launch optimization
  • Proficiency in leveraging product analytics tools and designing, interpreting, and refining product performance reports


Job Expectations:

  • Up to 20% travel
  • Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening.
  • Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities 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:

19 Jul 2026

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

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