Wells Fargo

Lead Business Execution Consultant - Payments Operations Transformation Program Manager

Wells Fargo$110K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning.
  • Experience in payments transformation initiatives within large organizations.
  • Strong knowledge of payments platforms and lifecycles.
  • Background in Production Operations or optimizing operating models.
  • Proven ability to manage multi-team priorities and dependencies.
  • Experience leading significant transformation or migration programs.
  • Familiarity with various payment systems and messaging platforms like FedWire and SWIFT.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and communicate the product area vision and strategy while managing risks.
  • Collaborate with product managers on product intention maps.
  • Establish and monitor product area goals and performance indicators.
  • Build relationships with stakeholders to communicate vision and incorporate feedback.
  • Prioritize the product area backlog to align with goals.
  • Ensure transparency of all known work in the backlog.
  • Inspire and lead cross-functional teams.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with some flexibility in schedule.
  • Opportunity to lead high-impact projects in a transformative environment.
  • Exposure to diverse stakeholders and partnership opportunities.
  • Engagement in a high-performing team atmosphere.
  • Professional development opportunities through project leadership.
Full Job Description

The Payment Transformation Team within the Operations Payments Transformation Group is seeking a dynamic, highly motivated and experienced payment professional. This lead individual contributor role will serve as a Lead Program Manager supporting a large-scale Payments Transformation program.

This position will be responsible for managing project implementation, and timelines for assigned efforts under the Payments Transformation Program. This team member will also provide technical subject matter expertise to partners inside and outside of Payment Operations including project leadership teams and various senior-level stakeholders.

This position is also known as a Lead Business Execution Consultant.


In this role, you will:

  • Develop, evolve, and communicate the product area vision, priorities and strategywhile managing risk and ensuring regulatory and policy compliance.

  • Collaborate with the product manager on the overall product intention map.

  • Establish, communicate, and monitor product area goals and performance indicators.

  • Identify and build relationships with key partners and stakeholders to communicate product area vision, strategies, and priorities while soliciting and incorporating feedback.

  • Actively own the prioritization of a clearly understood product area backlog aligned to product area vision and goals.

  • Responsible for ensuring that all known work is added to the backlog and made transparent.

  • Inspire and lead high-performing, cross-functional teams.

  • Maintain continuous and cadenced communication with the product manager and delivery teams

  • Coordinate with business analysts, delivery coordinators, POs, and supporting roles that are shared across delivery teams.

  • Manage tradeoffs and executing day to day backlog prioritization and refinement; defining release plans aligned to the product strategy and intention map

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ 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:

  • Experience executing payments transformation initiatives within large, complex organizations.

  • Strong understanding of payments platforms, messaging flows, and endtoend payment lifecycles.

  • Experience working in Production Operations teams or leading initiatives to optimize target-state operating models

  • Proven ability to manage priorities and dependencies across multiple teams or workstreams.

  • Experience leading largescale transformation or migration programs.

  • Familiarity with payment rails and messaging platforms such as FedWire, ACH, FedNow, CHIPS, SWIFT, MTtoMX, and ISO 20022.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including PowerPoint development and executiveready storytelling.

  • Strong organizational and prioritization skills with attention to detail.

  • Ability to synthesize complex inputs from diverse stakeholders into clear actions and recommendations.

  • Customercentric, outcomefocused mindset with the ability to work independently, manage ambiguity, and meet delivery commitments.

Schedule:

  • Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm (some flexibility) - 3/2 hybrid role

Posting End Date:

20 Sep 2026

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

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