Wells Fargo

Lead Product Manager

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

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Product Management, product development, strategic planning, or equivalent experience.
  • 6+ years in platform reliability, incident management, or operational resilience for critical business platforms.
  • Experience managing high-severity production incidents and coordinating responses.
  • Proficiency in executive communication concerning major incidents and their implications.
  • Ability to establish reliability objectives and operational readiness programs for business platforms.
  • Strong analytical and decision-making skills, especially in high-pressure situations.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the entire incident management lifecycle as incident commander during critical production events.
  • Establish and govern incident management protocols for severity classification and reporting.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to enhance platform stability.
  • Develop metrics and reports to monitor platform health and reliability for executives.
  • Collaborate with multiple teams to enhance platform reliability and disaster recovery capabilities.
  • Influence stakeholders to prioritize reliability initiatives without direct authority.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule which offers flexibility.
  • This position follows specific compliance and background screening policies related to FINRA requirements.
Full Job Description

About this role:

The Wealth & Investment Management (WIM) Chief Product Office (CPO) is seeking a Lead Product Manager to serve as the Platform Reliability and Incident Management lead for the firm's advisory, trading, portfolio management, and client-facing platforms. This senior individual contributor role will establish and lead the operational reliability framework across critical wealth management platforms, serving as the business authority during major production incidents and driving end-to-end incident management, root cause remediation, and platform resiliency efforts. Responsibilities include governance of incident management processes, executive stakeholder communications during critical events, platform health reporting, resiliency testing, and oversight of corrective action execution. This position supports ongoing efforts to improve platform reliability, operational resilience, regulatory readiness, client experience, and risk management across the WIM product portfolio.


In this role, you will:

  • Lead the end-to-end incident management lifecycle, serving as the incident commander during high-severity production events and coordinating cross-functional teams to drive timely resolution, recovery, and stakeholder communications
  • Establish and govern incident management processes, including escalation protocols, severity classifications, executive communications, and reporting
  • Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions to improve platform stability, reduce operational risk, and strengthen resilience
  • Develop and monitor platform reliability metrics, trends, risks, and remediation progress to provide executive visibility into platform health
  • Partner across Product, Technology, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and third-party vendors to improve platform reliability, performance, and disaster recovery readiness
  • Influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders to prioritize remediation efforts and deliver reliability and resiliency outcomes without direct reporting authority


Required Qualifications:

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


Desired Qualifications:

  • 6+ years of experience in platform reliability, incident management, production support, operational resilience, or related disciplines supporting critical business platforms
  • Experience leading high-severity production incidents and coordinating cross-functional response, recovery, and remediation efforts
  • Experience providing executive communications during major incidents and translating technical issues into business, client, operational, and risk impacts
  • Experience establishing reliability objectives, resiliency practices, disaster recovery testing, or operational readiness programs for critical business platforms
  • Strong ability to influence stakeholders and drive outcomes across Product, Technology, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and vendor organizations without direct reporting authority
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to operate effectively in high-pressure environments


Job Expectations:

  • Hybrid work Schedule
  • This position is subject to FINRA background screening requirements. Candidates must successfully complete and pass a background check prior to hire. In accordance with FINRA rules, individuals who are subject to statutory disqualification are not eligible to be associated with a FINRA-registered broker-dealer. Successful candidates must also meet and comply with ongoing regulatory obligations, which include periodic screening and mandatory reporting of certain incidents.
  • 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
  • This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

Job Location:

  • Charlotte, NC

Posting End Date:

2 Oct 2026

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

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