
Financial Services · 248k people
Head of Financial Institutions Product
Posted 3 Nov
What’s this role about? The Head of Financial Institutions Product is responsible for defining, delivering, and scaling a comprehensive portfolio of payments, liquidity, and digital workflow solutions. This role involves cross-functional leadership to align product strategy with market opportunities, regulatory expectations, and platform modernization goals.
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Company
About Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with approximately $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through more than 7,300 locations, 12,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in over 40 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 250,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 41 on Fortune’s 2022 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories. Relevant military experience is considered for veterans and transitioning service men and women. 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.© 2016 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC.
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Responsibilities
- Define the target product vision and future‑state architecture for FI and NBFI solutions across payments, deposits, liquidity, and digital workflows.
- Define and evolve the target product state and future-state architecture aligned to GPL strategy, platform modernization, and regulatory expectations.
- Shape multi-year roadmaps, investment priorities, and sequencing decisions in partnership with GPL leadership.
- Establish clear product outcomes, success metrics, and portfolio priorities tied to client value, revenue growth, and operational scalability.
- Develop problem statements, solution concepts, and capability maps aligned to FI and NBFI client use cases.
- Partner with GPL leadership to shape multi‑year roadmaps, investment priorities, and sequencing decisions.
- Ensure alignment with GPL strategic priorities, platform modernization, and regulatory expectations.
- Drive delivery by orchestrating work across existing GPL platforms and product teams.
- Translate target‑state vision into clear capability requirements for platform and technology teams.
- Partner with Technology, Operations, Risk, Finance, Legal, and Compliance to ensure scalable and compliant solutions.
- Manage dependencies and trade‑offs to deliver cohesive end‑to‑end outcomes.
- Serve as senior product point-of-contact for FI and NBFI solutions with Coverage, Relationship Management, and Treasury Solutions teams.
- Partner with Relationship Managers and Treasury Management Consultants to align product strategy with client needs, sales priorities, and market opportunities.
- Represent GPL in strategic client discussions, industry forums, and internal senior leadership engagements.
- Lead market and competitive analysis to drive differentiation and inform roadmap and pricing decisions.
- Conduct market and competitive analysis to inform product differentiation and prioritization.
- Own product governance across the FI and NBFI portfolio, including Product Change, Product Launch, and ongoing lifecycle management.
- Ensure adherence to Wells Fargo risk management, compliance, and regulatory standards.
- Monitor performance, adoption, and financial outcomes to inform continuous improvement and investment decisions.
- Drive accountability and transparency across product initiatives through disciplined reporting and executive communication.
Qualification
- 10+ years of Product Management or leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 4+ years of management or leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-platform product portfolios in large matrixed organizations.
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Proven ability to partner effectively with Technology, Operations, Risk, Legal, and Compliance.
- Deep understanding of FI and/or NBFI client segments, payment flows, and operating models.
- Experience serving banks, Fintechs, payment processors, or other non-bank financial institutions.
- Background in commercial payments, correspondent banking, cash management, or market infrastructure.
- Experience delivering products through platform modernization or transformation initiatives.
- Strong strategic, analytical, and written communication skills with an executive-level audience.
- This position offers a hybrid work schedule
- 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.
- Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities. $185,000.00 - $300,000.00
- a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
- b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
- c. Please be prepared to provide accurate information and supporting documentation in connection with any lawful employment and education verification conducted by Wells Fargo.
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.
- Paid time off
- Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
- Parental leave
- Critical caregiving leave
- Discounts and savings
- Tuition reimbursement
- Scholarships for dependent children
- Adoption reimbursement
- Posting End Date
- 15 Nov 2026
- Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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