About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Product Manager.
In this role, you will:
Lead complex initiatives including establishing marketing programs for new products or enhancements
Conduct market research and market results-oriented analysis for major products and services
Review and analyze complex major product lines and services
Implement change delivery solutions for the portfolio's technology process work of low to moderate complexity
Make decisions in complex and multi-faceted situations of global market dynamics, trends, and regulatory impact
Oversee risk management to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
Collaborate and consult with managers, stakeholders, scrum masters, project managers, and delivery team to resolve issues and achieve project goals
Lead projects, teams, or serve as a mentor to less experienced staff
As a Product Owner for the Consumer Lending business, you will bring a strategic mindset and passion for experimentation as you work closely with Product Managers and collaborate with a variety of agile delivery teams, partners, and stakeholders across the organization to employ product management and agile techniques to optimize products for our customers. You will help drive the delivery of outcomes to the marketplace through ownership of the product backlog inclusive of prioritization, transparency into upcoming work, setting of product goals, and communication to support shared understanding.
Responsibilities in this function include:
Employ a customer obsessed mindset and product management techniques to actively pursue customer engagement and a deep knowledge of customer behavior to act as their voice in discovery and product refinement
Apply a working knowledge of Agile delivery frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, in a multi-team environment to enable the realization of outcomes from discovery through delivery to the market
Orchestrate discovery practices, including testing and experimentation, to create a shared understanding of the technology domain, business strategy, and customer desire in the marketplace in partnership with design and engineering partners across cross-functional areas
Collaborate with Product Managers and stakeholders to contribute to and influence overall product vision and roadmap to convey desired outcomes through the product backlog
Ability to exercise effective product backlog management including prioritization in alignment with OKRs to deliver the greatest value-based outcomes in alignment with overall product strategy and setting of the product goal
Attend key Agile events for the product area to connect product strategy to the team and provide subject matter expertise
Entrusted to make decisions for their product area such as defining acceptance criteria, acceptance of stories and determining when the solution delivered will meet the definition of done to maximize value and iterative learnings from the team
Actively seek to utilize data mining and perform analysis to uncover data driven insights and support recommendations of necessary actions
Engage with cross-functional experts to ensure solutions are business ready from risk, legal, compliance, and policy perspectives
Characteristics displayed in this role:
Displays an agile mindset to adapt to changing customer needs, business strategies, and technology environments to deliver in a way that meets the demands of the current and future marketplace
Embraces innovation, collaboration, and experimentation to uncover new and unique opportunities for product advancement
Champions an environment of trust, safety, candor, and cohesiveness with the team, customers, and stakeholders
Strong ability to leverage various communication methods and styles across varying levels and sizes of audiences to convey the vision of the product and address critical decision points to sustain team, customer, and stakeholder excitement around the product
Aptness for self-management, problem-solving, and critical decision making in an efficient manner using strong analytical thinking in a complex matrixed environment
Ability to use empathy to understand customer and end user needs and translate into delivery themes
Skillful facilitation of high impact conversations with the ability to navigate conflict and negotiate for an outcome that balances the needs of the business .
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:
3+ years of experience with/within [a financial services organization, digital, etc; based on LOB specific needs for their product/product area]
Experience with product and backlog management in an environment using a scaled framework such as LeSS
Strong data analytics skills
Thorough knowledge of competitive markets, operations and various products and services
Other Desired Qualifications:
Familiarity with human-centered design models
Experience with direct involvement in prototyping activities
Knowledge of software development workflow
Background in leading through transformation
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Posting End Date:
13 Oct 2024*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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