Executive Director, Front Line Transaction Monitoring Product Manager

Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, including a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients. We focus on our clients' overall financial needs, with consideration and respect for their total relationship with Wells Fargo.

Markets provides solutions to clients with the means to manage their exposure through various derivatives, lending and cash products across Structured Products Group, Rates, Equities, Foreign Exchange, Municipal Products Group, Credit Sales & Trading.

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a subject matter expert to build and rollout for transaction monitoring controls; including coordination of global rollout, implementation, calibration and testing of Front Office market abuse/manipulation/control tools to detect and prevent market misconduct.  This position needs a strong foundation of knowledge in transactional workflows across Macro-related products, as well as an expert-level understanding of surveillance regimes associated with the monitoring of trade flows across FX and Rates instruments and related asset classes.

In this role, you will:

• Manage global delivery of FLOD surveillance platforms across Macro and Commodities businesses
• Establish a macro surveillance framework covering Rates, FX, and Commodities trading activity
• Design controls for electronic market making, algorithmic execution, and RFQ workflows
• Partner with trading desks to assess monitoring requirements across high-frequency and event-driven markets
• Manage front office, implementation, and technology stakeholders for transaction monitoring delivery
• Provide market integrity training tailored to Macro trading behaviors and risks
• Build QA frameworks for surveillance across cross-venue and cross-product activity
• Perform pattern analysis on high-risk alerts across Rates, FX, and Commodities flows
• Calibrate and back-test models for macro-specific behaviors (e.g., price ramping, spoofing in futures/FX, collusive activity)
• Define and deliver next-gen surveillance models for high-volume, low-latency environments
• Drive model calibration to reduce false positives while maintaining regulatory defensibility
• Engage with SMEs and leadership across trading, compliance, and technology
• Provide strategic direction on macro surveillance architecture and controls

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Securities Product Management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Deep experience in Macro markets (Rates, FX, Commodities) trading workflows
• Strong knowledge of electronic trading structures (CME/ICE futures, SEFs, FX ECNs, RFQ platforms)
• Significant experience with surveillance model design for high-velocity markets
• Understanding of market abuse risks specific to Macro, including:
• Spoofing/layering in futures and FX
• Last look abuse / hold time manipulation (FX)
• Benchmark/fragmented liquidity manipulation (e.g., WM fix dynamics)
• Experience working on trading floor (rates/FX/commodities desks preferred)
• Proven ability to deliver large-scale surveillance platforms across global macro businesses
• Experience with regulatory regimes relevant to Macro (e.g., Dodd-Frank, CFTC, MAR)
• Strong quantitative/data skills (Python, SQL, R) with focus on time-series and market microstructure analytics

Job Expectations:

• Ability to travel as needed
• Willingness to work on-site in accordance with current office requirements
• Ability to work additional hours as needed
• 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.

Pay Range
 

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.

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.

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:

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

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. 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.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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