Lead Business Execution Consultant Data Products & Infrastructure

About this role

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Business Execution Consultant to own the technical implementation, governance, vendor coordination, and operationalization of data products supporting Branch Distribution Strategy & Analytics.

This role enables data products to move from concept to production. The successful candidate will secure approved data sources, manage data-vendor relationships, navigate governance and access requirements, design ingestion and integration approaches, and partner with Technology, Architecture, Security, and Data Management teams to establish scalable, controlled, and supportable solutions.

The role requires strong data-product judgment, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to translate business needs into practical implementation plans while operating within Wells Fargo risk, security, and compliance requirements.

In this role, you will:

Technical implementation & integration

• Translate business and product requirements into clear data, integration, platform, and operating requirements.
• Design ingestion and integration approaches in partnership with Technology, Architecture, Security, and Data Management teams.
• Establish the technical framework and platform architecture required to support the data product.
• Implement or coordinate data pipelines, validation routines, monitoring, and operational controls.
• Document source-to-target logic, dependencies, data definitions, operating procedures, and support models.

Data sourcing & vendor management

• Identify, evaluate, and secure approved internal and external data sources needed to support branch distribution products and analytics.
• Manage relationships with data vendors, including business requirements, product fit, service levels, issue resolution, renewals, and ongoing performance.
• Coordinate vendor onboarding, due diligence, contracting inputs, data-use terms, access, and implementation dependencies with the appropriate partners.
• Monitor data quality, delivery performance, usage, and value; escalate issues and recommend changes when vendor solutions do not meet business needs.

Governance, risk & operationalization

• Navigate data access approvals, governance reviews, security assessments, architecture decisions, and compliance processes.
• Manage data lineage, entitlements, retention, privacy, security, and permitted-use requirements.
• Productionize and operationalize data products, including testing, release readiness, incident management, maintenance, and ongoing support.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, controlled, documented, and supportable.
• Identify implementation risks, resolve cross-functional issues, and communicate decisions, tradeoffs, and status to business and technical leaders.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of work experience, training, military experience, or education.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience implementing and operationalizing data products in a complex, regulated environment.
• Experience managing third-party data vendors, data-provider relationships, contracts, service levels, or vendor performance.
• Experience with data sourcing, access approvals, governance, security, architecture, lineage, metadata, privacy, and compliance requirements.
• Experience designing data ingestion, integration, pipeline, control, monitoring, and support approaches.
• Ability to translate business needs into clear technical requirements and implementation plans.
• Experience partnering with Technology, Architecture, Information Security, Data Management, Risk, Legal, and Procurement teams.
• Working knowledge of SQL, data platforms, APIs, ETL/ELT processes, cloud or on-premises data architecture, and data-quality controls.
• Strong project leadership, issue-resolution, stakeholder-management, and executive communication skills.
• Knowledge of financial services, retail banking, branch distribution, GIS, market data, demographics, or location analytics.
• Ability to lead complex cross-functional work and influence partners without direct authority.

Job Expectations: 

• Ability to travel up to 5% of the time 
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule 
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

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

Locations:

• 1525 W W T Harris Blvd., CHARLOTTE, NC 28262-8522

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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Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

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