About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Human Resources Partner to join our Consumer, Small & Business Banking HR team; providing support to management within our Branch Systems and Transformation organization. The HR Business Partner executes HR strategies and solutions, spanning areas including employee relations, talent acquisition, talent management and development, employee engagement, manager effectiveness, leadership coaching, and more. This partner acts as a trusted advisor to management and will play a critical role in ensuring alignment of HR initiatives to key business priorities and strategic objectives.
In this role, you will:
- Lead complex initiatives including those that are cross functional and have broad impact and act as a change agent to support business transformation initiatives
- Act as key participant in large scale planning; lead projects or serve as a mentor for less experienced employees and promote a positive work culture by implementing initiatives that enhance employee satisfaction and overall engagement
- Review and analyze complex, multi-faceted, large-scale, and long-term business challenges that require in depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors
- Provide forward looking, strategic human resources consultation, resulting in comprehensive human capital strategies for a complex business or enterprise function
- Use understanding of business and enterprise goals to identify needs, opportunities, solutions, and risks relating to human resources programs and services, workforce productivity and engagement, organizational design and performance, talent management, and inclusion
- Assess and consult on the impact of human capital strategies, make recommendations for adjustments or enhancements, and ensure execution of the human capital plan to achieve business and risk objectives
- Partner with executive and more experienced leaders to anticipate opportunities to influence and lead change that will improve individual, team, and enterprise performance
- Embrace the Human Resources Operating Model by proactively and effectively collaborating with internal partners to positively influence outcomes
- Resolve complex issues and lead others to meet project deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
- Drive execution of annual processes including goal setting performance appraisal process compensation planning
- Coach managers on performance improvement plans and employee development strategies
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of Human Resources Business Partner experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience supporting a geographically distributed workforce
- Ability to leverage human capital metrics, including attrition, hiring and engagement to identify trends, forecast workforce and staffing needs and support data driven decisions
- Previous exposure to consumer banking products and services or experience working in a major global financial institution or regulated retail environment
- Experience working within a matrixed organization and ability to effectively collaborate with and influence HR peers and partners
- Leads with a risk mindset, identifying, escalating, mitigating and managing employment related risks
- Operates with a sense of urgency, passion for results, and personal accountability
- Adept at the creation and development of executive level presentations which present information in a visually compelling manner
- Strong project management skills, able to establish strategic action plans, drive execution and deliver desired outcomes or results
- Strong knowledge of employment laws and HR best practices
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to build trust and influence at all levels within the organization
- Strategic thinker with strong problem solving and decision making abilities
- Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced environment
- Strong team player who thrives in a partnership-oriented culture
- Demonstrates strong business acumen and ability to develop HR strategies to support the achievement of business priorities
Job Expectations:
- This position offers a hybrid work schedule
- Ability to travel 15% of the time
Posting End Date:
9 Nov 2025
*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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