About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Business Execution Consultant to play a critical role in helping transform the Wells Fargo Branded Credit Card business. In this role, you will have an opportunity to make a significant impact by driving various risk programs and control environment for Branded Card.
This position is responsible for delivering major policies, managing audits and remediations, and ensuring regulatory and business requirements are met effectively across the Consumer Credit Cards segment. The role requires defining strategies to mitigate risk while working closely with teams in Controls, Credit Risk, Compliance, Legal, Technology, and Operations. Learn more about the career areas and business divisions at wellsfargojobs.com.
In this role, you will:
Accountable for developing intent and owning execution of major policies, standards, regulations, and risk programs for Wells Fargo Consumer Credit Cards
Manage execution of audits, exams, issues, remediations
Define and execute strategies to reduce complexity and operational risk through control effectiveness and execution quality
Define and execute strategies to enhance the credit, data, and decisioning infrastructure
Work closely with cross functional teams (Controls, Credit Risk, Operational Risk, Compliance, Legal, Tech, Operations)
Ensure all key regulatory and business requirements are met for implemented initiatives
Interface with external agencies and regulatory bodies as needed
Collaborate with and influence all levels of professionals including senior leadership to predict current and future needs and achieve consistent application of definitions, measurement, and interpretation
Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy
Required Qualifications:
7+ years of Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications:
Credit Card industry experience, especially at multiple leading credit card issuers
Prior experience in credit card and lending roles, ideally in varying aspects of strategy execution (originations, customer management, fraud, collections)
Prior experience in data science or analytics roles involving projects with credit and data infrastructure (data, platforms, models, monitoring tools)
Prior experience in multiple credit card segments (consumer across full risk spectrum, small business, commercial, partnerships/co-brands)
Strong understanding and application of risk management principles
Expertise in credit, product, and marketing data and analysis
Strong conceptual thinking and ability to drive clarity in ambiguity while dealing with credit and operational problems
Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships and manage expectations with risk management stakeholders (e.g., Compliance, Controls, Operational Risk) to ensure alignment with regulatory and policy requirements
Outstanding problem solving and decision-making skills based on analysis, rigorous logic, market and consumer dynamics, and operational assessments
Familiarity with programming languages (e.g., Python, SQL, SAS)
Professional verbal and written presentation skills
Job Expectations:
This role offers a hybrid work schedule
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
Posting Locations:
2200 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803
Required location(s) listed above. Relocation assistance is not available for this position
Posting End Date:
15 Jan 2026*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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