Wells Fargo Lead Business Manager - Front Office Quant COO 

United States, New York, New York 

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In this role, you will:

• Support delivery of quant-tech initiatives as related to Front office or regulatory driven requirements (e.g. new products, FRTB, CVA/XVA, Clean PnL)
• Partner with Quant leads on the major initiatives involving cross functional delivery, and ensure dependencies are well understood and actively managed. Particularly risk requirements, validation requirements, and scheduling.
• Consult with model owners to confirm model requirements and prioritization of model development activities.
• Develop understanding of overall Quant delivery Body of Work and support prioritization process for those dependencies directly with the businesses
• Act as the single point of contact for model stakeholders, holding routine meetings to discuss model development and all significant lifecycle events.
• Coordinate with front office, model governance, model owners, model developers, technology, and risk partners on model change activities.
• Create, update, and maintain Jira Dashboards to support LOB Model Development
• Leverage Jira as the primary workflow and process management tool
• Maintain Jira workflows and generate reports used in Model Forums and lead those forums
• Produce a model change pipeline and review with model stakeholders and developers (from Jira).
• Escalate any delays or issues impacting the model development pipeline.
• Interface with Model Risk Management and Model Governance to ensure all delivery dates are in line with policy requirements.
• Produce management and committee reporting packages.
• Execute RCSA controls owned by the Quant COO team
• Support administrative needs of quant team; e.g. access requests as required

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ 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:

• B.S. in Engineering, math, finance or science fields
• 5+ years of capital markets experience, including change management experience
• 5+ years of cash or derivative products experience, specifically, Foreign Exchange and/or Commodities
• 5+ years Strong understanding and background in delivery of quant and tech initiatives
• Experience partnering with Front Office or Market Risk technology or business functions, including delivery of models and meeting regulatory requirements for Capital Markets
• Ability to liaise with wide stakeholder mix, especially in technology and quant teams to focus on efficient deliveries
• Experience with use of Jira process management platforms
• SDLC experience, both in Agile and Waterfall
• Excellent communication, organization and project management skills
• Innovative and solution-oriented mindset with strong analytical skills with high attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple or large complex projects with a focus on resolving issues, risks, scope, dependencies, and assumptions with participants of cross-functional groups

Pay Range

$115,900.00 - $206,100.00

23 Mar 2025

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.