Job Location: West Des Moines, IA
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Business Execution Consultant to join the AI Strategy and Governance team within the Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Center of Excellence (AI/ML CoE). The AI/ML CoE is a centralized team within Data Management and Insights (DMI) and provides model development and AI platform services across Wells Fargo. We are looking for an experienced leader to take full ownership of the Process and Governance initiative portfolio. This role will lead the end to end lifecycle of process development and improvement across the CoE as well as ensuring that such activities are executed in alignment with all applicable policies and risk/control objectives. The selected individual will drive engagement and work cross-functionally with stakeholders including but not limited to CoE leadership, Audit, Control, Data Governance, Model Governance as well as Business and Technology.
As part of our CoE, we invest in you and your career. In addition to Wells Fargo benefits you may be eligible for, you’ll have access to elite training platforms like O’Reilly and DataCamp, where you can learn from industry leading experts, along with many other internal and external subject specific education opportunities. Our diverse data science team ranges from university professors and experienced practitioners to data scientists new to the industry, creating a full spectrum of thought leadership and solution design. You’ll be part of a team where there is room to grow, learn, contribute and participate in work being done on world class distributed computing platforms with the latest AI ML framework, both Open Source and licensed, that ultimately supports our customers and company. The AI ML CoE also gives you the opportunity to share your passion for data science through peer education and contributing to programs designed to make the practice more approachable, including one for experienced professionals moving into data science roles.
In this role, you will:
- Own the CoE Process/Governance portfolio
- Lead initiatives related to issue management and remediation, working with Control and 2nd/3rd line oversight teams
- Stand up new processes and procedures supporting new domains including Data Governance, Code Management, Data Hygiene, and other CoE functions
- Serve as policy SME for Model Risk Management, Data, and other enterprise risk domains
- Conduct oversight of process and control execution
- Be the CoE point of contact for model governance, Audit, and related oversight teams
- Lead and mentor junior resources
In this role, you will also:
- Act as a Business Execution advisor to leadership to drive performance and initiatives, and develop and implement information delivery or presentations to key stakeholders and senior management
- Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges related to Business Execution that require solid analytical skills, extensive knowledge of Business Execution, and understanding of business, delivering longer term and large scale solutions
- Provide vision, direction, and expertise to senior leadership for implementing innovative and significant business solutions that are large scale and cross organizational
- Lead team meetings or steering committee to facilitate decision making and support implementation of recommendations and plans
- Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across multiple lines of businesses and serve as an experienced advisor to the leadership
- Provide direction to a cross functional team using business expertise
Required Qualifications, US:
- 7+ years of Management Consulting, Strategy Consulting, or Business Operations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications:
- Process/governance experience
- Model Risk Management Experience
- AI/ML Experience
- Control design experience
- Experience with risk management, compliance, and audit in highly regulated industries. Financial industry experience preferred
- Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and interpersonal) with ability to articulate complex material to a diverse audience
- Strong facilitation skills including ability to lead, present, and obtain buy in from large stakeholder groups spanning staff through senior and executive management
Job Expectations:
- 5% travel may be required
We Value Diversity
At Wells Fargo, we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace; accordingly, we welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, individuals with disabilities, pregnancy, marital status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
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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