Executive Director, Crypto & Digital Assets

About this role

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Product Manager, Crypto Platforms to join the Wealth & Investment Management (WIM) Chief Product Office. This role will drive cross-product crypto portfolio management and strategy, leading the modernization, governance, and execution of Wells Fargo's crypto product capabilities in a highly regulated and rapidly evolving market environment.

As a senior product leader, you will define and execute a multi-year vision for digital asset and crypto products, partnering closely with Product Owners, engineering leaders, risk and compliance teams, and executive stakeholders. You will own product strategy, business case development, and roadmap alignment across crypto initiatives, ensuring clarity of ownership, disciplined execution, and measurable business outcomes that enhance advisor productivity, client experience, and operational efficiency across digital and advisor-led channels.

In this role, you will:

• Advise senior leadership in developing and influencing crypto business plans, investment priorities, and product strategies to support complex business and technical needs within WIM.

• Define and own the crypto product strategy, outcomes, and end-state vision, aligning enterprise digital asset objectives with measurable business, client, and risk outcomes.

• Oversee end-to-end product management for highly complex, technical, and regulated crypto platforms and services, ensuring strategic coherence, scalability, and effective controls.

• Lead cross-product crypto portfolio management, identifying synergies, resolving dependencies, and addressing complex challenges spanning multiple platforms, channels, and enterprise stakeholders.

• Deliver long-term, large-scale crypto solutions, accounting for global market dynamics, evolving regulatory requirements, risk management considerations, and enterprise technology standards.

• Articulate product vision and roadmap, define scope, prioritize backlogs, establish goals, and guide teams through platform modernization, technology upgrades, and vendor integrations.

• Own business case development for new and evolving crypto capabilities, clearly articulating business benefits, costs, risks, and tradeoffs across strategic, technical, and regulatory initiatives.

• Embed governance, risk, and compliance considerations into crypto product design, delivery, and operating processes, owning key business, customer, and risk metrics.

• Provide vision, direction, and subject-matter expertise to leadership on implementing innovative, enterprise-scale digital asset solutions across diverse product lines.

• Engage and align cross-functional partners, including product owners, engineering, risk, compliance, operations, legal, vendors, scrum masters, and project managers.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, translating complex technical, regulatory, and market considerations into clear product direction and execution plans.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Product Management, product development, strategic planning, process management, change delivery, or Agile Product Owner roles, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education.

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading crypto, digital asset, or blockchain product strategies within financial services, fintech, or highly regulated enterprise environments.

• Proven ability to define and execute a multi-year product vision and roadmap informed by market dynamics, competitive intelligence, and customer or advisor needs.

• Strong background in end-to-end product management for complex, technical, and regulated platforms, including portfolio-level ownership across multiple products or capabilities.

• Experience leading cross-product portfolio management, identifying synergies, resolving dependencies, and driving strategic alignment across enterprise stakeholders.

• Deep understanding of regulatory, risk, and compliance requirements applicable to crypto and digital asset platforms, with demonstrated ability to embed governance and controls into product design and delivery.

• Demonstrated success advising senior leadership on product strategy, investment decisions, prioritization tradeoffs, and risk considerations.

• Proven experience developing and owning business cases for new or evolving capabilities, including articulation of business value, costs, risks, and tradeoffs.

• Experience delivering large-scale, long-term technology solutions, accounting for global market trends, regulatory impact, enterprise architecture standards, and risk management.

• Ability to articulate product vision, define scope, prioritize backlogs, and guide teams through platform modernization, technology upgrades, and vendor integrations.

• Track record of translating strategy into prioritized execution across multiple workstreams using Agile or hybrid delivery models.

• Strong capability to own and manage business, customer, operational, and risk metrics with a focus on measurable outcomes.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with and influence cross-functional teams including engineering, architecture, risk, compliance, legal, operations, and external vendors.

• Recognized as a trusted advisor and thought partner to leadership, capable of aligning stakeholders around a unified roadmap and execution plan.

Job Expectations

• Hybrid Work Schedule

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

Pay Range

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.

$139,000.00 - $239,000.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs ( for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

• Health benefits

• 401(k) Plan

• Paid time off

• Disability benefits

• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance

• Parental leave

• Critical caregiving leave

• Discounts and savings

• Commuter benefits

• Tuition reimbursement

• Scholarships for dependent children

• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:

2 Jun 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.

Applicants with Disabilities

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Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy ( to learn more.

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a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

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

Req Number: R-531294