Lead Strategy & Planning Consultant AI Product Strategy & Innovation

Lead Strategy & Planning Consultant AI Product Strategy & Innovation

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About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Strategy & Planning Consultant AI Product Strategy & Innovation within the Chief Operating Office. This role will drive product strategy and execution across a portfolio of no-code and low-code AI products and workflow automation capabilities that improve operational efficiency, strengthen execution discipline, and create measurable business value. This role will partner closely with product leadership, product managers, technology partners, business stakeholders, and operational teams to shape strategic priorities, identify opportunities for business value, improve team operating routines, and support disciplined execution across the product portfolio. The ideal candidate is a highly organized, forward-thinking strategic partner who can bring structure to ambiguity, connect business needs to product opportunities, and help ensure the team is focused on the highest-impact work. Strong business judgment, operational rigor, stakeholder management, and the ability to translate strategy into practical plans, governance routines, adoption activities, and measurable outcomes are crucial to this role.

In this role, you will:

• Drive product strategy and execution across a portfolio of no-code and low-code AI products and workflow automation capabilities, with a focus on improving operational efficiency, strengthening controls, and delivering measurable business value.
• Partner with product leadership to define strategic priorities, clarify objectives, and translate business goals into actionable roadmaps, operating plans, and execution routines.
• Identify opportunities to create business value by assessing operational challenges, process inefficiencies, stakeholder needs, and potential technology-enabled solutions.
• Connect work across teams, products, and business groups to identify synergies, reduce duplication, and improve alignment across the product portfolio.
• Support innovation efforts by helping evaluate new ideas, structure exploratory work, define success criteria, and ensure experimentation is connected to measurable business outcomes.
• Establish and manage operating routines, including leadership cadence, portfolio reviews, intake forums, prioritization discussions, status updates, and executive-ready communications.
• Develop frameworks, materials, and reporting that help leadership make informed decisions on strategic priorities, resources, risks, dependencies, delivery progress, adoption outcomes, and business value.
• Partner with product pods to anticipate and remove execution roadblocks, manage dependencies, and support alignment across business, product, technology, risk, and control stakeholders.
• Support resource planning, demand management, intake prioritization, and portfolio-level visibility to help ensure the team is focused on the highest-value initiatives.
• Prepare clear, concise, and well-structured communications for leadership and stakeholder audiences, including strategic updates, decision materials, meeting summaries, adoption materials, and portfolio narratives.
• Use data, metrics, stakeholder feedback, and business outcomes to assess progress, identify improvement opportunities, and support continuous improvement across the product organization.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, operational excellence, risk awareness, adoption discipline, and continuous learning.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Strategy and Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience driving product strategy, portfolio planning, roadmap development, and strategic execution across a portfolio of products, capabilities, or transformation initiatives.
• Experience translating strategic priorities into actionable plans, delivery activities, adoption strategies, and measurable business outcomes.
• Experience driving innovation by identifying opportunities, shaping forward-looking product concepts, and advancing solutions that create measurable business value.
• Experience supporting product delivery, business implementation, operating model changes, change readiness, or adoption of new capabilities across business teams.
• Experience managing cross-functional priorities, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder alignment across product, business, technology, operations, risk, and control partners.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to bring structure, prioritization, attention to detail, and follow-through to ambiguous or fast-moving environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize complex information, identify value opportunities, and recommend practical actions tied to measurable outcomes.
• Ability to simplify complex information and communicate clearly with senior leaders and cross-functional audiences

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. $119,000.00 - $206,000.00

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

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.