Lead Business Manager - Front Office Quant COO

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Business Manager to fill the role within the Quant COO team. This position will be within the Quant COO Team to support model management for Traded Products Model Development Center (TPMDC) models. The Model Management role is the single point of contact for all communication and coordination for model lifecycle activities. 

The applicant will join the Corporate and Investment Banking COO Team to support regulatory and business driven Quantitative & Modeling initiatives. This includes programs such as FRTB, SA-CCR, SA-CVA, Clean PnL, new products, as well as the build out of a new shared risk/valuation infrastructure.  We are looking for highly organized and detail-oriented candidates with a solid experience in delivery across business, technology, quant, and control function stakeholders (e.g. Risk, model validation, governance, and finance).  This requires strong project management skills and the ability to develop new processes to support delivery as well as BAU after production. Front office business processes will also need to be defined and implemented to ensure efficient controls are in place. 

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 Structure Products and Credit
• 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

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Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

$96,600.00 - $171,800.00

Posting End Date:

18 Apr 2025

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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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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