Fargo AI Strategy and Business Operations Lead

In This Role, You Will

• Strategic Planning & Portfolio Governance Partner with the Fargo leadership team to define annual, quarterly, and long-term strategic priorities.
• Lead portfolio governance processes across product initiatives, investments, and resource allocation.
• Establish and monitor organizational OKRs, KPIs, and performance measures.
• Drive executive-level prioritization discussions across competing initiatives.
• Develop frameworks to evaluate strategic opportunities, risks, and investment decisions.
• Coordinate planning cycles, roadmaps, and business reviews.
• Executive Advisory Serve as a trusted thought partner to the Fargo Product Executive.
• Anticipate organizational challenges and proactively develop recommendations.
• Prepare decision materials, executive briefings, and recommendation packages.
• Conduct strategic analysis to support leadership decisions.
• Manage follow-up and accountability for executive commitments.
• Organizational Operating Model Design and manage leadership operating rhythms.
• Oversee leadership meetings, business reviews, planning sessions, and all-hands events.
• Drive organizational effectiveness initiatives.
• Improve decision-making processes and escalation paths.
• Establish governance structures that reduce friction and improve execution.
• Executive Communications Develop executive presentations for senior leadership, operating committees, and management reviews.
• Manage organizational narratives around strategy, organizational changes, and key initiatives.
• Draft communications, talking points, executive summaries, and leadership updates.
• Ensure consistent messaging across Fargo and partner organizations.
• Cross-Functional Leadership Coordinate efforts across Product, Technology, AI/Model Development, Design, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and Analytics.
• Manage executive-level dependencies and issue resolution.
• Lead special projects and transformational initiatives.
• Ensure alignment across teams working on Fargo's strategic roadmap.
• Business Performance Management Establish executive dashboards and performance reporting.
• Monitor product, customer, operational, and financial metrics.
• Drive accountability against strategic goals.
• Identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Required Qualifications: 7+ years of Artificial Intelligence Solutions experience
• equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education Desired Qualifications: Experience in financial services, fintech, digital banking, AI
• technology, with expertise in strategy, digital product management, portfolio governance, KPI development, business case creation
• executive-level decision support.
• MBA or equivalent strategic leadership experience.
• Experience with portfolio management and investment governance.
• Experience working with AI/GenAI products and technology transformation programs.
• Consulting background (McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte, Accenture, etc.) or equivalent internal strategy experience.
• Job Expectations: Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule.
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.
• Posting Location(s): 401 S Tryon St. – Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 333 Market Street – San Francisco, California 94105 Required locations listed.
• Posting End Date: 7 Aug 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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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• Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
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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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