About this role:
The Advisor Platform group within the Wealth and Investment Management (WIM) Chief Product Office is seeking a Field Compensation Product Strategy & Delivery Senior Manager to lead the enterprise strategy, roadmap, and delivery of compensation product capabilities across advisor channels. This senior product leader will manage a team and own the multi‑year compensation product strategy, ensuring solutions are scalable, compliant, transparent, and aligned with WIM business objectives and enterprise risk expectations.
This role serves as the single point of accountability to align strategy, funding, delivery, and governance for compensation products—driving modernization, consistency, and operational excellence in a highly regulated environment. The leader will collaborate extensively with Product Owners, HR, Finance, Field Leadership, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Technology to deliver a cohesive compensation ecosystem that supports advisor engagement, retention, and long‑term growth.
In this role, you will:
- Manage a team of Product Managers responsible for Field Compensation Strategy & Delivery
- Define and lead the end‑to‑end compensation product strategy, multi‑year roadmap, and execution
- Drive enterprise alignment across HR, Finance, Field Leadership, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Technology
- Translate compensation strategy into clear product outcomes and requirements
- Oversee development, delivery, and field readiness for compensation initiatives
- Ensure compensation solutions meet governance, control, and regulatory standards
- Monitor and improve key compensation metrics, including accuracy, timeliness, and advisor experience
- Identify opportunities to modernize and simplify compensation processes and tools.
- Serve as senior escalation and decision‑maker for compensation product tradeoffs and prioritization
- Influence senior leadership through clear insights, recommendations, and storytelling
Required Qualifications:
- 6+ years of Product Management, product development, strategic planning, process management, change delivery, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 3+ years of management or leadership experience
Desired Qualifications:
- Understanding of Financial Advisor and field compensation models, performance levers, and behaviors
- Proven experience leading enterprise‑level product strategy in a large highly matrixed organization
- Demonstrated ability to develop multi‑year product roadmaps aligned to business strategy and regulatory requirements
- Deep understanding of field compensation frameworks, incentive plan mechanics, operational controls, or compensation-related financial processes
- Experience improving field transparency, adoption readiness, or advisor experience metrics
- Strong experience collaborating with HR, Finance, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Field or Sales leadership
Job Expectations:
- This position is subject to FINRA background screening requirements. Candidates must successfully complete and pass a background check prior to hire. In accordance with FINRA rules, individuals who are subject to statutory disqualification are not eligible to be associated with a FINRA-registered broker-dealer. Successful candidates must also meet and comply with ongoing regulatory obligations, which include periodic screening and mandatory reporting of certain incidents.
- Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities or personal investing; affected employees will be expected to provide information to the Wells Fargo Personal Account Dealing Team and abide by applicable policy requirements if hired. Information will be shared about expectations during the recruitment process
- This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
Location:
- Charlotte, NC
- St. Louis, MO
- Minneapolis, MN
