Senior Lead Product Owner Cybersecurity Governance

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Digital Product Owner for Cybersecurity Governance. Accountable for area vision, strategy and roadmap. This role will report to the Cybersecurity Governance Product Management Director. The organization is responsible for protecting the company, engaging with enterprise business groups, continually assessing information security risk, and identifying emerging risks to provide information security which the enterprise teams rely upon for their success.

In this role, you will:

• Define and maintain the product vision for the centralized cybersecurity findings solution.
• Establish governance models for consistent classification, prioritization, and treatment of findings.
• Drive the development of audit-ready reporting capabilities and dashboards for executive visibility
• Align product goals with enterprise risk management and cybersecurity governance strategies.
• Champion the value of unified findings to executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Own and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business goals and compliance requirements.
• Develop and maintain a detailed product roadmap, including milestones for onboarding findings programs.
• Collaborate with Cyber domains, Risk and Compliance teams to gather requirements and ensure seamless integration.
• Act as the primary point of contact for internal customers, ensuring consistent messaging and expectations.
• Lead cross-functional teams through the design, development, and deployment of the centralized findings platform.
• Serve as an expert advisor to leaders and cyber domains.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of digital product management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
• 3+ years of Agile practices and frameworks (product manager or product owner) experience.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with GRC platforms (e.g., Archer, ServiceNow GRC, RSA).
• Familiarity with data normalization, risk scoring models, and orchestration tools.
• Background in enterprise-scale cybersecurity transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, MITRE).
• Experience with risk classification, vulnerability management, and remediation workflows.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage complex stakeholder landscapes.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills
• CISSP certification
• Experience optimizing and automating processes, procedures and controls.
• Technical, systems engineering background
• Finance sector experience or other highly regulated industries
• Thought leader who brings diverse experiences and a willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills; must be able to effectively communicate and gain alignment amongst diverse, differing, competing, and/or conflicting perspectives/priorities.
• Ability to work and influence successfully within a matrix environment and build effective business partnerships with all levels of team members.

Job Expectations

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Ability to work a hybrid work schedule – 3 days a week on-site/in office and 2 days a week remote.
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

Locations:

• Charlotte, NC
• Chandler, AZ
• Minneapolis, MN

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.

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:

*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

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

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

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

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