Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) Lending Operations: Global Head of Structured Lending

Wells Fargo is hiring a Global Head of Structured Lending for Corporate & Investment Banking in Charlotte, NC. This leadership role involves unifying middle office teams, developing strategies, managing clients, and improving operational performance. Candidates should have extensive operations and management experience, especially in lending. A hybrid work schedule is available, but the position requires on-site presence at the specified location.
About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Global Head of Structured Lending in Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) Lending Operations, supporting the firm's fastest-growing business. As this growth accelerates, so does the need to support our businesses and partners.

This role will unify complex middle office teams into a Global Structured Lending organization.

Responsibilities include developing a strategy, managing external clients, and engaging internal senior stakeholders.

This role demands a bold, enterprise minded, strategic leader who can architect large-scale change, build and maintain strong relationships to heavily influence senior business heads and stakeholders, to drive measurable and lasting impact.

In this role, you will:
• Manage leaders of global lending closing teams across multiple locations.
• Develop and execute strategic initiatives to drive business results.
• Partner with support groups for integration and ongoing business needs.
• Build relationships to share best practices, influence decisions, and ensure efficiencies.
• Improve operations performance to enhance economics, efficiency, effectiveness, and risk management while boosting customer and employee experience.
• Coordinate financial planning, human capital planning, communications, risk reviews, and audits with key partners.
Required Qualifications:
• 8+ years of Operations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 4+ years of management or leadership experience
Desired Qualifications
• 8+ years of Lending Operations experience
• 4+ years leading change management initiatives and organizational design
• Experience managing global operations, preferably in Commercial Banking or Corporate Investment Banking
• Strong track-record of successfully managing operational processes in complex, matrixed, and dated technological and process environment.
• Proven ability to partner, collaborate, and build relationships across a breadth of stakeholders (LOBs, functional leaders, BPM, HR, Technology, Control, Risk, etc.)
• Partnership approach to responsibilities, including ability to effectively lead (directly and indirectly) across LOBs, peers, partners, and key stakeholders.
• Ability to think proactively about business and issues while managing competing priorities and projects effectively for timely delivery.
• Ability to create structure around complex problems to drive solutions
• Extensive experience in risk management, including RCSA, control testing, and issue management
• Bachelor's degree in business administration or equivalent
Job Expectations:
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule
• Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
Posting End Date:
11 May 2025
• Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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