About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo's vision is to satisfy our customers' financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment, and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through 7,500 locations, more than 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com), and mobile banking, and has offices in 32 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 261,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the U.S. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 29 on Fortune's 2019 rankings of America's largest corporations.

Wells Fargo Consumer Lending

Wells Fargo's Consumer Lending businesses empower millions of customers to achieve their dreams every day. Whether it's buying a home, purchasing a car, funding a significant purchase, or making important daily credit card purchases, Consumer Lending provides important credit products and services that help our customers succeed. The group includes Home Lending, Auto, Credit Cards, Retail & Merchant Services, Personal Lending, Consumer Lending Control, and Consumer Lending Shared Services.

The Position

Head of Data and Analytics Modeling is a new leadership position within the Card Retail and Merchant Services (CRMS) business that will be responsible for establishing an analytics organization whose mission is to deliver advanced modeling solutions for CRMS Business. This leader will be a key part of the CRMS leadership team working closely with marketing, product and decision management teams, to achieve business goals. He/She will take over the responsibility for the existing targeting model infrastructure, assess long term and short term opportunities and develop a roadmap to achieve goals.

The role will solve business problems by applying analytical insights and behavioral understanding to critical issues. This candidate must have deep technical subject matter expertise on cutting edge modeling techniques along with practical experience in successfully deploying targeting models in a credit card marketing environment. The candidate should demonstrate superior influencing and partnering skills and organizational savvy to navigate complex corporate processes. Should have proven problem solving skills that show innovation and creativity. Is results oriented with outstanding ability to motivate teams and mobilize resources to accomplish objectives.  A true team player and collaborator, translating prior knowledge and experience into strong and productive relationships internally and externally.

Additionally, the successful candidate will be a strong and effective manager and leader, capable of attracting, mentoring, retaining and promoting talented and productive staff.  Will have an impeccable reputation for integrity, accuracy, consistency, big picture, detail orientation and business acumen.  Be a self-starter with a working experience building high performing teams that have transformed business processes and decision disciplines to grow revenue and profitability.

This individual will focus on:

• Lead the creation and implementation of new models across different disciplines working with a variety of stakeholders including technology, decision management, legal, governance and third party technology partners
• Help the development of a framework for targeting various credit card offers to desired customer segments helping to optimize marketing investments and long term product performance
• Create long term sustainable advantage for Wells Fargo card marketing by investing in testing, tools and techniques
• Identify opportunities to increase efficiency in modeling infrastructure by striking the right balance between complexity and value and by shortening end-to-end model development cycle
• Developing a scalable targeting analytics model that will evolve with the business
• Develop and establish core team constructs, which will include the need to identify and transition existing talent, while also seeking appropriate new talent
• Oversee and facilitate hiring process
• Determine, develop and implement team vision, in alignment with overall CRMS team, and cultivate key team approach and partnership ethic
• Focus on team member development and engagement
• Lead, manage and support the day to day activities of the group
• Ensure the consistency, effectiveness and efficiency of all business processes, with a focus on risk management
• Address ad-hoc day to day team and project needs as they arise

• 10+ years of experience in analytics, modeling, or a combination of both
• 8+ years of management experience; or 3+ years of leadership experience in an advanced quantitative analytics function

• Great storyteller with data that is able to influence senior stakeholders with insights and recommendations
• Analytically rigorous, equally comfortable with advanced analytics and strategy
• Inclusive thinker, good listener, who will seek other point of views in making decisions
• Adaptable to changing business needs, priorities and responsibilities in a fast-paced environment
• Solid project management skills and experience in overseeing multiple projects at a time
• Experience developing strategic analytics capabilities the drive critical business decisions
• Knowledge and experience implementing decision science capabilities across large matrixed environments
• Proven ability to collaborate with others, initiate action plans, manage change, make high impact decisions and complete challenging assignments
• Possess strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to translate complex analysis and insights into relevant business discussions with diverse groups of leaders and organizations
• Proven ability to develop and implement a strategic plan within a business and lead it to completion

All offers for employment with Wells Fargo are contingent upon the candidate having successfully completed a criminal background check. Wells Fargo will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable local, state and Federal law, including Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.



Relevant military experience is considered for veterans and transitioning service men and women.

Wells Fargo is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.