Program Delivery Manager (Project Management Manager)

Why Wells Fargo:
At Wells Fargo, we believe a meaningful career is more than just a job. It's about finding the support, benefits, and opportunities that help you thrive personally and professionally. We offer competitive compensation, a robust benefits package, and programs designed to enhance work-life balance and overall, well-being. Wells Fargo was recognized as No. 1 on the 2025 LinkedIn Top Companies in Financial Services-highlighting our commitment to career growth and employee experience.
About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Program Delivery Manager and job profile is considered in title as a Project Management Manager. This role supports initiatives across Cards and Personal Lending, operating within a regulated financial services environment. The Program Delivery Manager is accountable for disciplined, predictable delivery of complex initiatives within a large-scale enterprise environment. This role focuses on delivery execution by ensuring plans are clear, milestones are realistic, dependencies are actively managed, and delivery status is accurate and trusted. The Program Delivery Manager partners closely with Product, Technology, Risk, and Operations to maintain execution rigor, proactively manage delivery risks, and provide leadership with forward looking visibility into execution health. Success in this role is measured by delivery predictability, execution discipline, data accuracy, and proactive issue management.
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In this role, you will:
Delivery Planning and Execution

• Drive execution of committed initiatives by ensuring delivery plans, milestones, and outcomes are clearly defined and actively managed.
• Reinforce execution discipline across teams to support predictable delivery outcomes.
• Ensure delivery commitments are realistic and aligned to agreed timelines.

Sequencing, Dependencies, and Milestones

• Own sequencing and coordination of work across teams to align delivery timing and expectations.
• Identify and actively manage dependencies, including cross team and third-party dependencies.
• Ensure milestone dates are accurate, achievable, and consistently tracked in Jira.

Risk and Issue Management

• Proactively identify delivery risks and issues and work with stakeholders to define mitigation plans.
• Escalate delivery risks early with clear impact and recommended actions.
• Ensure issues are documented, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner.

Delivery Transparency and Data Quality

• Ensure delivery plans, milestones, risks, and status are accurately maintained in Jira and related delivery tools.
• Maintain high data quality so leadership can rely on reporting for decision making.
• Reinforce a single, trusted view of delivery health and execution progress.

Governance and Readiness

• Support delivery readiness for key milestones such as testing, release, and go live.
• Ensure delivery activities align with required governance, change, and control expectations.
• Support timely completion of remediation activities and validations where required.

Stakeholder Partnership and Communication

• Act as a delivery partner to Product, Technology, Risk, Operations, and leadership teams.
• Communicate delivery status clearly and concisely, especially when outcomes are at risk.
• Provide fact-based delivery insights and forward-looking visibility to support leadership decisions.

Continuous Improvement and Delivery Maturity

• Reinforce standard delivery routines and execution practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve execution effectiveness, efficiency, and predictability.
• Contribute to a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Project Management and Methodologies, Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 2+ years of Leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

• 4 plus years of experience leading delivery of complex, cross functional initiatives or programs end to end
• Demonstrated experience operating as a senior delivery leader responsible for execution discipline and delivery outcomes
• Strong experience working in Agile delivery environments using Agile methodologies
• Hands on experience using Jira for delivery planning, tracking, and reporting and escalations
• Proven ability to manage dependencies, risks, milestones, and delivery tradeoffs across multiple teams
• Experience partnering closely with Product and Technology leaders
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Ability to lead through credibility, judgment, and influence without direct authority
• Experience delivering initiatives in financial services, payments, lending, or regulated industries
• Familiarity with credit card or personal lending platforms and environments
• Experience supporting large scale or multi team initiatives
• Experience working in regulated or high control environments
• Agile certification such as SAFe, Scrum Master, or equivalent
• Demonstrated people leadership or mentorship experience

Job Expectations:

• Visa sponsorship is not available; relocation assistance is not provided.
• Hybrid work schedule

Locations

• 1755 Grant Street, Concord, CA 94520
• 550 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC