Join Wells Fargo in the COO AI Center of Excellence as a Senior Lead Digital Product Manager focused on GenAI testing strategy and release governance. This role shapes enterprise-wide testing standards and release practices to ensure AI deployments are production-ready, secure, and compliant. You will collaborate with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Control Management, and Model Risk teams while partnering with technology and business leaders to drive resilient, scalable AI capabilities. Wells Fargo offers robust benefits, competitive compensation, and programs designed to support work-life balance, community involvement, authentic collaboration, and ongoing growth.
Benefits
- Robust benefits package
- Competitive compensation
- Programs to support work-life balance and well-being
- Rewards for community involvement
- Celebration of authentic self and inclusive culture
- Empowerment to grow professionally
Responsibilities
- Provide senior guidance to executive leadership on AI testing strategy, release readiness, and execution risk across large-scale, enterprise initiatives.
- Define and own end-to-end testing for GenAI and Agentic AI, covering functional, non-functional, integration, model, security, resilience, and risk-based testing.
- Establish AI test governance that aligns with enterprise risk standards, Responsible AI principles, and regulatory expectations.
- Design and oversee release management frameworks and release trains to enable coordinated, predictable deployments across multiple teams, platforms, and lines of business.
- Lead execution planning for testing and release activities in Agile and SAFe delivery models.
- Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Control Management, and Model Risk teams to ensure governance and control requirements are satisfied before production.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate testing and release risks for highly complex AI initiatives.
- Develop and socialize release readiness criteria, go/no-go decision frameworks, and post-release validation processes.
- Promote continuous improvement of testing practices through metrics, defect analysis, post-incident reviews, and lessons learned.
- Translate intricate technical, operational, and regulatory requirements into clear testing plans and release execution strategies.
- Provide thought leadership on emerging AI testing practices, deployment controls, and lifecycle management.
- Mentor delivery teams and peers, establishing standards for quality, accountability, and execution excellence consistent with Senior Lead expectations.
- Operate with considerable autonomy and influence, partnering with technology teams, product leaders, risk partners, and lines of business to ensure AI capabilities are production-ready, resilient, and compliant prior to release.
Requirements
- 7+ years of digital product management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education
Technologies
Job details
- Location: Irving, TX with hybrid on-site schedule
- Posting locations: Charlotte, NC; Dallas, TX; Irving, TX
- Posting end date: June 18, 2026
- Not eligible for visa sponsorship
- Travel up to 10%
Disclosures
- Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo
- Applicants should directly represent their own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process
Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. If you require a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, please visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo. This is a drug-free workplace.
