AI Enablement Lending Lead

About this role:

The Commercial Banking (CB) and Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) AI & Data team, is seeking an AI Enablement Lending Lead to help accelerate AI-driven transformation across CB and CIB. This role will be responsible for shaping and executing the organization's AI enablement strategy, driving user adoption, championing responsible AI practices, leading strategic events and communications, and advancing a portfolio of high-impact AI and data initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess deep knowledge of commercial and corporate banking, a strong understanding of the AI and generative AI ecosystem, and the ability to bridge business, technology, and data teams to deliver measurable outcomes. Success in this role will require a blend of strategic vision, stakeholder engagement, change management, and hands-on experience driving AI adoption at scale across complex financial services organizations.

In this role, you will:

• Define and execute the AI & Data strategy for CB and CIB, including strategic roadmaps, value realization frameworks, operating models, partnership strategies, and adoption plans.
• Communicate effectively with executive leadership, translating complex AI and data concepts into business outcomes, building consensus, influencing priorities, and shaping a future-state vision aligned to enterprise objectives.
• Design and execute enablement strategies that accelerate adoption of AI capabilities through training programs, prompt-a-thons, innovation challenges, workshops, user guides, and role-based learning experiences.
• Lead and expand the CB & CIB AI Champions Lending domain to drive grassroots adoption, peer-to-peer learning, feedback collection, and responsible AI practices across the organization.
• Collaborate closely with communications and leadership teams to develop rollout strategies, awareness campaigns, and engagement plans that support successful AI adoption.
• Establish and evolve innovation, collaboration, and learning environments that foster experimentation, knowledge sharing, and the scaling of AI solutions across the Lending lines of business.
• Define, measure, and report on KPIs and OKRs to assess adoption, business impact, productivity gains, user engagement, and overall success of AI and data initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on AI strategy, governance, risk considerations, workforce readiness, and opportunities to drive competitive advantage through responsible AI and data-driven transformation.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• 5+ years CB or CIB experience
• Frontline business experience with a strong understanding of lending products (underwriting/portfolio manager/corporate banking/structured finance/CRE/etc.
• Experience implementing AI/GenAI solutions with an understanding of business use cases and applicable solutions.
• Demonstrated understanding of navigating a complex and large global banking organization
• Ability to create relationship breadth and depth, while navigating the regulatory, compliance and legal intricacies of working at a highly regulated organization.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and experience presenting to C-Level executives
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals and work under deadlines in a dynamic fast-paced environment
• Strong listening and communications skills with the ability to convey complex information and ideas simply and clearly
• Strong pulse and understanding of current industry trends, constantly seeking new ideas to bring to thinking
• Demonstrated experience around inclusivity in leading and the ability to bring along all key stakeholders into the strategy to ensure the business is operating within our risk framework

Job Expectations:

• This role is not eligible for VISA sponsorship
• Ability to travel as needed
• Willingness to work on-site in accordance with current office requirements
• Ability to work additional hours as needed
• Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities or personal investing; affected employees will be expected to provide information to the Wells Fargo Personal Account Dealing Team and abide by applicable policy requirements if hired. Information will be shared about expectations during the recruitment process

Pay Range
 

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.

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