Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a leading financial services company that has approximately $2.1 trillion in assets. We provide a diversified set of banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through our four reportable operating segments: Consumer Banking and Lending, Commercial Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Wealth & Investment Management. Wells Fargo ranked No. 33 on Fortune’s 2025 rankings of America’s largest corporations.

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Job description

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Data Science Director within Consumer Banking lines of business (Deposit Payments, Business and Affluent/Premier Banking). Lead advanced analytics and data science strategy to optimize deposit pricing, balance growth, margin, and customer retention across consumer and small business portfolios.

In this role, you will:
Lead advanced analytics and data science strategy to optimize deposit pricing, balance growth, margin, and customer retention across consumer and business banking portfolios
Drive higher deposit balances (properly priced), across Consumer and Business Banking
Own end to end deposit pricing analytics: rate setting, elasticity modeling, scenario simulation, and yield optimization
Strong understanding of Consumer and Business banking deposits function, interest rate dynamics, and competitive banking markets
Lead and develop multiple specialized data science and analytics teams, including managers and senior individual contributors, delivering end to end analytical initiatives that generate actionable insights and drive business growth.
Own functional leadership across key dimensions including technical direction, delivery infrastructure, operating model, stakeholder communication, and engagement strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise/functional priorities.
Identify, frame, and prioritize high impact opportunities for applying data science; lead hypothesis generation and analytical problem solving for critical, complex business challenges.
Provide strategic and technical leadership to resolve highly complex issues using advanced analytics, machine learning, and statistical techniques; influence and partner with senior leadership to drive adoption and execution of identified opportunities.
Continuously evaluate emerging trends, tools, and methodologies to deliver modern, scalable, and simplified analytics solutions that improve data accessibility and enhance executive decisionmaking.
Integrate external market dynamics and macro factors into analytical frameworks/models and insights to better anticipate, explain, and influence business outcomes.
Partner closely with Product, Technology, Marketing, Finance etc. leaders to identify, prioritize, and execute data science initiatives that directly support revenue growth, customer retention, and operational efficiency.
Direct multiple layers of management to ensure consistent, high quality analytical consulting, insight generation, and business recommendations across teams.
Manage workforce and financial planning, including resource allocation and prioritization, to meet delivery commitments while aligning with long term strategic objectives.
Build and sustain a strong culture of talent development, technical excellence, and accountability to ensure the organization has the capabilities required to execute current and future data science strategy.
Required Qualifications:
10+ years of strong and relevant data science experience in the same domain, 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:
Master’s degree or higher in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, statistics, engineering, physics, economics, or computer science
6+ years of experience in US Consumer Banking Business
Thorough knowledge of Consumer Banking Products and Services, Customer touchpoints and PL to drive intended outcome aligned with business priorities