Business Execution Senior Manager
Wells Fargo
About this role:
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Business Execution Senior Manager to be responsible for managing and leading critical initiatives/teams within the mergers, acquisitions, divestitures team, as well as participating in enterprise-wide due diligence for potential strategic investments. The person hired for this position will be responsible for leading initiatives while managing a team of business execution consultants. This person must have the ability to partner across the enterprise, while working across multiple organizational entities in scope and impact with moderate to significant risk to the organization.
In this role, you will:
Manage transition teams and all transition activities in an integration execution life cycle during a transition event.
Dates associated with transitions that are specific deadline driven and medium to high in risk, scope and complexity.
High visibility transitions that are long-term, across one or more lines of business and carry a substantial impact to the relevant businesses.
Opportunity to interact with senior leadership and major stakeholders to establish strategic plans and objectives for transitions.
Advises business partners on how to set up and lead transition management leadership activities for execution of deals.
Creates and delivers presentations to senior management on status and plans, including progress reports.
Develops and implements program level processes, procedures and performance metrics.
Will manage a program or a series of transitions associated with a specific transition/ acquisition/divestiture or sale.
Will work with a large cross-enterprise team to ensure close dates are met and successful migration is completed on time and on budget.
Manage transition service agreements and lead efforts during migration.
Works in a highly confidential environment and is expected to maintain information security at all times.
Required Qualifications:
6+ 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
3+ years Management or leadership experience
Desired Qualifications:
Experience with merger, acquisition or divestitures and integration/transition processes
Leadership and management of large-scale program initiatives in a complex environment
Understanding of Transitional Service Agreements (TSA) or Management of TSA activities
Change management experience
Vendor Management or Supply Chain experience
Solid conflict management and decision-making skills
Ability to work and influence successfully within a matrix environment and build effective business partnerships with all levels of team members
Experience in problem analysis, solution implementation, and change management
Ability to influence executive decision-making and successfully negotiate critical issue resolution related to program initiatives
Work in a highly confidential environment and is expected to maintain information security at all times.
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Advanced facilitation skills
Solid negotiation skills
Proven ability to review complex issues at a holistic level to provide global solutions
Proven ability to deal with ambiguity and manage conflicts in a cross-functional and enterprise-wide environment
Expert skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Working knowledge of JIRA and Wdesk
Job Expectations:
Willingness to work on-site at one of the specific locations included in this job posting.
This position offers a hybrid work schedule
Candidates must be willing to work non-traditional hours as needed
This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities and/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.
Location:
Role Will Be Located In: Charlotte North Carolina - CIC Location ONLY.
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Business Execution Senior Manager to be responsible for managing and leading critical initiatives/teams within the mergers, acquisitions, divestitures team, as well as participating in enterprise-wide due diligence for potential strategic investments. The person hired for this position will be responsible for leading initiatives while managing a team of business execution consultants. This person must have the ability to partner across the enterprise, while working across multiple organizational entities in scope and impact with moderate to significant risk to the organization.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Manage transition teams and all transition activities in an integration execution life cycle during a transition event.
- Dates associated with transitions that are specific deadline driven and medium to high in risk, scope and complexity.
- High visibility transitions that are long-term, across one or more lines of business and carry a substantial impact to the relevant businesses.
- Opportunity to interact with senior leadership and major stakeholders to establish strategic plans and objectives for transitions.
- Advises business partners on how to set up and lead transition management leadership activities for execution of deals.
- Creates and delivers presentations to senior management on status and plans, including progress reports.
- Develops and implements program level processes, procedures and performance metrics.
- Will manage a program or a series of transitions associated with a specific transition/ acquisition/divestiture or sale.
- Will work with a large cross-enterprise team to ensure close dates are met and successful migration is completed on time and on budget.
- Manage transition service agreements and lead efforts during migration.
- Works in a highly confidential environment and is expected to maintain information security at all times.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in mergers/acquisitions/divestitures
- 3+ years of Transition Management Experience
Desired Qualifications:
- Knowledge and understanding of merger, divestiture, and acquisition processes
- Management of large-scale program initiatives in a complex environment
- Solid conflict management and decision-making skills
- Ability to work and influence successfully within a matrix environment and build effective business partnerships with all levels of team members
- Experience in problem analysis, solution implementation, and change management
- Ability to influence executive decision-making and successfully negotiate critical issue resolution related to program initiatives
- Previous merger/integration transition experience
- Work in a highly confidential environment and is expected to maintain information security at all times.
- Vendor Management or Supply Chain experience
- Understanding of Transitional Service Agreements (TSA) or Management of TSA activities
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Advanced facilitation skills
- Advance management skills (employees and work efforts)
- Solid negotiation skills
- Expert level Change management skills
Other Desired Qualifications:
- Proven ability to review complex issues at a holistic level to provide global solutions
- Proven ability to deal with ambiguity and manage conflicts in a cross-functional and enterprise-wide environment
- Expert skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Expert skills in JIRA, OpenText, and Wdesk
Job Expectations:
- Able to travel up to 25% of the time
Role Will Be Located In: Charlotte, North Carolina (CIC Location ONLY)
Posting End Date:
21 May 2025*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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