Lead Strategy & Planning Consultant

About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Strategy Planning Consultant.

• Lead complex initiatives with broad impact and act as key participant in large scale planning
• Provide principal level strategic consulting services to client organizations
• Represent Wells Fargo on Industry boards and committees
• Review and analyze complex larger-scale or longer-term challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors
• Identify strategic business investments and alliance opportunities
• Make decisions in complex situations that influence and lead the broader work team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
• Provide guidance to less experienced staff
• Evaluate and approve process of identified opportunities
• Collaborate strategically and consult with all levels to resolve issues and achieve goals
• Partner with executive management across Wells Fargo to define the business strategy and create then execute corresponding business plans and initiative
• Communicative strategy and related business plans to management

• 5+ years of Strategy and Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• Experience in a consulting firm or internal strategy team, managing initiatives in a complex environment.
• Ability to drive problem solving for complex questions (e.g., develop hypothesis, structure problem, drive analyses, and design solutions)
• Ability to build executive-level communications based on progress and findings.
• Ability to partner with business leaders to achieve key goals through flexibility, collaboration, influence, and adaptability.
• Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint skills), with a strong focus on storytelling through PowerPoint.
• Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand environment.
• Lead high priority programs by working in project teams spanning businesses and support functions.
• Assist in standing up programs (e.g., define problem, structure an approach) and creating a successful path to delivery (e.g., define workstreams, milestones, and timing).
• Work alongside senior leaders as a strategic partner which will require navigating a highly matrixed environment.
• Create executive-level communications for presentation to key stakeholders on progress, findings, and recommendations via succinct presentations and storytelling.
• Guide a team through ambiguous and complex situations, while serving as a coach/advisor to team members as part of their growth and development.

• Need to work in U.S. time zones, as needed