Business Execution Manager / Testing Manager – Payments & Money Movement

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Business Execution Manager to work as a Testing Manager for Payments & Money Movement.

In this role, you will:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of QA engineers/testers responsible for sprint‑based UAT and automated testing
• Establish clear goals, expectations, and performance standards for the testing team
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and quality ownership
• Oversee planning, execution, and reporting of UAT activities within Agile sprints
• Partner with Product Owners and Business stakeholders to ensure test scenarios align with business requirement.
• Ensure UAT results, risks, and defects are clearly communicated and tracked to resolution
• Ensure automated test suites are maintained, reliable, and integrated into CI/CD pipelines
• Balance manual exploratory testing with automation to maximize coverage and efficiency
• Leverage Octane and Jira for test planning, execution, defect tracking, and reporting
• Use GitHub to manage automation code repositories, version control, and collaboration
• Continuously improve testing processes, metrics, and reporting to increase transparency and predictability
• Work closely with Engineering, Product, and Release Management to ensure quality is built into design and delivery
• Identify quality risks related to money movement, transactions, and integrations, and proactively address them
• Advocate for best practices in testing, automation, and Agile quality standards
• Manage and develop complex teams handling multifaceted tasks and operations for a single business group within a line of business
• Engage business stakeholders in integrating or implementing business execution initiatives
• Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement, redesign, change management initiatives, and risk control development
• Make decisions and resolve issues regarding operations of the team to meet business objectives
• Interpret and develop policies and procedures aligned with Wells Fargo's business line objectives
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Business Execution
• Mentor and guide talent development of direct reports and assist in hiring talent

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in software testing or quality engineering
• 2+years of experience leading or managing QA/testing teams
• Experience with Agile/Scrum testing and sprint‑based UAT
• Experience with test automation frameworks and regression testing

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience using:
  • Octane for test management
  • Jira for Agile planning and defect tracking
• Experience testing financial systems, payments, or money movement applications
• Familiarity with Application Programming Interface (API), integration, and end‑to‑end testing
• Experience driving test automation adoption or transformation efforts
• Background in regulated or high‑risk transaction environments
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work at the posted location
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule, at least 3 days a week working in office.