About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Commercial Banking Leader (CBL) for the South Central Division, with responsibility for driving growth and leading the team serving clients in the $25MM-$100MM revenue segment across Colorado. This leadership role is central to advancing the strategic direction, growth objectives, and business-critical priorities of the Commercial Bank. Learn more about career areas and business divisions at wellsfargojobs.com
In this role, you will:
Required Qualifications:
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Wells Fargo is seeking a Commercial Banking Leader (CBL) for the South Central Division, with responsibility for driving growth and leading the team serving clients in the $25MM-$100MM revenue segment across Colorado. This leadership role is central to advancing the strategic direction, growth objectives, and business-critical priorities of the Commercial Bank. Learn more about career areas and business divisions at wellsfargojobs.com
In this role, you will:
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Relationship Managers and leaders, guiding them through the structuring, modification, and renewal of complex credit, cash-flow, real estate, and industry-specific solutions. Provide oversight of financial analyses, client presentations, and partner engagement, ensuring thoughtful risk assessment and a unified approach across stakeholders.
- Serve as a strategic advisor, shaping the direction, approach, and priorities of the team to deepen and expand moderately complex client relationships. Lead through the art of commercial relationship management, anticipating client needs, navigating decision-makers, managing expectations, and driving proactive, value-added communication.
- Champion process enhancement and risk discipline, identifying opportunities to strengthen controls, streamline workflow, and elevate consistency across Commercial Banking Relationship Management.
- Set strategy and direction for the team to achieve moderate- to high-risk deliverables. Interpret, implement, and refine policies and procedures within your area of responsibility to drive clarity, alignment, and disciplined execution.
- Influence across the organization, collaborating with senior leaders, engaging directly with clients, representing Wells Fargo externally, and guiding the team to resolve issues while advancing the business's strategic objectives. Serve as a trusted escalation point and facilitator for client navigation.
- Optimize and allocate resources, ensuring people, budget, and operational priorities align with business goals. Cultivate a strong talent pipeline, foster a high-performance culture, and mentor emerging leaders in support of long-term organizational capability.
- Drive relationship planning and pipeline discipline, ensuring accuracy and consistency in all relevant systems and enabling clear visibility into sales activities, opportunities, and portfolio trends.
- Partner with Commercial Lending Product Management to bring market intelligence, client insights, and strategic perspective to enterprise-level initiatives. Influence product strategies and financial operations through deep understanding of client needs and competitive dynamics.
- Lead your team in delivering the full Wells Fargo platform, establishing best practices for partnering with product groups, understanding client businesses, and aligning solutions to their strategic, operational, and financial priorities.
- Guide the team in supporting Business Development Representatives to source, win, and grow Commercial Banking relationships. Focus on long-term, profitable client acquisition through strategic leadership, industry expertise, superior execution, and exceptional client experience.
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years of Commercial Banking Relationship Management or leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 3+ years of management or leadership experience
Desired Qualifications:
- Deep expertise in core commercial banking products and services, including commercial lending, treasury management, and related financial solutions
- Completion of a formal credit training program, reflecting advanced analytical capability and sound credit judgment
- Proven history of managing high-value commercial relationships within the $25MM - $100MM revenue segment, delivering strategic guidance and tailored financial solutions that drive client outcomes
- Established professional network within the Denver, Boulder, and greater Colorado markets
- Ability to provide strategic leadership and oversight to a team of Commercial Bankers, driving business development, portfolio growth and relationship management initiatives and objectives
- Demonstrated ability to build and sustain a strong, cohesive team culture, fostering engagement, collaboration, and performance excellence
- Experience leading high-performing teams and supporting long-term professional development
- Proven ability to work collaboratively across business lines, ensuring clients and prospects experience the full breadth of Wells Fargo's capabilities
- Demonstrated success in generating new client relationships, cultivating long-standing partnerships
- Strong risk discipline and experience identifying, mitigating, and managing risk, with consistent adherence to policies, controls, and regulatory requirements
- Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to influence, engage, and build credibility with stakeholders at all levels
Job Expectations:
- This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
- 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
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
- May be considered for a discretionary bonus, Restricted Share Rights or other long-term incentive awards.
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Location:
- 1242 Pearl Street- BOULDER, CO 80302
- 1700 Lincoln Street - DENVER, CO 80203
Top Skills
Commercial Banking
Credit Structuring
Financial Analyses
Risk Assessment
Treasury Management
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