Commercial Auto West Market Executive

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Market Executive for Commercial Auto's West Region. The Market Executive is a key leadership position responsible for leading and managing a banking team with the primary goals of providing solutions for our customers, focusing on building long-term customer relationships and deepening those relationships through strategic leadership, strong product knowledge, flawless deal execution, and superior customer service across middle market, and mid- corporate customers.
Commercial Auto is part of Specialized Industries and has been providing commercial banking and treasury management products for over 75 years. With 3,000 dealerships and over $15B in commitments, Commercial Auto has the industry experience and dedicated, personal attention to create unique financing structures to support dealers through business cycles, innovation, and evolving needs.
In this role, you will:

• Act as a subject matter expert to guide, influence, develop, retain, and grow moderate to high complex and strategic client relationships through the art of relationship management, by understanding the needs and priorities of clients and financial decision makers, responding quickly, communicating proactively but strategically, managing expectations, and soliciting feedback
• Display strong credit acumen: Manage and develop professionals in Commercial Banking on the structuring, modification, and renewal of moderate to high complexity and risk cash flow, floorplan lending real estate loans, and certain other industry specific solutions, including leading the analysis of financials, presenting to clients, and engaging and influencing stakeholders and partners associated with function and affected by outcomes
• Identify opportunities and strategies for process improvement and risk control development across Commercial Banking Relationship Management
• Lead relationship management team by making strategic decisions to resolve highly complex issues to meet higher risk deliverables; interpret and develop range of policies and procedures for functions with moderate to higher complexity and risk
• Collaborate with and influence all levels of professionals, including senior leadership, represent the company externally, and strategically lead all levels across the enterprise, to resolve internal escalations, including significant and complex client issues, while achieving Wells Fargo's business objectives
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives for multiple areas; develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy and serve as a mentor for less experienced individuals
• Strategically lead team in driving relationship planning activities and maintain sales and pipeline disciplines by keeping information current in relevant systems
• Partner with Commercial Lending Product Management to provide vision, leadership, and expertise on client and market needs that enable large-scale companywide strategies that significantly influence the organization's business and influence financial operations
• Strategically lead team to offer the full suite of solutions to meet clients' needs, by developing best practices to engage product organizations and understand clients' businesses, strategic objectives, operational priorities, and financial positions
• Lead relationship management team to drive opportunities with prospects aligning with LOB strategy to significantly grow Middle market and Mid-Corp client segments and identify and create Core-IB fee opportunities.
• Develop strong relationships and collaborate across product partners to drive growth GPL growth, referrals to WIM and Retail Auto, equipment finance opportunities and CIB fee growth.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of Commercial Banking Relationship Management or leadership experience, or equivalent experience demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 4+ years of management or leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with CIB products and services
• Deep experience with GPL (Treasury Management) products and services
• Experience structuring highly complex credit profiles involving multiple products

Job Expectations:

• US only: Obtaining and/or maintaining appropriate Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) license(s) is required for ongoing employment in this position. In addition, state registration, specific product licenses or SAFE licensing may apply. Additional requirements include meeting enhanced financial fitness and criminal background standards. Wells Fargo will initiate the FINRA review process at the time of offer acceptance. Obtaining FINRA Series 63 and 79 licenses, or equivalent must be completed within 180-days of date of hire if not immediately available to transfer upon hire. FINRA recognized equivalents will be accepted. Compliance with state law registration and licensing requirements is mandatory. 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. For specific FINRA qualification exams obtained after 9/30/2018, the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam co-requisite may also be required. This position is subject to FINRA Background Screening Requirements, including successful completion and clearing of a background check. Internal transfers are subject to compliance with 17 CFR 240.17f-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and FINRA Bylaws, Article III, Section 3, which states that Associated Persons should not be subject to statutory disqualification. Successful candidates must also meet ongoing regulatory requirements including additional screening and are required to report certain incidents.
• 50% Travel Required

Please note other locations in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington State will be considered.
Pay Range
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$250,000.00 - $420,000.00
Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:
22 Aug 2026
* Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
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