Lead Branch Experience Design Strategist
Job Location:
Charlotte, NC - USA
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Job Summary
About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Branch Experience Design Strategist to translate branch format strategy into customer and employee experiences that are practical scalable and measurable. This individual contributor will lead the development of journey maps service blueprints experience architectures and experience-zone requirements that define how future branch formats function and feel.
Working across Physical Design Technology Operations Analytics Customer Experience and Test Kitchen teams this role will transform customer insights employee needs business objectives and operational requirements into actionable experience strategies and design frameworks. The successful candidate will leverage service design human-centered design and experience design methodologies to shape future-state branch concepts and ensure strategic priorities are translated into meaningful customer and employee experiences.
In this role you will:
- Partner with the Senior Lead Branch Formats & Experience leader to translate branch format strategy and the 5- to 10-year vision into actionable experience design strategies.
- Lead development of customer and employee journey maps service blueprints experience architectures and experience principles for current and future branch formats.
- Translate customer strategy customer archetypes behavioral insights employee feedback and business priorities into experience requirements and design criteria.
- Define the intended purpose interactions behaviors moments capabilities and outcomes for branch experience zones.
- Create future-state experience concepts spanning physical digital assisted self-service and advisory interactions.
- Identify friction points unmet needs and experience opportunities across priority journeys and recommend practical design responses.
- Facilitate journey-mapping service-design concept-development and cross-functional alignment workshops.
- Partner with Physical Design to ensure experience intent is reflected in layouts environmental standards furnishings signage privacy wayfinding and other physical solutions.
- Synthesize qualitative and quantitative research into clear insights design implications executive narratives and recommendations.
- Monitor trends in service design retail hospitality workplace accessibility technology and customer behavior to inform experience strategy.
- Manage multiple experience-design workstreams and influence cross-functional partners without direct authority.
Required Qualifications:
- 5 years of product user experience or content design experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience training military experience education
5 years of experience in experience strategy service design customer experience journey design human-centered design design consulting retail strategy or related disciplines.
5 years of experience leading customer journey mapping employee journey mapping service blueprinting experience architecture or service design initiatives.
4 years of experience translating customer research employee insights business objectives or operational requirements into experience strategies design requirements or customer experience improvements.
3 years of experience facilitating workshops design sessions journey mapping sessions or stakeholder alignment activities.
3 years of experience applying Design Thinking Human-Centered Design Service Design Jobs-to-Be-Done or similar customer-centered methodologies
Desired Qualifications:
Experience in financial services retail banking retail hospitality workplace strategy or other customer-facing service environments.
Experience designing omnichannel customer experiences that integrate physical digital assisted and self-service interactions.
Experience supporting pilots prototypes test-and-learn programs innovation labs or experience experimentation initiatives.
Advanced degree in Service Design Human-Centered Design Customer Experience Psychology Business Strategy Organizational Design or a related field.
Experience translating customer experience strategies into physical environments operational processes technology capabilities or service delivery models.
Job Expectations:
Ability to travel up to 30%
This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.
Locations:
1525 W W.T. Harris Blvd Charlotte NC 28262
Posting End Date:
30 Sep 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 units risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates including women persons with disabilities aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
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Drug and Alcohol Policy
Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
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