In this role, you will:
- Provide vision and set direction for all of technology development and infrastructure or service component for a defined business unit
- Manage and allocate appropriate people and financial resources to ensure that projects are completed within committed time and budget, and align with strategic objectives
- Develop and monitor long range information technology plans and policies consistent with the strategic objectives and plans of the business unit
- Identify capacity planning, efficiency, availability, business enablement and time to market
- Provide comprehensive consultation to more experienced management regarding business requirements
- Recommend innovations which anticipate the future directions of both business and information technology
- Provide technology solutions for the large business unit, including application portfolio standardization and rationalization
- Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including more experienced managers
- Lead team to achieve objectives
- Interface with external agencies, regulatory bodies or industry forums
- Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Technology Strategic Leadership
- Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of Technology Strategic Leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 4+ years of Management experience
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience leading highly technical teams and deliverables across diverse application technology environments.
- Executive leadership experience managing a complex technology organization of large scale including senior managers, managers, individual contributors and vendor resources across multiple locations.
- Demonstrated prior experiences in effective engagement with operating & management committee executives, board members and external regulators.
- Ability to effectively drive and lead change in an organization with Wells Fargo’s size, scale and complexity.
- Demonstrated experience in building, leading, developing, and retaining a high performing team of leaders, strong technical experts and high performing professionals in a cultural environment that achieves results through team member engagement and satisfaction.
- Exposure to Commercial Banking or Corporate and Investment Banking business domains.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a large portfolio of technology efforts across several major lines of business and effectively partner/influence at the senior executive level.
- Ability to develop technology strategy, operating model & roadmaps with clear objectives and aligned with business, enterprise, and Wells Fargo Technology strategies. .
- Demonstrated ability to consult with key business partners and translate complex, technical concepts so that they are clearly understood in support of sound decisions to meet business objectives.
- Demonstrated experience motivating and influencing groups or individuals across organizational boundaries to gain trust and confidence to make timely decisions.
- Proven experience in establishing a vision, developing the strategy to support the vision, gaining consensus across key functional leadership through effective communication, and driving action towards the vision through the effective management of goals and objectives.
- Demonstrated vendor negotiation and partnership skills.
- Excellent communication (oral and written) with ability to communicate at multiple levels ranging from technologists to senior managers and executive leadership.
- Strong commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Job Expectations:
- Leading with an Engineering Mindset – this role requires strategic technical direction and execution and the ability to interact with the organization at a technical level is important
- Transformational leadership – this role will require a broad transition in all elements of technology delivery as outlined by the Wells Fargo Technology Strategy. This will require a continuous learning approach and skill at workforce transformation.
- Overall responsibility for providing technology solutions to the CB/CIB lines of business including application design, development, and support. Partner closely and effectively with Group CIO for CB/CIB as well as other peer CIOs within CCIBT to deliver agreed upon CB/CIB business outcomes.
- Demonstrate business partner value by understanding the business, advocating technology solutions to advance business initiatives, incorporating internal / external customer views, and managing key financial indicators to the benefit of Well Fargo’s shareholders.
- Define technology strategy / roadmap, provide strategic technology perspective to LOB executive management and recommend innovations, aligned with short term & long-term business / customer requirements, enterprise priorities and industry trends.
- Act as the single accountable senior leader for delivering technology to the CB/CIB lines of business and enterprise-wide stakeholders within the region. Represent technology as a senior leader in the CCIBT senior management team in addition to relevant business operating and risk committees.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with other functional domains in the CIO enablement areas (e.g. Business Services, Architecture & Technology Transformation & Platform Management & Resiliency) and across Wells Fargo Technology (e.g. Technology Infrastructure, Chief Operating Office, Chief Technology Office, Technology Controls, Information & Cyber Security) as well as critical enterprise partners (e.g. Data Management & Insights, Enterprise Global Services, Corporate Risk, Corporate Finance, HR, Communications).
- Be the broker/author for technology solutions that efficiently and effectively meet business needs leveraging enterprise technology services with a bias towards consistency, standards and common solutions in alignment with Bank’s platform architecture
- Manage and/or leverage a set of critical services (e.g. PMO, Application Architects, Platform Management) to continually evolve and improve technology delivery.
- Provide senior technology perspective on industry trends, competitive landscape and market/regulatory changes leveraging industry contacts, vendors, and strategic technology partner relationships.
- Manage and allocate appropriate people and financial resources to ensure that projects are completed within committed time and budget and align with strategic objectives.
- Be the senior accountable owner for in scope applications portfolio ensuring strong technology operational risk management and compliance while also driving application portfolio rationalization, optimization and modernization.
- Assess current staff capabilities, identify talent gaps, and execute talent management actions aligned with human capital strategy. Be a champion for diversity.
10 Jul 2025
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.