Technology Director – Launch Team & Solutions Engineering
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Job Location:
Iselin, NJ - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 215000 - 355000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Technology Director for the Launch Team & Solutions Engineering will lead a specialized organization responsible for accelerating application modernization and migration initiatives across the enterprise. This leader will own the vision strategy and execution of a high-impact team that partners directly with business and technology stakeholders to deliver secure efficient and future-ready platforms.
The Launch Team acts as the enterprises solutions engineering functionsimilar to a post-sales enablement modelguiding teams to adopt optimize and realize full value from new platforms and services. This role is pivotal to our multi-year strategy to move from legacy virtualization platforms to container-based and cloud-native solutions while ensuring application teams can focus on business outcomes without being slowed by migration complexity.
In this role you will:
- Build and lead the Launch Team recruiting and developing top solutions engineering talent.
- Define and execute the strategy for application modernization migration and optimization at enterprise scale.
- Serve as the senior liaison between application teams platform engineering and business stakeholders.
- Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of migration projects from initial assessment to post-migration optimization.
- Drive the 7-year enterprise migration program from VMware to containers and other target platforms.
- Establish repeatable patterns playbooks and automation to accelerate migrations and reduce operational risk.
- Ensure all modernization and migration activities comply with security regulatory and architectural standards.
- Champion the adoption of best-in-class practices tools and technologies across teams.
- Represent the Launch Team in executive forums communicating progress risk and strategic direction.
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 or leadership experience
Desired Qualifications:
- experience in enterprise technology leadership including solutions engineering platform modernization or large-scale migrations.
- Proven track record in building and leading high-performing technical teams.
- Deep knowledge of containerization (OpenShift Kubernetes) and virtualization (VMware) technologies.
- Experience with hybrid cloud architectures (Azure GCP AWS) and regulated industry requirements.
- Strong ability to influence at the senior executive level and across organizational boundaries.
- Demonstrated success in creating strategies roadmaps and execution frameworks for complex technical programs.
- Exceptional communication stakeholder management and change leadership skills.
- Familiarity with CI/CD DevSecOps and infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible Terraform etc.).
- Experience in financial services or similarly regulated environments.
- Background in both technology strategy and hands-on engineering leadership.
Job Expectations:
- This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship
Pay Range
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements skills experience or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.
$215000.00 - $355000.00Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits many of which are listed below. VisitBenefits - 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 Sep 2025*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.
Applicants with Disabilities
To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process visitDisability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.
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.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Go
- Lean
- Management Experience
- React
- Node.js
- Operations Management
- Project Management
- Research & Development
- Software Development
- Team Management
- GraphQL
- Leadership Experience
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