Data Solutions Technology Director
Charlotte, NC - USA
Job Summary
About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Data Solutions Technology Director. As a Technology Director you will lead a team responsible for delivering strategic technology and data capabilities that support some of the organizations most critical business priorities. You will define technology strategy build and develop high-performing engineering teams and drive the design and delivery of scalable resilient and secure solutions. This role requires a leader who can operate at both strategic and operational levels. You will partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to shape product roadmaps modernize platforms advance artificial intelligence and automation capabilities and accelerate the adoption of modern engineering practices. You will be accountable for technology outcomes talent development delivery excellence operational stability and continuous innovation. Successful candidates will have a proven track record of leading large-scale technology initiatives build strong engineering cultures and translate complex business objectives into technology solutions that deliver measurable value. The ideal leader is collaborative customer-focused and passionate about developing talent while driving transformation through data technology and innovation.
The Wealth and Investment Management Technology Data Solutions and Domain Capabilities organization brings together enterprise data analytics and technology capabilities to deliver trusted scalable and reusable solutions that power critical business outcomes. We provide the data platforms products and engineering capabilities that enable smarter decision-making accelerate innovation improve client experiences and support responsible data management across the organization.
In this role you will:
- Manage a team of engineering managers and engineering leads
- Focus on delivering commitments aligned to enterprise strategic priorities
- Build support for strategies with business and technology leaders
- Guide development of actionable roadmaps and plans
- Identify opportunities and strategies for continuous improvement of software engineering practices
- Provide oversight to software craftsmanship security availability resilience and scalability of solutions developed by the teams or third party providers
- Identify financial management and strategic resourcing
- Set risk management guidelines and partner with stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
- Develop strategies for hiring engineering talent
- Lead implementation of projects and encourage engineering innovation
- 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:
- 10 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
- 5 years expertise in data modeling warehousing and Lakehouse architectures
- 5 years experience owning data quality lineage governance and observability frameworks
- 4 years experience in streaming event-driven architectures for large-scale financial data
- 4 years experience driving data re-engineering system decomposition and modernization initiatives
Desired Qualifications:
- Tools: Databricks Snowflake Redshift Synapse BigQuery
- Lead legacy-to-cloud data platform migrations
- Deep expertise in AWS / Azure / GCP (Data Lakes Warehouses Compute Storage)
Job Expectations:
- Must be based in one of the above locations or willing to relocate requiring 3 days onsite.
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. $215000.00 - $355000.00
Benefits
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:
2 Oct 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.
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
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