Wells Fargo is seeking a Technology Director for the HR Data, Analytics and Reporting Services. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the next evolution of HR data platforms and services within a large, complex enterprise environment. The Technology Director will build on an established foundation while driving modernization, innovation, and alignment with enterprise data and technology strategies. This leader will play a key role in advancing cloud adoption, strengthening data governance and analytics capabilities, and positioning HR data as a strategic asset across the organization. This leader will also drive the adoption of artificial intelligence and generative AI capabilities to accelerate delivery, enhance data-driven insights, and unlock new business value-while ensuring responsible use aligned with enterprise governance and regulatory expectations.
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
- 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 of enterprise data warehousing, including batch/streaming processing, workload management, scalable storage, and standardized access (SQL/APIs).
- 5+ years Hands-on leadership of data quality, metadata, and governance-aligned delivery in partnership with risk/compliance.
- 5+ years of experience operating data platforms in cloud/hybrid environments aligned to enterprise controls and shared responsibility models.
- Experience partnering with business and technology leaders; clearly communicate priorities, risks, and tradeoffs.
- Experience using automation and GenAI to improve delivery and productivity while operating within governance guardrails (validation, monitoring, lifecycle management).
- Cloud modernization: Experience evolving legacy DW/ETL toward scalable, cloud-based architectures.
- Modern platform patterns: Familiarity with lakehouse/unified analytics platforms and consolidation strategies.
- Data product mindset: Defines data products with clear ownership, SLAs, and governed self-service access.
- GenAI for engineering: Uses GenAI to accelerate development (code, testing, documentation) with strong safety and review practices.
- Metadata & lineage: Improves discoverability and trust through modern metadata and lineage practices.
- Platform evolution: Experience with elastic, multi-tenant data platforms optimized for cost and performance.
- Vendor & risk management: Manages third-party/platform risk in regulated environments (resiliency, controls, compliance).
30 Jul 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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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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Skills Required
- 10+ years of Technology Strategic Leadership experience
- 4+ years of management or leadership experience
- 5+ years of enterprise data warehousing, including batch/streaming processing, workload management, scalable storage, and standardized access (SQL/APIs)
- 5+ years hands-on leadership of data quality, metadata, and governance-aligned delivery in partnership with risk/compliance
- 5+ years of experience operating data platforms in cloud/hybrid environments aligned to enterprise controls and shared responsibility models
- Experience partnering with business and technology leaders to communicate priorities, risks, and tradeoffs
- Experience using automation and GenAI to improve delivery and productivity while operating within governance guardrails
- Experience evolving legacy DW/ETL toward scalable, cloud-based architectures
- Familiarity with lakehouse/unified analytics platforms and consolidation strategies
- Data product mindset: defines data products with ownership, SLAs, and governed self-service access
- Uses GenAI to accelerate engineering (code, testing, documentation) with safety and review practices
- Experience improving discoverability and trust through modern metadata and lineage practices
- Experience with elastic, multi-tenant data platforms optimized for cost and performance
- Vendor and third-party risk management experience in regulated environments (resiliency, controls, compliance)
Wells Fargo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage begins on day 1 with medical, dental, and vision, and includes mental health, prescription drugs, and preventive care often covered at 100% in-network. Well-being resources such as 24-hour clinical support and an Employee Assistance Program add to the breadth.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave provides up to 16 weeks for a primary caregiver (4 weeks for non-primary) alongside fertility benefits and up to a $35,000 lifetime reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, and donor expenses. Backup child and adult care further supports family needs.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits feature a 401(k) with company matching contributions up to 6% of eligible pay. An employee stock purchase plan adds another avenue for long-term savings.
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