Wells Fargo

Data Solutions Technology Director

Wells Fargo • $215K — $355K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of Technology Strategic Leadership experience
  • 4+ years of management or leadership experience
  • 5+ years expertise in data modeling, warehousing, and Lakehouse architectures
  • 5+ years' experience with data quality, lineage, governance, and observability frameworks
  • 4+ years experience in streaming and event-driven architectures for financial data
  • 4+ years' experience driving data re-engineering and modernization initiatives

Responsibilities

  • Manage and mentor engineering managers and leads
  • Deliver on commitments aligned to strategic priorities
  • Build support for strategies with business and technology leaders
  • Guide the development of actionable roadmaps and plans
  • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in software engineering practices
  • Ensure the security, resilience, and scalability of solutions
  • Lead implementation of projects and encourage innovation

Benefits

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance and critical illness insurance
  • Parental leave and critical caregiving leave
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Scholarships for dependent children
  • Adoption reimbursement
Full Job Description

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 organization's 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 Own 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.
  • This position currently offers a hybrid work schedule, 3 days onsite.
  • This position will require onsite presence in a hybrid arrangement


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. $215,000.00 - $355,000.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit 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:

4 Oct 2026

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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