Wells Fargo

Senior Lead Risk Analytics - AI Strategy, Data & AI Platform Enablement

Wells Fargo$120K — $160K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of Risk Analytics experience or equivalent political/industry background.
  • Deep expertise in Generative AI and related technologies like LLMs and RAG.
  • Experience leading enterprise AI and digital transformation initiatives.
  • Track record in executing enterprise AI strategies and adoption programs.
  • Strong understanding of Responsible AI, data privacy, and regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Ability to translate complex business problems into AI-enabled solutions.
  • Exceptional executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the multi-year AI strategy for the Data reporting platform.
  • Identify platform capabilities including LLM-enabled experiences and analytics automation.
  • Partner with technology teams to influence platform scalability and delivery priorities.
  • Enable high-impact AI use cases across various domains.
  • Drive execution from ideation to production deployment and user adoption.
  • Communicate AI strategy and updates to senior leadership.
  • Ensure alignment of AI capabilities with governance and regulatory expectations.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule offering flexibility
  • Opportunity to work at a leading financial institution
  • Engagement in high-impact AI use cases
  • Chance to influence enterprise-wide AI adoption and innovation
  • Involvement in shaping data governance and risk management practices
Full Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Sr. Lead Risk Analytics Consultant (Executive Director) – AI Strategy & Data Platform Enablement Lead to join IDeAS (Information Delivery and Analytics Solutions).

IDeAS designs, delivers, and governs the Risk Platform, enabling consistent, scalable analytics, risk oversight, and data-driven decisioning across the firm.

In this role, you will define and execute the AI-enabled strategy for the Enterprise Data Reporting Platform, embedding AI capabilities into data products, analytics workflows, and business processes. You will partner across business, technology, risk, and data teams to drive scalable, governed, and high-value AI adoption across banking use cases, with a strong focus on enterprise data strategy, platform governance, and measurable business impact. You will structure LLM inputs, govern outputs, structure the context layer, define evidence standards, and establish reusable patterns for AI-enabled research, data quality explanation, variance analysis, and self-service risk intelligence. The ideal candidate combines deep AI strategy expertise with prior experience in enterprise data, analytics, or reporting platforms and can translate business needs into scalable, governed AI capabilities.


In this role, you will:

AI & Data Strategy

  • Define and drive the AI strategy and multi-year roadmap for the Data reporting platform.

  • Identify required platform capabilities including LLM-enabled experiences, analytics automation, semantic access, intelligent data discovery, and decisioning frameworks.

  • Partner with technology teams to influence platform architecture, scalability, operating model, and delivery priorities.

AI Enablement & Adoption

  • Enable scale high-impact AI use cases across risk, analytics, and business domains.

  • Define and drive how business users discover, access, and use AI capabilities through the analytics platform.

  • Drive end-to-end execution from ideation to pilot, production deployment, user adoption, and benefits tracking.

  • Communicate AI platform strategy, delivery status, risk considerations, and realized value to senior leadership.

  • Influence roadmap tradeoffs and business priorities using a clear understanding of both AI implementation realities and banking controls.

Governance, Risk & Responsible AI

  • Ensure AI capabilities align with data governance, model risk management, privacy, auditability, and regulatory expectations.

  • Define guardrails for data access, sensitive information handling, AI-generated outputs, monitoring, logging, and human-in-the-loop review.


Required Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of Risk Analytics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education


Desired Qualifications:

  • Deep expertise in Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI Agents, and prompt engineering.

  • Experience leading enterprise AI, digital transformation, data, or analytics initiatives.

  • Proven experience defining and executing enterprise AI strategies, roadmaps, and adoption programs that drive measurable business outcomes.

  • Demonstrated success identifying, prioritizing, and scaling AI use cases from concept through production deployment.

  • Strong understanding of Responsible AI, AI governance, model risk management, data privacy, auditability, and regulatory requirements.

  • Experience embedding AI capabilities within enterprise data, analytics, or decision-support platforms.

  • Ability to translate complex business problems into scalable AI-enabled solutions and operating models.

  • Proven track record influencing executives and leading cross-functional teams across business, technology, risk, compliance, and governance functions.

  • Exceptional executive communication skills with the ability to simplify complex AI concepts for senior stakeholders.

  • Experience within financial services, risk management, regulatory environments, or other highly regulated industries preferred.

Job Expectations:

  • Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening

  • Relocation Assistance not available

  • This position currently offers a hybrid work schedule

Job Posting Locations:

  • 550 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC

Posting End Date:

19 Jul 2026

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

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo Careers

Joining Wells Fargo means becoming part of a distinguished financial institution that has been a cornerstone of innovation and leadership in the banking industry. At Wells Fargo, we offer a plethora of job opportunities designed to empower your career growth and development in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Work You’ll Do

At Wells Fargo, you will be part of a team that values diversity and is committed to fostering an inclusive culture. We are looking for professionals who are eager to drive innovation and lead with integrity. Our employees are our greatest asset, and we invest in their professional growth through comprehensive leadership and diversity training programs that are recognized industry-wide.

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We believe in nurturing the potential of our employees. Wells Fargo offers robust training programs and resources to help every team member excel in their current roles and prepare for future challenges. Growth at Wells Fargo is not just about climbing the career ladder but expanding your skills and expertise to add value to our team and customers.

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