Wells Fargo

Technology Director - BISO

Wells Fargo • $150K — $180K *
Charlotte, NC 28269In-Person
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in technology strategic leadership or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years in cybersecurity, technology risk, or information security with leadership responsibility
  • 4+ years of management or leadership experience
  • 3+ years in a senior security leadership role (BISO, CISO, etc.)
  • Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, CGEIT

Responsibilities

  • Own cybersecurity risk posture for the assigned business unit
  • Partner with leaders to translate cyber threats into business risk decisions
  • Monitor emerging threats to inform risk and investment priorities
  • Serve as cybersecurity advisor to executive leadership
  • Embed security guidance in business initiatives and transformation efforts
  • Lead executive reporting for governance forums and risk decisions
  • Build relationships across business units and cybersecurity domains

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead in a top financial services organization
  • Collaborative work environment with exposure to executive leadership
  • Engage in strategic business initiatives
  • Access to advanced cybersecurity frameworks and practices
  • A role central to shaping the organization's cyber risk strategy
Full Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Business Information Security Officer (BISO). The BISO is the senior cybersecurity leader accountable for aligning cyber risk outcomes to the objectives, priorities, and risk appetite of an assigned Line of Business (LOB).

The successful candidate will partner across business, technology, risk, compliance, audit, and cybersecurity functions to translate complex security issues into business decisions, drive remediation of priority risks, and provide clear executive visibility into the LOB’s cyber posture.

Key Responsibilities

Cyber Risk Leadership

  • Own the cybersecurity risk posture for the assigned business unit, including risk identification, prioritization, mitigation planning, and ongoing control effectiveness.

  • Partner with business and technology leaders to translate cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and control gaps into actionable business risk decisions.

  • Monitor emerging threats and material risk trends to proactively inform risk acceptance, remediation, and investment priorities.

Strategic Business Partnership

  • Serve as the trusted cybersecurity advisor to executive leadership by framing risk tradeoffs, business impacts, and recommended actions.

  • Embed security guidance into business initiatives, digital transformation efforts, and strategic programs without slowing delivery.

  • Align cybersecurity priorities with LOB objectives, enterprise standards, and defined risk appetite.

Governance and Executive Reporting

  • Lead concise executive reporting for governance forums, risk committees, and senior leadership decision-making.

  • Present risk trends, control effectiveness, remediation progress, and emerging threats through clear dashboards, scorecards, and briefings.

  • Represent cybersecurity priorities in governance forums and drive accountability for timely risk decisions.

Regulatory and Compliance Oversight

  • Partner with Risk, Compliance, Audit, and Regulatory Relations teams to address cybersecurity requirements.

  • Support internal and external audits, examinations, and regulatory reviews.

  • Ensure alignment with enterprise policies, standards, risk frameworks, and regulatory obligations.

  • Facilitate issue management and remediation activities.

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Build relationships across business units, CIO organizations, risk teams, and cybersecurity domains.

  • Coordinate with security architecture, application security, vulnerability management, identity and access management, and other cyber teams.

  • Act as an escalation point for significant cyber risks and security concerns.

  • Drive accountability and ownership for security outcomes across business stakeholders.

Artificial Intelligence

  • Demonstrate foundational AI literacy by effectively using approved AI tools to support everyday work
  • Apply AI tools for activities such as research, summarization, drafting, analysis, and decision support
  • Exercise sound judgment when interpreting and using AIgenerated outputs
  • Understand basic AI limitations and appropriate use cases within daily workflows
  • Adhere to data privacy, security, and datahandling standards when using AI tools
  • Use AI ethically and responsibly, in alignment with company policies and guidelines

Success Measures

During the first 12 months, the BISO will be expected to:

  • Establish trusted advisor relationships with key business and technology executives.

  • Develop and maintain a comprehensive cyber risk profile for the assigned business.

  • Improve visibility of cyber risk through executive reporting and governance.

  • Drive measurable reduction of prioritized cyber risks.

  • Enhance compliance with security policies and regulatory requirements.

  • Strengthen collaboration across cybersecurity, technology, and business teams.

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
  • 10+ years of cybersecurity, technology risk, or information security experience, including significant leadership responsibility
  • 4+ years of management or leadership experience
  • 3+ years in a senior security leadership role such as BISO, CISO, Deputy CISO, or equivalent.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and lead cross-functional initiatives in a complex, matrixed environment.
  • Exceptional executive communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical issues into business language for C-level executives, regulators, and senior stakeholders.
  • Strong comfort operating through ambiguity, quantifying risk concepts, brokering agreement across competing priorities, and managing multiple stakeholder demands.
  • Financial services cybersecurity experience or comparable experience in another highly regulated industry such as utilities, health care, or government.
  • Deep knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, technology risk management, regulatory requirements, security governance, incident response, and threat management
  • Industry certifications such as:CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, CGEIT
  • Experience supporting regulatory examinations
  • Experience working with enterprise risk management frameworks
  • Experience developing executive cybersecurity reporting and metrics

Job Expectations:

  • Ability to workoutside of normal businesshours as needed
  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
  • This role is not eligible for visa sponsorshipnow or in the future
  • This role is not eligible for relocationassistance

Posting End Date:

28 Aug 2026

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

About Wells Fargo

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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.

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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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Learn more about Wells Fargo
Size
246,577 employees
Market Cap
$155.2 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$3.3 billion
Founded
1852
5 Year Trend
-5.9%
NASDAQ
WFC
* Ladders Estimates

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