Lead Information Security Analyst

Wells Fargo & Company•Charlotte, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Information Security Analyst as part of Cybersecurity to join our IAM Business Engagement team. This role serves as the primary bridge between business units and IAM product teams, driving adoption of enterprise identity solutions through proactive engagement, education, and feedback loops. The position is highly focused on understanding business needs, identifying IAM pain points, and accelerating solution adoption through initiatives such as adoption support, pilot programs, and targeted enablement. As the voice of the business, this role partners closely with product and engineering teams to ensure IAM capabilities align to real-world use cases and deliver measurable impact.

Requirements

5+ years of Information Security Analysis experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
5+ years of experience in Information Security with a strong focus on IAM

Nice To Haves

Proven experience supporting IAM onboarding migrations, or transformation initiatives
Experience working in cloud and hybrid environments (Azure, GCP, on-prem AD, etc.)
Experience applying enterprise IAM capabilities including authentication, identity governance, privileged access management, MFA, directory services, API access management, and identity analytics to support business onboarding, adoption, migrations, and access issue resolution across cloud and hybrid environments
Strong understanding of IAM security principles, processes, and best practices such as principle of least privilege and zero-trust architecture
Demonstrated experience in IAM Operations, triage, or support functions
Experience driving adoption of enterprise technology solutions
Ability to influence product roadmaps using data and business impact
Familiarity with Agile or product-driven environment
Experience working directly with business issues, applications and product owners
Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills

Responsibilities

Proactively engage business units to identify IAM pain points, adoption barriers, and access challenges across initiatives
Understand business workflows, dependencies, and access requirements to ensure IAM solutions align with real‑world use cases
Influence stakeholders on net new or on material changes to IAM enterprise solutions
Act as the IAM Strategic Enablement partner across business units, ensuring consistent engagement, alignment, and adoption of IAM capabilities.
Gather and translate business requirements into structured inputs for IAM product and engineering teams
Translate business feedback and access challenges into actionable product insights to improve IAM capabilities and user experience
Evaluate and interpret information security policies, standards, and processes to enable consistent adoption and informed decision-making across IAM initiatives.
Advise on the development and delivery of IAM Enterprise Solutions
Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level to more experienced managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
Translate business feedback and access challenges into actionable product insights to improve IAM capabilities and user experience
Serve as a mentor to less experienced staff
Demonstrate proficiency in using AI‑assisted development and analysis tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot and approved code‑centric agents)
Leverage AI to accelerate system design, coding, testing, analysis, and troubleshooting
Apply strong technical judgment when validating and integrating AI‑assisted outputs into solutions
Understand and account for model limitations, security risks, and operational considerations
Apply AI responsibly in development and production environments
Ensure AI usage aligns with security, compliance, privacy, and ethical standards