Senior Lead Technology Risk Officer (Technology Risk Domain Officer)

Wells Fargo Bank•Charlotte, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Technology Risk Domain Officer operates within Technology Risk Management (TRM), part of Corporate Risk, providing independent second‑line oversight across technology domains. The role is part of the Technology Risk Domain Team, which performs domain‑level evaluation and produces evidence‑based views of how technology conditions contribute to enterprise risk exposure. The role engages with Technology, including Tech Operations, CIO organizations, to provide challenge and inform risk‑based decisions. Outputs from this role support enterprise risk views provided to senior management, risk committees, and regulators. The Technology Risk Domain Officer (P5) serves as the senior second line oversight lead across assigned technology domains. The role is responsible for setting direction for domain-level risk assessment and monitoring approaches, identifying and assessing plausible failure modes, and evaluating how those failures contribute to enterprise technology risk exposure. The role provides independent, evidence-based challenge and acts as a strategic thought partner to senior technology and risk leadership, influencing prioritization, decision-making, and risk outcomes across the enterprise.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

10+ years experience in technology operations, engineering, or infrastructure environments with understanding of system behavior under stress conditions.
Recognized expert in technology domains with ability to assess complex and ambiguous risk scenarios and apply expertise at an enterprise level.
Anticipates data needs and applies advanced analytics to generate insights, inform decisions, and enhance risk narratives.
Anticipates and resolves complex, cross-domain challenges, developing forward-looking solutions in ambiguous environments.
Integrates business context into risk assessments and influences prioritization and mitigation strategies.
Acts as a strategic thought partner to senior stakeholders, influencing decisions across high-impact and complex environments.
Communicates complex risk insights clearly and effectively, shaping understanding and enabling decision-making at senior levels.
Executes across complex, high-impact work, prioritizing activity toward areas of highest risk and business impact.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve domain-level risk assessment approaches, monitoring routines, and analytical frameworks aligned to enterprise risk exposure definitions.
Lead second line oversight across assigned domains, maintaining a current understanding of how technology operates in practice and how risk manifests under real conditions.
Identify, assess, and anticipate plausible and emerging failure modes, including evaluating enterprise impact across domains.
Apply observable evidence signals including incidents, service levels, backlog, exceptions, and trends to support risk conclusions and explain residual risk.
Advise senior technology leaders on risk tradeoffs, prioritization, and mitigation strategies, influencing outcomes through credible, data-driven insight and challenge.
Aggregate domain-level observations into technology risk themes, identifying dependencies, concentration risk, and systemic patterns.
Deliver clear, concise, and decision-ready risk perspectives to senior management and governance forums, linking domain conditions to enterprise risk exposure.
Maintain a forward-looking view of domain conditions, emerging risks, and changes in technology and operating models.
Engage in material technology changes, programs, and initiatives to assess risk implications and operational readiness.
Develop domain expertise across the team, coach domain officers and analysts, and set expectations for quality, consistency, and risk judgment.