Specialty Software Engineering Senior Manager – Modeling and Analytics

Wells Fargo & Company•Iselin, NJ

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The Technology for the Chief Operating Office (COO Tech) organization provides technology services for the Chief Operating Office, encompassing operations, control executives, strategic execution, business continuity and resiliency, data solutions and services, regulatory relations, customer experience, enterprise shared services, supply chain management, and the corporate properties group. COO Tech delivers technology solutions and manages application portfolios to support modernization and optimization for these groups. This role is for a Specialty Software Engineering Senior Manager within the Supply Chain, Security and Resiliency (SSR) Technology team, which is part of Technology for Chief Administrative Office (CAO Tech). The SSR team supports Supply Chain Management, Corporate Security, COO AI & Modeling, CAO Data and Insights, and Enterprise Resiliency business reporting functions. This position involves leading a team focused on supporting the existing Gen AI platform and developing new features for it, utilizing Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI tools, Big Data, and Python technologies.

Requirements

6+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
3+ years of management or leadership experience
3+ years of hands-on development experience with Big Data solutions
1+ years of experience leading Generative AI or "Classical" AI initiatives

Nice To Haves

Strong executive presence, facilitation skills, drive for results, attention to quality and detail, and a synergetic attitude
Ability to develop and deliver effective, well-articulated, written, and oral communications (e.g., emails, presentation materials) applying appropriate level of content/ detail dependent upon audience and intent
Experience as a highly effective leader with credibility from demonstrating strong business and technology acumen
Experience in Modeling, Gen AI implementations across CAO or COO domains (Supply Chain, Corporate Security, Resiliency, Operations, Risk) and implementation of technology solutions in one of the areas
Experience motivating and influencing groups or individuals across organizational boundaries to gain trust and confidence to make timely decisions
Excellent communications, interpersonal, and presentations skills across technical and non-technical groups
Proven track record of successfully leading and managing teams in a high-pressure environment
Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities with a focus on proactive solutions
Experience with Agile transformations
Experience with Java, Big Data or Open Architecture stack
Experience with Gen AI/Traditional AI stack including Python, Spark, Large Language Models
Experience with Agentic AI frameworks or similar
Experience in creating & delivering technology roadmaps
Experience in managing on-shore and off-shore teams

Responsibilities

Manage, coach, and develop a team or teams of experienced engineers in specialized domain areas, in roles with moderate complexity and risk responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology
Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
Partner with, engage and influence architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture and enable application migration paths to target architecture, for example cloud readiness, application modernization, data strategy
Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
Be a thought leader in Gen AI area and bring latest techniques to the product and engage various stakeholders to demonstrate, influence and adopt new techniques as they rapidly evolve
Identify and recommend opportunities for driving escalated resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
Determine appropriate strategy and actions to act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to meet moderate to high-risk deliverables and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement
Build engineering skills side-by-side in the codebase, conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide design, as needed
Interpret, develop and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
Collaborate with, partner with and influence Product Managers/Product Owners to drive user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmap, promote innovative and intelligent solutions, generate corporate value and articulate technical strategy while being a solid advocate of agile and DevOps practices
Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers
Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives in technology engineering
Hire, build and guide a culture of talent development to have the specialized domain experience and skills required to effectively design and deliver innovative solutions for product areas and products to meet business objectives and strategy, as well as conduct performance management for engineers and managers