Technology Director-HR Data, Analytics, and Reporting Systems

Wells Fargo & Company • Charlotte, NC

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About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Technology Director for the HR Data, Analytics and Reporting Services. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the next evolution of HR data platforms and services within a large, complex enterprise environment. The Technology Director will build on an established foundation while driving modernization, innovation, and alignment with enterprise data and technology strategies. This leader will play a key role in advancing cloud adoption, strengthening data governance and analytics capabilities, and positioning HR data as a strategic asset across the organization. This leader will also drive the adoption of artificial intelligence and generative AI capabilities to accelerate delivery, enhance data-driven insights, and unlock new business value—while ensuring responsible use aligned with enterprise governance and regulatory expectations.

Requirements

• 10+ years of Technology Strategic Leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 4+ years of management or leadership experience
• 5+ years of enterprise data warehousing, including batch/streaming processing, workload management, scalable storage, and standardized access (SQL/APIs).
• 5+ years Hands-on leadership of data quality, metadata, and governance-aligned delivery in partnership with risk/compliance.
• 5+ years of experience operating data platforms in cloud/hybrid environments aligned to enterprise controls and shared responsibility models.
• Experience partnering with business and technology leaders; clearly communicate priorities, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Experience using automation and GenAI to improve delivery and productivity while operating within governance guardrails (validation, monitoring, lifecycle management).

Nice To Haves

• Cloud modernization: Experience evolving legacy DW/ETL toward scalable, cloud-based architectures.
• Modern platform patterns: Familiarity with lakehouse/unified analytics platforms and consolidation strategies.
• Data product mindset: Defines data products with clear ownership, SLAs, and governed self-service access.
• GenAI for engineering: Uses GenAI to accelerate development (code, testing, documentation) with strong safety and review practices.
• Metadata & lineage: Improves discoverability and trust through modern metadata and lineage practices.
• Platform evolution: Experience with elastic, multi-tenant data platforms optimized for cost and performance.
• Vendor & risk management: Manages third-party/platform risk in regulated environments (resiliency, controls, compliance).

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of engineering managers and engineering leads
• Focus on delivering commitments aligned to enterprise strategic priorities
• Build support for strategies with business and technology leaders
• Guide development of actionable roadmaps and plans
• Identify opportunities and strategies for continuous improvement of software engineering practices
• Provide oversight to software craftsmanship, security, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions developed by the teams or third party providers
• Identify financial management and strategic resourcing
• Set risk management guidelines and partner with stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
• Develop strategies for hiring engineering talent
• Lead implementation of projects and encourage engineering innovation
• Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including more experienced managers
• Lead team to achieve objectives
• Interface with external agencies, regulatory bodies or industry forums
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Technology Strategic Leadership
• Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy

Benefits

• Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
• Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company.
• They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions.
• There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
• Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities.
• Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
• Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed