Technology Director

Wells Fargo & Company•Iselin, NJ

1d•$215,000 - $355,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Technology Director will lead Application Infrastructure & Engineering for Wells Fargo Consumer Technology. The role is part of the Consumer Technology Architecture & Engineering organization, which supports enterprise-scale application infrastructure, platform engineering, modernization, resiliency, security, and operational stability. The director will shape infrastructure strategy, engineering standards, platform direction, and modernization priorities across a complex technology environment. This leader will direct a senior engineering organization, including Distinguished Engineers and Principal Engineers, responsible for infrastructure patterns, platform engineering standards, lifecycle planning, operational resiliency, and delivery of high-impact engineering initiatives. The position also involves technical governance, target-state architecture, large-scale initiative execution, strategic resourcing, budget inputs, vendor alignment, and influencing senior technology and architecture leaders. The position offers a hybrid work schedule and is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Requirements

10+ years of Technology Strategic Leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, education, or a combination.
4+ years of management or leadership experience.
Broad technical background in infrastructure engineering, software engineering, and modern architecture patterns.
Strong executive presence, facilitation skills, drive for results, attention to quality and detail, and ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice To Haves

Deep knowledge of architecture governance, risk management, operational stability, and modernization in a large, regulated environment.
Significant experience in application infrastructure, platform engineering, middleware, hosting, resiliency, and enterprise-scale engineering practices.
Experience leading Distinguished Engineers, Principal Engineers, or comparable senior technical talent.
Proven ability to influence across organizational boundaries and translate complex technical issues into business-focused recommendations.
Strong experience with strategic planning, financial and resource management, roadmap development, and cross-functional delivery leadership.
Executive communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making experience in high-complexity environments.
Experience leading, designing, and executing development activities in a fast-paced agile environment.
Experience using AI-enabled capabilities to improve engineering productivity, solution quality, and speed of delivery.
Experience partnering with enterprise architecture, CTO, operations, product, application development, and shared services teams.
Experience managing vendor alignment, engineering capacity, and onshore/offshore staffing models where applicable.
Relevant technical or leadership certifications may be beneficial.

Responsibilities

Set the engineering strategy and delivery direction for Application Infrastructure & Engineering across Consumer Technology.
Lead Distinguished Engineers, Principal Engineers, and other senior technical talent responsible for infrastructure patterns, platform engineering standards, lifecycle planning, and modernization priorities.
Provide technical governance for infrastructure decisions affecting application hosting, middleware, platform services, automation, observability, and operational resiliency.
Guide target-state architecture and ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for availability, recoverability, security, compliance, and continuity of service.
Direct large-scale infrastructure initiatives and remediation efforts across product, architecture, application development, CTO, operations, and shared services teams.
Remove delivery blockers, align dependencies, drive tradeoff decisions, and ensure engineering commitments are met.
Establish expectations for technical depth, solution quality, innovation, operational excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Manage strategic resourcing, budget inputs, vendor alignment, and prioritization of engineering capacity for infrastructure, resiliency, modernization, and risk reduction priorities.
Influence senior technology leaders, peer organizations, and enterprise architecture partners on platform direction, risk posture, engineering priorities, and delivery outcomes.
Translate complex infrastructure issues, risks, and recommendations into clear, business-aligned messaging for executive audiences.
Coordinate execution, support readiness, dependency management, and operational issue resolution with Consumer Technology engineering, infrastructure, operations, architecture, and shared services teams.
Develop a culture of talent development, engineering innovation, and continuous improvement to meet business objectives and strategy.
Meet Wells Fargo risk culture and ethical standards and fulfill applicable risk and compliance responsibilities, including monitoring, governance, issue escalation and remediation, and sound risk decision-making.