Engineering Transformation Lead- Engineering Flow and Friction Lead

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking an Engineering Transformation Lead to drive engineering transformation, reduce delivery friction, and embed reliability, compliance, and continuous improvement at scale.
As a leader in our team, you will lead the friction-busting initiatives and drive engineering flow, own the backlog of daily improvement enablers, and apply modern engineering and SRE practices to unblock flow, improve engineering experience, and build a culture of sustainable, high-trust delivery. This role bridges engineering, risk, and platform strategy, turning compliance into an enabler and resilience into a design principle
In this role, you will:

• Own and prioritize the backlog of transformation enablers and process improvements (e.g., SDLC friction, Jira hygiene, manual controls), making work visible and valuable
• Drive systems-level change across delivery and compliance bottlenecks
• Partner with Capability Pods and Engineering Enablers to diagnose system-level constraints and co-lead change experiments to improve delivery flow, clarity, and adoption of governance
• Apply Lean, Agile, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to reduce friction and operational burden:
  • Eliminate "toil" through automation and paved road adoption
  • Introduce SLO-style metrics for governance health, blocker removal, and improvement impact
  • Facilitate blameless retros and reliability reviews for failed changes or control misses
• Co-create playbooks, service maps, and reusable compliance blueprints that make improvements stick across squads and enabler teams
• Champion observability by creating dashboards and feedback loops on friction, flow efficiency, and compliance burden
• Drive a cultural shift from reactive "hero" delivery to proactive, reliable system design and psychological safety
• Serve as a translator and change agent across engineering, governance, and business leadership to align priorities with delivery reality

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 5+ years in engineering, platform support, DevOps, or SRE experience
• 5 years of risk or controls leadership roles in large-scale or regulated environments

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-team transformations that reduce delivery friction, improve compliance, and restore trust
• Strong background in Agile, DevOps, and continuous delivery environments
• Experience driving automation, service reliability, and system design thinking across functions
• Proven success influencing cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders with data, empathy, and clarity
• Familiarity with SRE practices (SLOs, toil elimination, incident reviews) applied beyond operations
• Experience designing metrics and OKRs for risk reduction, process reliability, and flow improvement
• Working knowledge of SDLC, change governance, control design, and regulatory reporting
• Experience coaching teams and facilitating retros, design sprints, or continuous improvement rituals.

Job Expectations:

• Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

Pay Range
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.
$119,000.00 - $224,000.00
Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:
24 Jul 2025
* Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
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.
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