Senior Lead Technology Risk Officer | Technology Risk Management

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Technology Risk Officer within the Corporate Risk Technology Risk Management space to provide independent oversight and credible challenge of enterprise data tools and products that support data governance, metadata management, and data lineage. This role partners with data management, technology, and business teams to assess the design, implementation, adoption, and control effectiveness of metadata repositories, lineage platforms, and data quality tools, with a focus on identifying and assessing data management risks across the enterprise.
In this role, you will:

• Identify, assess, and escalate data risks associated with enterprise data tools and products, including gaps in metadata completeness, lineage coverage, critical data element traceability, and data quality controls.
• Lead independent oversight of highly complex, high-risk data governance, metadata, and lineage tooling implementations spanning multiple business lines.
• Evaluate enterprise risks associated with strategic business and data platform decisions, including data tooling investments and vendor selections.
• Assess whether end-to-end data lineage and metadata capabilities adequately support regulatory reporting, risk data aggregation, model and AI use cases, and root-cause analysis.
• Assess risks throughout the data tooling lifecycle in coordination with other risk disciplines, including technology and third-party risk.
• Leverage metadata, lineage, and data quality insights to develop key risk indicators, dashboards, and monitoring capabilities that identify emerging data risks.
• Engage and communicate effectively with professionals and leaders across the enterprise to evaluate data risks in the context of business objectives and strategic initiatives.
• Lead enterprise initiatives and virtual teams to advance companywide data risk management transformation.
• Collaborate with peers, colleagues, and managers to evaluate, communicate, and escalate data risk.

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience influencing senior executives and decision-makers and building credibility across large, complex organizations.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide initiatives involving data management, risk management, technology, analytics, or business transformation.
• Deep knowledge of data management disciplines, including data governance, data quality, metadata management, data lineage, critical data elements, controls, data sourcing, data requirements, and risk management practices.
• Hands-on experience with, or oversight of, enterprise data governance, metadata, and lineage tools.
• Familiarity with regulatory expectations for data governance and risk data aggregation, including BCBS 239, as well as relevant industry frameworks.
• Understanding of how metadata and lineage capabilities support data quality issue management, data control attestation, and data product governance.
• Experience providing independent oversight or challenge, governance, compliance, audit, or regulatory support.
• Strong understanding of emerging data management, analytics, AI, and risk intelligence capabilities and how they can strengthen risk oversight and business decision-making.
• Knowledge of risks associated with AI, advanced analytics, data modernization, digital transformation, and emerging technologies.
• Experience leveraging analytics, automation, dashboards, and monitoring capabilities, including metadata- and lineage-driven insights, to identify emerging data risks and deliver actionable risk insights.
• Ability to build trusted relationships across business, technology, AI, data management, data product and platform teams, and risk organizations.

Job Expectations:

• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Ability to work at one of the approved locations listed in the job posting. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
• Willingness to comply with the current hybrid work model, including working from a Wells Fargo facility at least four days per week, with the flexibility to work remotely one day per week.

Posting Location:

• 401 S Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28282

Posting End Date:
8 Nov 2026
*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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