Technology Executive - Financial Crimes

About this role:
Technology at Wells Fargo is at the heart of what enables us to satisfy our customers' financial needs and help them succeed financially. The Wells Fargo Technology (WFT) team leads technology for one of the highest market cap financial services institutions in the world, helping 76.6 million customers conduct an average of 95 million transactions each day, helping more end-customers every day - both in the United States and across the globe - than any other division in our company.
Wells Fargo Technology's goal is to exceed Wells Fargo customers' expectations and directly enable them to succeed financially. Through technology and operations services, Wells Fargo Technology interacts with customers more than 12 billion times a year through branch, mobile, online, ATM and telephone transactions. Wells Fargo Technology impacts customers directly through systems availability and security, as well as indirectly, through Wells Fargo business partners who offer and deliver a myriad of products and services that meet customers financial needs. Wells Fargo Technology strives to be a competitive advantage for the company and effective information management is one example of where we can take our capabilities to a new level of excellence.
The Wells Fargo Technology team helps customers directly every time they do business with the company, delivering a true One Wells Fargo experience and ensuring their security, regardless of channel. We also help customers by remaining trusted partners working with all lines of business (LOB) to develop and deliver value-added products and services. To do this, Wells Fargo Technology draws on the talents and motivation of thousands of technology team members across the enterprise.
The Enterprise Functions Technology (EFT) group provides technology solutions and support for Risk, Audit, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Corporate Properties, and Stakeholder Relations business lines. In addition, EFT provides unique technology solutions and innovation for Wells Fargo Technology, Enterprise Shared Services, and Enterprise Data Management. This combined portfolio of applications and tools are continually engineered to meet the challenges of stability, security, scalability, and speed.
Enterprise Risk & Finance Technology (ERFT) is responsible for providing the Chief Risk Officer and Chief Financial Officer with technology strategy, development, and delivery of technical capabilities in support of their business and product priorities. This diverse portfolio of capabilities spans multiple technology disciplines and strategic innovations. This group provides strategic, enterprise-wide technology capabilities and enabling services to our line of business and management of the applications in terms of skills, stability, security, scalability, speed, and cost.
Position Responsibilities
As the Technology Executive - Financial Crimes, you will report to the CIO of ERFT. You will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and oversight of technology initiatives supporting Wells Fargo's end-to-end risk-based approach for satisfying its financial crimes, regulatory obligations, and effectively mitigating financial crimes risks pertaining to Anti-Money Laundering ("AML"), Sanctions, and Anti-Bribery and Corruption ("ABC"). You will lead technology engineering teams to design, test, and build safe, efficient, and innovative solutions for all Financial Crimes requirements and coach your team to operate in an agile construct. This position will be responsible for leading the continued modernization of the organization's Enterprise Risk systems.
This role will also ensure appropriate governance, oversight, and compliance for all technology controls. You will work to influence many distinct functions and areas across Enterprise Risk, Technology and Strategy and must be able to work with senior leaders of the organization to gain agreement and drive towards goals to be executed. The successful candidate will be an experienced leader with a background in Treasury management systems. This individual must be a highly motivated team player and a self-starter who can drive change in complex organizations, partnering with a diverse group of stakeholders to achieve results. The candidate should demonstrate executive presence and be accustomed to presenting material to senior level executives. The candidate should be flexible, be able to withstand challenges and adapt accordingly.
Key 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

Required Qualifications

• 8+ 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 experience

Desired Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience working in a hands-on software developer or architecting end-to-end solutions
• 6+ years of experience working in large financial services organizations
• 10+ years of formal management experience
• 8+ years of experience in Financial Crimes technology
• 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 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 in creating & delivering technology roadmaps

• Experience in managing on-shore and off-shore teams

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.
$290,000.00 - $500,000.00
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:
10 Sep 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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