Technology Director

About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Technology Director to lead strategic transformation initiatives across Global Payments and Liquidity platforms. This leader will define and execute the multi-year technology roadmap for next-generation payment processing, liquidity, settlement, servicing, and payment data platforms. The role requires a balance of deep payments domain expertise, technology leadership, engineering excellence, and large-scale program execution. As a senior technology leader, you will drive platform modernization, lead complex transformation programs, influence technology strategy, champion AI-enabled engineering practices, and partner closely with business, operations, risk, compliance, and technology stakeholders to deliver enterprise-critical outcomes. In this role, you will: 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 Technology Strategy & Platform Leadership Define and execute the long-term technology strategy and roadmap for Payments and Liquidity platforms. Drive modernization toward cloud-enabled, API-first, and event-driven architectures built on modern engineering principles. Establish architecture standards, engineering governance, and platform modernization objectives aligned with business priorities. Lead technology investment planning, prioritization, and execution across multiple strategic initiatives. Payments & Liquidity Transformation Lead large-scale transformation initiatives across US Domestic and Cross-Border Payments, Liquidity, Payment Data, Settlement, and Servicing platforms. Drive modernization of payment processing capabilities supporting Wires, ACH, RTP, Zelle, Cards, SWIFT, and ISO 20022. Champion adoption of modern technologies including microservices, event-driven architecture, cloud platforms, platform engineering, and AI-assisted software delivery. Ensure platforms support evolving business needs, regulatory requirements, resiliency goals, and future product expansion. Business & Stakeholder Engagement Partner with senior leaders across Product, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and Technology organizations to align technology strategy with business objectives. Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on technology direction, investment priorities, modernization opportunities, and transformation strategy. Communicate complex technology strategies to executive audiences while translating business priorities into actionable delivery roadmaps. Influence enterprise architecture standards and technology decisions across Payments and Liquidity technology organizations. Engineering Excellence & Delivery Lead execution of complex technology programs with accountability for delivery quality, platform stability, risk management, and business outcomes. Establish best practices for software engineering, architecture, resiliency, observability, security, scalability, and operational excellence.