Senior Lead Technology Risk Officer (Technology Risk Domain Officer)

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About this role:

The Technology Risk Domain Officer operates within Technology Risk Management (TRM), part of Corporate Risk, providing independent second‑line oversight across technology domains. The role is part of the Technology Risk Domain Team, which performs domain‑level evaluation and produces evidence‑based views of how technology conditions contribute to enterprise risk exposure. The role engages with Technology, including Tech Operations, CIO organizations, to provide challenge and inform risk‑based decisions. Outputs from this role support enterprise risk views provided to senior management, risk committees, and regulators.

The Technology Risk Domain Officer (P5) serves as the senior second line oversight lead across assigned technology domains. The role is responsible for setting direction for domain-level risk assessment and monitoring approaches, identifying and assessing plausible failure modes, and evaluating how those failures contribute to enterprise technology risk exposure. The role provides independent, evidence-based challenge and acts as a strategic thought partner to senior technology and risk leadership, influencing prioritization, decision-making, and risk outcomes across the enterprise.

In this role you will:

• Technology Risk Strategy and Direction – Define and evolve domain-level risk assessment approaches, monitoring routines, and analytical frameworks aligned to enterprise risk exposure definitions.
• Domain Oversight Coverage – Lead second line oversight across assigned domains, maintaining a current understanding of how technology operates in practice and how risk manifests under real conditions.
• Failure Mode Identification and Assessment – Identify, assess, and anticipate plausible and emerging failure modes, including evaluating enterprise impact across domains.
• Evidence-Based Analysis – Apply observable evidence signals including incidents, service levels, backlog, exceptions, and trends to support risk conclusions and explain residual risk.
• Stakeholder Influence and Decision Support – Advise senior technology leaders on risk tradeoffs, prioritization, and mitigation strategies, influencing outcomes through credible, data-driven insight and challenge.
• Cross-Domain and Enterprise Risk Insight – Aggregate domain-level observations into technology risk themes, identifying dependencies, concentration risk, and systemic patterns.
• Risk Reporting and Communication – Deliver clear, concise, and decision-ready risk perspectives to senior management and governance forums, linking domain conditions to enterprise risk exposure.
• Continuous Monitoring – Maintain a forward-looking view of domain conditions, emerging risks, and changes in technology and operating models.
• Change and Transformation Oversight – Engage in material technology changes, programs, and initiatives to assess risk implications and operational readiness.
• Leadership and Talent Development – Develop domain expertise across the team, coach domain officers and analysts, and set expectations for quality, consistency, and risk judgment.

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• 10+ years experience in technology operations, engineering, or infrastructure environments with understanding of system behavior under stress conditions. 
• Recognized expert in technology domains with ability to assess complex and ambiguous risk scenarios and apply expertise at an enterprise level. 
• Anticipates data needs and applies advanced analytics to generate insights, inform decisions, and enhance risk narratives.
• Anticipates and resolves complex, cross-domain challenges, developing forward-looking solutions in ambiguous environments.
• Integrates business context into risk assessments and influences prioritization and mitigation strategies.
• Acts as a strategic thought partner to senior stakeholders, influencing decisions across high-impact and complex environments.
• Communicates complex risk insights clearly and effectively, shaping understanding and enabling decision-making at senior levels.
• Executes across complex, high-impact work, prioritizing activity toward areas of highest risk and business impact.

Job Expectations:

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule
• This position does not offer sponsorship

Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.

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:

*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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