Executive Director, Forward Deployed AI Specialist

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking an experienced Forward Deployed AI Specialist to help shape the future of AI-powered work across Commercial Banking and Corporate & Investment Banking. This is a hands-on individual contributor opportunity to combine deep technical AI expertise with the ability to partner directly with business stakeholders to solve complex, high-value problems.

As a Forward Deployed AI Specialist, you will embed with business, product, and operational teams to understand real-world workflows, identify opportunities for agentic AI, and rapidly design and prototype solutions that deliver measurable value. You will work at the intersection of business, technology, data, and risk — building solutions that are innovative, practical, and deployable within a highly regulated environment.
Successful candidates are equally comfortable engaging with senior business leaders, working hands-on with modern AI technologies, and partnering with technology teams to transition solutions from prototype to production.

In this role, you will:

• Partner directly with business, product, and operational teams to understand workflows, pain points, controls, and opportunities for transformation

• Design, develop, and prototype agentic AI solutions that improve productivity, decision-making, and operational effectiveness

• Translate business requirements into technical designs, workflows, and proof-of-concept solutions

• Leverage modern AI techniques including large language models (LLMs), agentic systems, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool use, orchestration frameworks, and evaluation methodologies

• Collaborate closely with Technology teams to industrialize and deploy solutions into production

• Work with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Privacy, Information Security, and other control partners to ensure solutions are explainable, auditable, and aligned with governance standards

• Contribute reusable patterns, capabilities, tools, evaluations, and reference architectures that can be leveraged across multiple business domains

• Stay current on emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and best practices while helping raise AI fluency across the organization

• Drive solutions from concept through implementation with a strong focus on measurable business outcomes

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in software development, AI/ML, data science, solution architecture, or a related technical discipline

• Demonstrated hands-on experience building and deploying AI-powered solutions

• Strong understanding of modern AI technologies, including:

  • Large Language Models (LLMs)

  • Agentic and multi-agent architectures

  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

  • Tool and workflow orchestration

  • Prompt engineering and evaluation frameworks

  • Knowledge retrieval and context management

• Experience translating business needs into technical solutions

• Ability to rapidly prototype while maintaining a production-oriented mindset

• Experience operating within regulated, risk-managed, or control-intensive environments

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage effectively across business, technology, and control functions

• Experience within commercial banking, corporate banking, capital markets, lending, client onboarding, financial crimes, deal execution, sales/origination, trading, or related financial services domains

• Experience building AI solutions within enterprise environments

• Knowledge of model governance, AI risk management, responsible AI, privacy, and information security practices

• Experience with cloud-based AI platforms, enterprise data ecosystems, and production AI deployment patterns

• Proven ability to operate in highly collaborative, cross-functional environments

• Experience delivering AI capabilities that have achieved measurable business impact

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship 

• Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities or personal investing; affected employees will be expected to provide information to the Wells Fargo Personal Account Dealing Team and abide by applicable policy requirements if hired. Information will be shared about expectations during the recruitment process 

• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time 

This position offers a hybrid work schedule from one of the following locations:

• 2700 S Price Road A Building – Chandler, Arizona 85286               

• 333 Market Street – San Francisco, California 94105                      

• 400 Hamilton Avenue – Palo Alto, California 94301          

• 1800 Century Park E – Los Angeles, California 90067                 

• 333 S Grand Avenue – Los Angeles, California 90071                      

• 1700 K Street NW Ste 103 – Washington, DC 20006                        

• 1699 Coral Way – Miami, Florida 33145                                                

• 1100 Abernathy Rd – Atlanta, Georgia 30328                                      

• 10 S Wacker Drive – Chicago, Illinois 60606                                        

• 125 High Street – Boston, Massachusetts 02110                              

• 600 S 4th Street – Minneapolis, Minnesota                                         

• 114 N Beaumont Street Bldg D – St. Louis, Missouri 63103             

• 550 S Tryon Street – Charlotte, North Carolina 28202                     

• 1525 W W T Harris Blvd – Charlotte, North Carolina 28262             

• 100 N 18th Street – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103                   

• 401 Las Colinas Blvd W – Irving, Texas 75039                                     

• 1000 Louisiana Street – Houston, Texas 77002                                  

• 1021 E Cary Street – Richmond, Virginia 23219            

• 999 3rd Avenue – Seattle, Washington 98104

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Pay Range:

$185,000.00 - $300,000.00 USD Annual
Eligible for discretionary annual bonus

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.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.  Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.