Platform Technical Director – Wealth & Investment Technology

About the Role

We are seeking a Platform Technical Director to lead the architecture, modernization, and execution of enterprise platforms supporting wealth and investment technology capabilities. This is a senior technology leadership role for a strategic, hands‑on technologist who can operate at enterprise scale, influence executive stakeholders, and drive transformation across complex, regulated environments. In this role, you will own the technical vision and platform strategy, guide multiple engineering teams, and shape the future‑state architecture for mission‑critical wealth and investment platforms.

In this Role, You Will

• Manage a team of engineering managers and engineering leads

• Deliver technology commitments aligned to enterprise strategic priorities

• Build support for platform strategies with business and technology leaders

• Guide the development of actionable roadmaps and execution plans

• Identify opportunities to continuously improve software engineering practices

• Provide oversight of software craftsmanship, security, availability, resilience, and scalability for solutions built by internal teams or third‑party providers

• Own financial management, capacity planning, and strategic resourcing decisions

• Establish risk management guidelines and partner with stakeholders to execute key risk initiatives

• Develop and execute strategies for hiring and retaining engineering talent

• Lead implementation of complex initiatives and encourage engineering innovation

• Collaborate and influence professionals at all levels, including senior leaders

• Ensure teams achieve defined objectives and measurable outcomes

• Interface with external agencies, regulatory bodies, or industry forums as needed

• Manage allocation of people and financial resources across technology initiatives

• Build and sustain a culture of talent development aligned to business objectives

• Experience with integrating business deliverables across various functions with cross functional / enterprise teams

• Strong background in large‑scale platform engineering and distributed systems

• Command Center Leadership – clear decision authority during incident and releases

• Control design for Go/No-Go decisions, risk acceptance, rollback execution with experience balancing business urgency vs. platform integrity

• Ability to translate technical failures to business impact to decision options in managing executive leadership communication.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of Technology Strategic Leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education

• 4+ years of management or leadership experience

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting wealth management, brokerage, trading, or investment platforms

• Prior experience with running platform engineering teams – leading business resiliency and contact center technology teams

• Hands on experience of running major business incidents, communications & escalations

• Proficient in running major cross functional releases

• Experience with integrating business deliverables across various functions with cross functional, enterprise teams

• Strong background in large‑scale platform engineering and distributed systems

• Experience working within regulated or risk‑focused environments

• Strong executive communication and stakeholder‑influencing skills

Job Expectations

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule

• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Posting End Date: 

18 Jun 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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