About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Senior Manager
In this role, you will:
- Manage, coach, and develop a team or teams of experienced engineers and engineering managers in roles with moderate complexity and risk, responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology
- Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
- Partner with, engage and influence architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture and enable application migration paths to target architecture; for example cloud readiness, application modernization, data strategy
- Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
- Identify and recommend opportunities for driving escalated resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
- Determine appropriate strategy and actions to act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to meet moderate to high-risk deliverables and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement
- Build engineering skills side-by-side in the codebase, conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide design, as needed
- Interpret, develop and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
- Collaborate with, partner with and influence Product Managers/Product Owners to drive user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmap, promote innovative and intelligent solutions, generate corporate value and articulate technical strategy while being a solid advocate of agile and DevOps practices
- Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers
- Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives in technology engineering
- Hire, build and guide a culture of talent development to have the skills required to effectively design and deliver innovative solutions for product areas and products to meet business objectives and strategy, as well as conduct performance management for engineers and managers
Required Qualifications:
- 6+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 3+ years of management or leadership experience
Desired Qualifications:
- Lead people through hands-on technology, functional knowledge & delivery ownership
- Drive strategic vision – quality dialogue with senior technology leadership and other stakeholders
- Proven capability to identify, recruit, develop and retain talent
- Must have good understanding of current and future trends and practices in Technology.
- Must be able to demonstrate results in influencing business outcomes and must be an innovative leader.
- A seasoned, relationship-driven leader who will have the style and sensitivity to work within a highly complex business environment.
- Knowledge of Commercial Lending / CIB Lending is desirable.
- Knowledge of Commercial Real Estate and Commercial Mortgages is a plus.
- Experience in underwriting, loans servicing, portfolio management, collateral, booking & funding is desirable.
- Proven record in a successful global delivery environment, managing stakeholders across multiple countries and cultures.
- Lead organizational initiatives, foster diversity and inclusion, and champion change within the group. Multi-cultural sensitivity a must.
Job Expectations:
- Lead a technology team of 30+ engineers and managers across multiple locations while fostering leadership development within the team.
- Play a critical role in shaping the team’s overall technical strategy and aligning it with business goals.
- Lead, design and develop technology solutions to complex problems that require both in depth knowledge of capital markets and strong technical expertise.
- Act as a bridge between technology, business, product and operation teams
- Be an authority on complex technical issues, providing guidance and making high-level decisions on architecture, design, and implementation.
- Manage and oversee large or multiple projects, ensuring they are completed on time and meet quality standards.
- Lead efforts to build and scale high-performing engineering teams in alignment with technology roadmap
- Align engineering outcomes with the overall business strategy and product goals.
- Identify potential risks at both the technical and organizational levels and manage them proactively.
- Foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning within the engineering team.
- Play a significant role in shaping the company’s engineering culture, promoting diversity, inclusion, and strong ethical practices.
- Regularly interact with senior executives, product teams, and external stakeholders to communicate progress, challenges, and achievements.
- Implement systems to measure the performance of teams and individuals, ensuring that everyone is contributing to their maximum potential.
- Oversee budgets, forecasts, and resource allocation for the engineering department, ensuring efficient use of company resources.
- Ensure the engineering team follows industry best practices in coding, testing, security, and DevOps.
- Proactively manage risk including deliverables, operational issues through implementation of right controls and escalate where required.
- Design and develop applications, tools and processes to ensure better safety, reliability and supportability.
Posting End Date:
4 Mar 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Diversity
At Wells Fargo, we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace; accordingly, we welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, individuals with disabilities, pregnancy, marital status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
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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