Identity and Access Management Engineering Technology Director

Wells Fargo & Company - Institutional Retirement & Trust business

Iselin, NJ

Full Time

Director

208k-432k

about 1 month ago

Job Description

About the Role

Wells Fargo is seeking a Technology Director in Cybersecurity as part of Identity Access Management. This high-impact engineering role focuses on leading the transformation of the Access Administration engineering function within the Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) portfolio, which spans over 30 products. The role involves guiding a team from daily operations toward innovation, shaping roadmaps, and ensuring seamless support for existing systems while building future capabilities. The ideal candidate is passionate about leading world-class teams, driving large-scale transformation, and making a lasting impact.

Key Responsibilities

Manage a global 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

Requirements

8+ years of Technology Strategic Leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education
6+ years of Identity Governance and Administration experience
4+ years of Management experience
Strong knowledge and expertise with Identity Governance Toolsets such as IBM Tivoli, Saviynt, Oracle Identity Manager
Deep IAM and IGA domain expertise and strong engineering background
Experience supporting cloud transformation and working with SaaS solutions, especially Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform
Technical engineering leader comfortable with system design and building highly reliable, scalable, and performant systems
Experience with IAM tools and solutions
Experience with ETL tools and data transformation
Excellent knowledge of databases both operational and data warehouse
Experience with IGA connectors, reconciliation, and application onboarding
Experience with Privileged Access Management

Nice to Have

Direct experience in leading the implementation of IAM tools or migrating between them
Strong hands-on experience with IAM tools and solutions
Excellent technical leader capable of building and growing engineering teams

Qualifications

Educational background or certifications are not explicitly specified but are implied through experience requirements

Benefits & Perks

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

Working at Wells Fargo & Company - Institutional Retirement & Trust business

Wells Fargo emphasizes building strong customer relationships balanced with a risk-mitigating and compliance-driven culture. Employees are accountable for executing risk programs across Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, and Regulatory Compliance areas. The company values proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification, escalation, and making sound risk decisions aligned with the business unit's risk appetite.

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