Technology Director Architect, Commercial Banking

Wells Fargo is seeking a Technology Director to serve as Lead Architect for the Commercial Banking business. Based in London, this role will provide enterprise and portfolio-level architecture leadership across Commercial Banking as well as the bank's international intersections. The role reports to the Head of Architecture for CCIBT and will work closely with the CIO of Commercial Banking Technology and the CIO of the International Bank, acting as a trusted advisor on technology strategy, modernization, risk, investment priorities, and major architectural decisions.

This is a senior leadership role requiring the maturity, judgement, executive presence, and organizational influence expected of a Technology Director, combined with deep, hands-on architecture expertise. The successful candidate will define target-state direction, resolve complex cross-domain challenges, strengthen architecture governance, and translate business strategy into practical, executable technology roadmaps. They will influence across business, product, engineering, risk, cyber, data, and enterprise technology teams, often without direct authority.

Define and drive the target-state architecture for Commercial Banking, aligning technology strategy, modernization initiatives, AI adoption, and investment priorities with business objectives. Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology leaders, providing direction on architecture, risk, resiliency, governance, and strategic technology decisions. Lead complex cross-domain initiatives across Commercial Banking, International Banking, and enterprise platforms while establishing architecture standards, reusable patterns, and roadmaps that improve consistency, scalability, and regulatory compliance. Partner with engineering, product, cyber, data, risk, and operations teams to simplify the technology landscape, accelerate modernization, and improve organizational effectiveness. Additionally, develop and mentor senior architects, strengthen architecture capabilities, and identify emerging technologies that enhance client outcomes, operational efficiency, and long-term business value.

• Manage a 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

Desired qualifications.

Job expectations

Leadership & Success

The successful candidate will be a highly influential enterprise leader with the strategic vision, technical credibility, and executive presence to shape long-term technology direction across Commercial Banking. As a trusted advisor to CIOs and senior leaders, they will drive alignment on complex business and technology decisions, translate strategy into actionable outcomes, and champion modernization, AI adoption, risk reduction, and architectural excellence. Success will be measured through the establishment of a clear and adopted target architecture, improved decision quality, accelerated transformation, stronger organizational capability, and a more resilient, efficient, and strategically aligned technology estate that delivers sustainable business value.

Posting End Date:

25 Oct 2026

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