Data Analytics - Lead Control Management Officer

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Control Management Officer to join our dynamic Technology Risk and Control Management team. This is more than just a job—it's an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on how we protect and empower our technology landscape.

As a Lead Control Officer, you’ll play a pivotal role in modernizing our control environment. You’ll help design, implement, and maintain a cutting-edge control framework that proactively identifies and mitigates technology risks across the enterprise. Your work will directly support the safety, soundness, and innovation of our technology platforms. Key Responsibilities include:

• Drive the modernization of control practices to align with emerging risks and technologies.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in technology, business, and compliance to embed a strong risk culture.

• Lead efforts to assess, design, and implement effective controls that meet regulatory expectations and industry standards.

• Monitor and report on technology risk trends, providing insights that influence strategic decisions.

• Champion continuous improvement in risk and control processes, tools, and methodologies.

Technology is at the heart of everything we do—and so is managing the risk that comes with it. In this role, you’ll be a trusted advisor and change agent, helping to ensure our systems are resilient, secure, and compliant. Your expertise will help shape the future of risk management at one of the world’s leading financial institutions. What we’re looking for:

• A strong background in technology risk, control frameworks, or compliance.

• Proven ability to lead complex initiatives and influence stakeholders at all levels.

• A passion for innovation, problem-solving, and continuous improvement.

In this role, you will:

• Act as key participant in monitoring, evaluating, and measuring the impact of decisions practiced in Control Management functional area using data driven and analytical practices.

• Monitor moderately complex business specific programs, and provide risk management consulting to support the business in designing and implementing risk-mitigation strategies, as well as good understanding of operational risk, audit, legal, credit risk, market risk, IT systems security, and business process management

• Engage with all levels of roles across the business group, and serve as an experienced advisor in designing and implementing risk mitigation strategies, business processes, and controls that mitigate risks and address regulatory requirements

• Develop and implement conceptual risk monitoring and risk reporting processes and controls evaluations, turning them into repeatable modern practices.

• Highly analytical in nature with eye for detail for any kind of data analysis.

• Collaborate with and influence key stakeholders including managers

• Monitor, measure, evaluate, and report on the impact of decisions and controls to the relevant business group or functional area

• Collaborate with relevant business groups to identify current and emerging risks associated with business activities and operations, and provide guidance in developing and implementing risk-mitigating strategies

• Lead Control Management project or virtual teams

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Risk Management or Control Management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Program Leadership: Expertise in managing large-scale technology migration programs with cross-functional impact

• Generative AI & Risk Insight: Working knowledge of Generative AI and experience supporting risk management initiatives

• Data-Driven Strategy: Strong leadership and data analytics skills to align stakeholders and deliver scalable, data-driven risk solutions

• Operational Risk Expertise: Deep understanding of operational risk management and operations process optimization

• Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with U.S. banking regulations and the line-of-defense risk management structure

• Quality & Controls Assessment: Experience with quality assurance techniques, issue verification frameworks, and internal audit or controls assessments

• Financial Services Acumen: Solid understanding of financial services regulations, compliance standards, and operational procedures

• Cross-Functional Collabo