**About this role:**
Wells Fargo is seeking a **Senior Lead Operational Risk Officer** within Technology Risk Management. You'll provide second line oversight of cybersecurity risk management practices across the enterprise, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations, internal risk frameworks, and industry standards. Learn more about career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com.
**In this role, you will:**
+ Evaluate and Challenge (For one or more of the areas listed below):
+ Cyber Incident Response Oversight: Including classification, investigation, escalation, containment, recovery, and closure to ensure timely and effective handling of cybersecurity events.
+ Infrastructure security: Including networks, workspace, and data stores.
+ Application security: Including pen testing, application threat modeling and application security testing
+ Identity and Access Management Oversight: Including authentication, authorization, privileged access, remote access, and segregation of duties.
+ Information Protection Oversight: Including data leakage prevention, information classification, encryption, and disclosure controls to ensure sensitive data is adequately protected.
+ Security Monitoring Oversight: Including the effectiveness of security event monitoring, log collection, dashboard governance, and threat actor analysis to ensure proactive detection and response capabilities.
+ Vulnerability Management Oversight: Including lifecycle of vulnerability management including discovery, identification, monitoring, remediation, and reporting to ensure timely mitigation of technical risks.
+ Cyber Threat Intelligence and Adversary Hunting: Including threat intelligence is effectively gathered, analyzed, and used to inform defenses against emerging threats and adversary tactics.
+ Risk Reporting and Communication: Deliver clear, actionable insights and reporting on cybersecurity risk exposures to senior management, risk committees, and regulatory bodies.
+ Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with first-line cybersecurity teams, technology, compliance, legal, and internal audit to ensure a cohesive and effective cybersecurity risk management approach.
**Required Qualifications:**
+ 7+ years of Operational Risk experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
**Desired Qualifications:**
+ Deep understanding of cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001, MITRE ATT&CK) and incident response methodologies.
+ Strong knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) principles, tools, and governance practices.
+ Expertise in data protection, encryption standards, and information classification.
+ Experience with security operations, including SIEM, log management, and threat detection technologies.
+ Expertise with vulnerability management tools, scanning methodologies, and remediation processes.
+ Knowledge of cyber threat intelligence, adversary behavior analysis, and proactive threat hunting techniques.
+ Proven ability to assess and challenge cyber risk controls and influence remediation strategies.
+ Strong communication, analytical, and leadership skills with experience engaging senior stakeholders and regulators.
+ Experience in a second line of defense or independent cybersecurity risk oversight function is highly desirable.
**Job Expectations:**
+ This position currently offers a hybrid work schedule.
+ Ability to travel domestic and international.
+ Ability to work at a posted location.
**Work Locations:**
+ 401 S Tryon St - Charlotte, North Carolina
+ 401 W Las Colinas Blvd - Irving, Texas
+ 600 S 4th St - Minneapolis, Minnesota
+ 1150 W Washington St - Tempe, Arizona
+ 800 S Jordan Creek Pkwy - West Des Moines, Iowa
**Pay Range(s) (US Only) :**
Minneapolis, Minnesota | Pay Range: 159,000.00 - 254,000.00 USD Annual
**_*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants_**
**Pay Range**
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.
$159,000.00 - $279,000.00
**Benefits**
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs ( for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.
+ 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
**Posting End Date:**
30 Nov 2025
***** **_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.
**Applicants with Disabilities**
To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo ( .
**Drug and Alcohol Policy**
Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy ( to learn more.
**Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:**
a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
**Req Number:** R-506673