Senior systems Operations Manager

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Sr. Systems Operations manager for the Storage team within the FHO (Foundational Hosting Operations) organization.

This manager will be responsible for setting & driving strategy, standards, and operating models for production support, resiliency, and risk management across the end‑to‑end technology ecosystem of a large, complex portfolio, including internally developed platforms, vendor solutions, and third‑party hosted systems.

The technology landscape spans multiple upstream and downstream dependencies, requiring strong senior leadership oversight to maintain platform stability, resiliency, and regulatory compliance.

As a senior leader within IOR (Infrastructure Operations & Reliability), this role is accountable for service continuity, incident and problem management, governance, and operational risk mitigation across the Storage Infrastructure portfolio. The leader will actively partner with application teams, infrastructure and engineering groups, vendors, risk partners, and business stakeholders to ensure issues are resolved quickly, safely, and with minimal client impact.

In this role, you will:

Additional Responsibilities

• Manage and develop teams of analysts, associates, and less experienced managers in roles that provide technical services and support for the relevant supported systems
• Engage and influence stakeholders, internal partners, and peers in order to engineer projects, identify new products and solutions, and research solutions for existing systems
• Identify and recommend opportunities for administration and maintenance of the remote monitoring and management system, as well as the periodic system review
• Perform assessments, security audits, and system enhancement consultations
• Determine appropriate strategy and actions of Storage Operations team to meet moderate to high risk deliverables
• Interpret and develop policies and procedures, and understand compliance and risk management requirements for supported system area
• Provide implementation support for key risk initiatives
• Collaborate with and influence all levels of professionals, analysts, or associates
• Ensure the Storage Operations team communicates with customers to keep them informed of incident progress, and notify them of impending changes or agreed outages
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Systems Operations
• Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Systems Engineering and Technology Architecture 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
• 7+ years of Systems/Storage Engineering and Technology Architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 6+ years of experience in technology operations, production support, or platform management within large, complex enterprise environments.

Desired Qualifications:

• 3+ years of senior people management experience leading global, distributed teams.
• 5+ years of experience and strong expertise in incident, problem, and change management; operational risk; resiliency; governance; and ITIL practices for mission‑critical platforms.
• 5+ years of experience in technology or production engineering roles supporting financial services or similarly regulated environments.
• 3+ years of experience leading high-severity incidents
• 3+ years of experience communicating with senior and executive stakeholders.
• 3+ years of experience with stakeholder management skills at the executive level.
• Familiarity with vendor-hosted and third-party managed platforms.
• Experience operating and maturing follow-the-sun support models.
• Background in driving automation and operational efficiency initiatives.

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Job Expectations:

• Flexibility to work in a 24/7 environment, including weekends and holidays
• Ability to work onsite at one of the posted locations
• Position offers a hybrid work schedule
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position

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Posting End Date: 

18 Aug 2026

*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.

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