Technology Director - Secure Database Access & Identity Governance

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Technology Director, Secure Database Access & Identity Governance within Database Technology. This senior leader will define and drive the enterprise strategy for database access governance, identity management, privileged access controls, and service account management across the firm's strategic database platforms.

This role is accountable for transforming database access management from a decentralized, application-owned model into a centralized enterprise capability that improves security, auditability, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency. The leader will partner closely with Cyber Security Identity & Access Management (IAM), Risk, Compliance, and Engineering organizations to establish target-state standards, enforce least-privilege access controls, govern service account usage, and implement AI-driven entitlement monitoring and automated remediation capabilities.

This position directly enables the Secure Database Access Pillar of the Database Strategy and serves as a foundational component of the enterprise's customer data protection, regulatory compliance, automation, and AI-driven operations objectives.

In this role, you will:

Lead Enterprise Database Access Governance Strategy

• Establish and execute an enterprise-wide strategy for database identity and access management across strategic database platforms
• Define target-state controls for database authentication, authorization, entitlement management, privileged access, and access certification
• Develop standards that reduce customer data exposure while improving operational efficiency and auditability
• Drive adoption of least-privilege principles across production and non-production database environments

Establish Secure Access Controls & Service Account Governance

• Define and implement server-side access controls that reduce direct human access to production databases
• Establish enterprise standards for service account management, including non-interactive account usage, ownership, lifecycle management, and segregation of duties
• Govern privileged access models and support modernization of authentication and authorization capabilities
• Reduce risks associated with shared, excessive, and orphaned database entitlements

Drive AI-Powered Access Analytics & Automated Remediation

• Lead implementation of AI-driven entitlement analytics to identify excessive privileges, dormant accounts, access anomalies, and policy violations
• Drive automated remediation and continuous access governance capabilities across the database estate
• Establish metrics and monitoring for entitlement utilization, privilege consumption, and policy compliance
• Leverage advanced analytics to improve access governance effectiveness and operational scalability

Oversee Compliance, Risk, and Regulatory Readiness

• Partner with Cyber Security, Operational Risk, and Compliance organizations to ensure alignment with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements
• Establish governance routines supporting audits, regulatory examinations, and risk management activities
• Drive remediation of database access-related findings, issues, and control gaps
• Improve controls that protect customer and sensitive data across the database ecosystem

Enable Secure Automation and Database Modernization

• Integrate identity governance capabilities into enterprise database automation platforms
• Support modernization initiatives by embedding security and access governance into self-service and automated operational workflows
• Ensure database access controls scale alongside cloud adoption, AI-enabled operations, and platform transformation efforts
• Influence security architecture decisions for future-state database platforms and services

Influence Enterprise Stakeholders & Lead Cross-Functional Alignment

• Partner closely with Cyber Security IAM, Infrastructure Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, CIO organizations, and database engineering teams
• Communicate strategy, risk posture, compliance priorities, and transformation progress to senior executives
• Build alignment across technology, security, risk, and application organizations to drive enterprise adoption
• Serve as the senior accountable leader for database access governance strategy and execution

Leadership & Scope

• Leads the Secure Database Access organization responsible for database identity governance, privileged access controls, service account management, access certification, entitlement analytics, and compliance execution
• Direct responsibility for managers, engineers, and governance specialists supporting enterprise database platforms and services
• Provides enterprise-wide leadership across multiple technology, cybersecurity, compliance, and platform engineering organizations
• Represents Database Technology in executive governance forums, security councils, audit engagements, and regulatory discussions
• Drives strategic initiatives that significantly reduce customer data risk while enabling automation, modernization, and AI-driven operations

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of Technology Strategic Leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 4+ years of management or leadership experience
• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, identity and access management, database technology, infrastructure security, or platform engineering
• 5+ years of experience leading enterprise-scale security, IAM, governance, risk, or compliance initiatives
• 5+ years of experience implementing privileged access management, identity governance, entitlement management, or related security controls
• Experience leading large-scale transformational programs across complex, highly regulated technology environments
• Experience partnering with security, engineering, risk, compliance, and application development organizations

Desired Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), and Zero Trust principles
• Experience with database security controls across relational, NoSQL, and cloud-native database platforms
• Familiarity with AI-driven security analytics, anomaly detection, and automated control remediation
• Experience supporting regulatory, audit, and compliance programs within large financial services organizations
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, Certified Identity and Access Manager (CIAM), or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related discipline (Master's preferred)
• Strong understanding of cloud security, service account governance, secrets management, and enterprise authentication technologies
• Exceptional executive communication, stakeholder management, and organizational leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence enterprise strategy and drive adoption across large-scale matrixed organizations

Job Expectations

• This position requires the ability to work in an in-office hybrid environment.
• This position is not available for Visa sponsorship.
• This position does not have relocation allowance.

Strategic Impact

This leadership role is responsible for establishing the enterprise database access governance capability that will protect customer data, strengthen regulatory compliance, reduce operational risk, and enable AI-driven automation at scale. Success in this role will directly advance the Database Strategy by centralizing access governance, enforcing least-privilege controls, improving accountability, and creating a secure foundation for the future state database platform.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (300 S Brevard St.)

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (2222 W Rose Garden Ln.)

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (194 S Wood Ave. (Metro Park))

Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.

Posting End Date:

*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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