Technology Control - Senior Control Management Officer

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Control Management Officer to lead the Technology Controls engagement with the Cloud Platform organization. This role will provide strategic control oversight and risk leadership for enterprise infrastructure services, cloud platform adoption, platform engineering, and control modernization initiatives focused on Control-as-Code, automated governance, and continuous control monitoring. The individual will partner closely with Infrastructure Engineering leaders, Cloud Platform Engineering, Information Security, Technology Risk, Cloud GRC, Audit, and Control Management teams to establish and maintain a strong control environment that enables secure technology transformation while ensuring regulatory compliance and operational resilience.

This role will be responsible for risk identification and assessment, control design and evaluation, issue management, governance reporting, regulatory engagement, and the advancement of automation strategies that embed controls directly into technology delivery  This Role, You Will Act as a trusted advisor to senior technology and control management leaders in developing risk mitigation strategies for complex infrastructure and cloud-related risks.

Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of control frameworks supporting:

Infrastructure Engineering Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP, Open Shift, Kubernetes)
Storage, Compute, Network, Database, and Middleware Services Platform Engineering initiatives

Control-as-Code implementations

Provide strategic oversight of enterprise technology risk, operational risk, resiliency risk, and regulatory compliance requirements.

Monitor, measure, evaluate, and report on the effectiveness of controls and risk mitigation strategies.

Lead assessment and remediation activities associated with audits, regulatory examinations, horizontal reviews, and independent testing.

Drive proactive identification of emerging technology risks associated with cloud adoption, automation, AI-enabled infrastructure operations, and platform modernization.

Serve as a key control partner within infrastructure transformation programs and cloud migration initiatives.

Lead complex risk and control governance activities, including preparation of executive-level reporting, risk committee materials, and regulatory updates.

Mentor and guide control officers and virtual teams supporting technology control execution.

Specific Responsibilities Infrastructure & Cloud Risk Management Develop and maintain risk and control frameworks supporting enterprise infrastructure services.

Assess risks related to cloud adoption, hybrid cloud architectures, platform engineering, and infrastructure modernization.

Evaluate control effectiveness across compute, storage, networking, databases, container platforms, virtualization, and cloud-native services.

Identify control gaps and partner with technology leaders to develop sustainable remediation strategies.

Control-as-Code Modernization Lead the adoption of Control-as-Code principles across Infrastructure Engineering and Cloud Platforms.

Partner with engineering and cloud risk teams to embed automated controls within CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and platform deployment processes.

Drive implementation of continuous compliance monitoring and automated evidence collection.

Propose governance standards and operating models for automated preventive, detective, and corrective controls.

Promote measurable reductions in manual control execution and testing activities through automation.

Regulatory & Audit Engagement Ensure alignment with enterprise policies, standards, and regulatory expectations.

Partner with Audit, Compliance, Independent Risk Management, and regulators before and during reviews and examinations.

Coordinate issue management activities, including root-cause analysis and sustainable corrective action plans.

Provide risk and control expertise during regulatory remediation efforts.

Risk Analytics & Governance Analyze Key Risk Indicators (KRI), issue, control testing, and operational loss data to identify systemic risk trends.

Lead control health reporting and executive risk dashboards.

Support risk appetite monitoring and governance forums.

Present findings and recommendations to senior technology executives and control committees.

Strategic Technology Transformation Serve as the control management lead for major infrastructure and cloud transformation programs.

Evaluate technology modernization…