**About this role:** Wells Fargo Technology is seeking a Head of Estate Strategy **Duties include:** + Stewardship of FHP end-to-end infrastructure capital investment budget of $1.5B + Cross- functional capacity and demand management of entire IT infrastructure estate including 8 legacy and 4 target data centers, 159,000 servers, over 385PB of storage, and production network. + Capacity and demand oversight of ~150K virtual and physical servers, 385PB of storage and 155K databases across eight heritage core and regional data centers and four newly constructed data centers. + Develops and executes the Estate Management strategic vision for the FHP technology infrastructure and associated financial plans + Integrates technology infrastructure capacity management, demand, and workload arbitrage to optimize IT investment and financial performance + Ensure the alignment of IT engineering, infrastructure, operations, and financial strategies with the organizations' overall business objectives + Establish a single source of truth for demand request and consumption of FHE services, enabling predictable utilization and consumption + Ensure alignment to the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) guidelines for technology infrastructure capacity management + Drives the strategy for capacity planning, performance monitoring, and workload placement to enable scalability of the firms' IT infrastructure + Ensure robust regulatory compliance, risk management, through the implementation of Global Capacity Management processes and standards + Ensure detailed visibility, transparency, and governance over hybrid estate spending across the organization + Drive cost optimization initiatives, accurate budgeting, and precise forecasting for estate expenditures + Cloud arbitrage strategy + Partner with public cloud engineering leadership to develop and manage a hybrid strategy that optimizes the use of on-premise estate and public cloud environments + Leverage cloud arbitrage to maximize cost efficiency and performance for various workloads across the technology infrastructure platforms + Collaborate with cloud enablement teams to monitor cloud economics and resource utilization to make dynamic, data-driven decisions + Operational Efficiency and Performance + Streamline IT processes and workflows to enhance operational efficiency and productivity + Foster cross-functional collaboration between finance, operations, engineering, and infrastructure teams to achieve common estate goals + Implement advanced automation and real-time monitoring tools to optimize infrastructure resource utilization and performance + End-of-Life Management + Retirement planning: Create a global strategy for technology lifecycle management + Establish planning for the retirement of technology products, including data migration, decommissioning, and secure disposal of hardware and software + Communicate with consumers and stakeholders about end-of-life plans, providing a 24+ month rolling view to align with organizational planning cycles + Reporting and analytics + Provide actionable capacity reporting and analytics on infrastructure performance and financial metrics + Leverage data-driven insights to inform strategic decisions and drive continuous improvement initiatives + Communicate key findings, strategies, and recommendations to the executive team and Operating Committee (OC) + Manage a team of engineering managers and engineering leads + Focus on delivering commitments aligned to enterprise strategic priorities + Build support for strategies with business and technology leaders + Guide development of actionable roadmaps and plans + Identify opportunities and strategies for continuous improvement of software engineering practices + Provide oversight to software craftsmanship, security, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions developed by the teams or third party providers + Identify financial management and strategic resourcing + Set risk management guidelines and partner with stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives + Develop strategies for hiring engineering talent + Lead implementation of projects and encourage engineering innovation + Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including more experienced managers + Lead team to achieve objectives + Interface with external agencies, regulatory bodies or industry forums + Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Technology Strategic Leadership + Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy **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 experience **Desired Qualifications:** + A Bachelor's Degree or higher and 10+ years of experience directly related to large-scale technology transformation programs + 15+ years of IT hardware and/or data center engineering and/or operational experience + 10+ years senior leadership role in a hosting environment, especially in a large financial institution. + 10+ years of experience managing technology transformation programs + 10+ years of experience with strategic planning in technology, especially in capacity and demand management + Experience managing a 50+ employee multi discipline engineering organization + Extensive professional experience in a global organization, with a successful track record in managing organizations and influencing people with an emphasis on teamwork + Significant knowledge of Dell Powerflex solutions + Proven track record leading large-scale technology transformation efforts, including establishing requirements, defining technical aspects and identifying risks + In depth knowledge of data center technologies and associated environmental tooling and monitoring + Success in developing and executing emerging capacity and demand technologies + Sets standards for capacity and demand best practices. Driven process improvements across the organization + Conceived, initiated, and led projects with widespread impact on technology transformation, innovation, and implementation + Proven experience defining and implementing metrics; facilitate a data-driven decision-making environment + Experience with regulatory and auditor collaboration + Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and the ability to create and deliver senior management messages + Ability to think "outside the box" while maintaining focus on practicality + Strong customer support and results oriented + Strong analytical skills, organization, and decision-making skills + Experience with Product and Agile frameworks and practices + Active in industry forums and standard/guideline setting organizations Job Expectations + Ability to travel up to 30% of the time + Must be able to work in-office at least 3 times per week in a hybrid model. + Must be able to work in one of the listed locations **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. $207,900.00 - $431,900.00 **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:** 27 Sep 2024 *** Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.** **We Value Diversity** At Wells Fargo, we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace; accordingly, we welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, individuals with disabilities, pregnancy, marital status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law. 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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