Legal Technology Director

About this role

Drive Transformation in Legal Technology at Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Technology Director to play a critical role in transforming how technology enables the Legal organization. This leader will operate as a strategic technology partner to Legal leadership, shaping priorities, influencing outcomes, and driving delivery of innovative solutions across eDiscovery, litigation support, and data governance.

This is not a traditional delivery role. You will operate in a highly matrixed environment, working across Legal, Compliance, Product, Operations, and Technology to define problems, align stakeholders, and deliver scalable, high-impact solutions. You will bring clarity to ambiguity, build strong relationships, and ensure technology investments drive meaningful business outcomes.

You will also champion an AI-first approach, partnering directly with Legal stakeholders to identify, pilot, and scale AI-enabled solutions that reimagine workflows and improve efficiency, risk management, and decision-making.

If you are a relationship-driven leader who thrives in complex environments and is passionate about applying technology and AI to solve real business problems, this is a unique opportunity to lead transformation at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted, consultative partner to senior Legal and Compliance stakeholders—shaping problem definitions, influencing priorities, and aligning technology solutions to business outcomes

• Drive alignment across Business, Product, Operations, and Technology, influencing without authority to deliver cohesive, end-to-end solutions

• Lead development and evolution of applications supporting eDiscovery, litigation, and legal operations

• Architect and oversee integrations across eDiscovery platforms and enterprise systems, enabling interoperability and scalability

• Drive API strategy and automation to streamline workflows and improve efficiency across the legal technology ecosystem

• Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships, navigating complex stakeholder dynamics to manage tradeoffs and deliver results

• Bring structure to ambiguous, high-stakes problems, identifying root causes and guiding teams toward effective, scalable solutions

• Partner with Legal stakeholders to identify, pilot, and scale AI-enabled use cases, driving measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, and risk mitigation

• Champion and operationalize the Product Operating Model, ensuring clear ownership, accountability, and predictable delivery across matrixed teams

• Ensure adherence to security, privacy, and regulatory requirements within the financial services environment

• Manage vendor relationships and platform lifecycle activities for tools such as Exterro, Relativity, Nuix, and Microsoft 365 Purview

• Establish and promote best practices across application lifecycle management, including CI/CD and DevOps

Who You Are

• A relationship-first leader who builds trust and credibility across business and technology stakeholders, particularly within Legal and Compliance environments

• A consultative partner who can engage deeply with stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and translate complex, ambiguous needs into clear, actionable solutions

• A strong problem solver who thrives in environments with evolving requirements, competing priorities, and limited structure

• An influencer who drives alignment and outcomes across a highly matrixed organization without direct authority

• An operator with a forward-deployed mindset, comfortable embedding with stakeholders and working side-by-side to deliver results

• A passionate advocate for AI-enabled transformation, with a bias toward experimentation, learning, and driving real adoption—not just building capability

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ 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

• 5+ years of Experience working in highly matrixed environments, partnering across business, product, and technology organizations

Desired Qualifications

• 8+ years of technology leadership experience, including leading application development and engineering teams

• 5+ years of experience with enterprise application development, integration, and API strategy

• Experience delivering solutions in regulated environments with strong understanding of security, privacy, and compliance requirements

• Experience supporting Legal, eDiscovery, or compliance-related technology ecosystems

• Familiarity with platforms such as Exterro, Relativity, Nuix, or Microsoft 365 Purview

• Experience identifying and implementing AI/ML or automation solutions in enterprise workflows

• Proven ability to lead complex transformation initiatives with measurable business impact

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment

Job Expectations:

• Be Humble: You're smart yet always interested in learning from others

• Work Transparently: You always deal in an honest, direct, and transparent way.

• Take Ownership: You embrace responsibility and find joy in having the answers

• Learn More: You regularly self-educate and improve your skill set.

• Show Gratitude: You show appreciation and respect to those you work with

Hybrid Work Schedule 3 days a week in the office.

No Visa Sponsorship Available for this role.

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.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

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.