Executive Director, Forward Deployed AI Specialist

About This Role

Wells Fargo is seeking an experienced Forward Deployed AI Specialist to help shape the future of AI-powered work across Commercial Banking and Corporate & Investment Banking. This is a hands-on individual contributor opportunity to combine deep technical AI expertise with the ability to partner directly with business stakeholders to solve complex, high-value problems.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with business, product, and operational teams to understand workflows, pain points, controls, and opportunities for transformation
• Design, develop, and prototype agentic AI solutions that improve productivity, decision-making, and operational effectiveness
• Translate business requirements into technical designs, workflows, and proof-of-concept solutions
• Leverage modern AI techniques including large language models (LLMs), agentic systems, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool use, orchestration frameworks, and evaluation methodologies
• Collaborate closely with Technology teams to industrialize and deploy solutions into production
• Work with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Privacy, Information Security, and other control partners to ensure solutions are explainable, auditable, and aligned with governance standards
• Contribute reusable patterns, capabilities, tools, evaluations, and reference architectures that can be leveraged across multiple business domains
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and best practices while helping raise AI fluency across the organization
• Drive solutions from concept through implementation with a strong focus on measurable business outcomes

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of Artificial Intelligence Solutions experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software development, AI/ML, data science, solution architecture, or a related technical discipline
• Demonstrated hands-on experience building and deploying AI-powered solutions
• Strong understanding of modern AI technologies, including: Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic and multi-agent architectures, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Tool and workflow orchestration, Prompt engineering and evaluation frameworks, Knowledge retrieval and context management
• Ability to rapidly prototype while maintaining a production-oriented mindset
• Experience operating within regulated, risk-managed, or control-intensive environments
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage effectively across business, technology, and control functions
• Experience within commercial banking, corporate banking, capital markets, lending, client onboarding, financial crimes, deal execution, sales/origination, trading, or related financial services domains
• Experience building AI solutions within enterprise environments
• Knowledge of model governance, AI risk management, responsible AI, privacy, and information security practices
• Experience with cloud-based AI platforms, enterprise data ecosystems, and production AI deployment patterns
• Proven ability to operate in highly collaborative, cross-functional environments
• Experience delivering AI capabilities that have achieved measurable business impact

Job Expectations

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule from one of the following locations:
• 2700 S Price Road A Building - Chandler, Arizona 85286
• 333 Market Street - San Francisco, California 94105
• 400 Hamilton Avenue - Palo Alto, California 94301
• 1800 Century Park E - Los Angeles, California 90067
• 333 S Grand Avenue - Los Angeles, California 90071
• 1700 K Street NW Ste 103 - Washington, DC 20006
• 1699 Coral Way - Miami, Florida 33145
• 1100 Abernathy Rd - Atlanta, Georgia 30328
• 10 S Wacker Drive - Chicago, Illinois 60606
• 125 High Street - Boston, Massachusetts 02110
• 600 S 4th Street - Minneapolis, Minnesota 114 N Beaumont Street Bldg D - St. Louis, Missouri 63103
• 550 S Tryon Street - Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
• 1525 W W T Harris Blvd - Charlotte, North Carolina 28262
• 100 N 18th Street - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
• 401 Las Colinas Blvd W - Irving, Texas 75039
• 1000 Louisiana Street - Houston, Texas 77002
• 1021 E Cary Street - Richmond, Virginia 23219
• 999 3rd Avenue - Seattle, Washington 98104

Pay Range

$185,000.00 - $300,000.00 USD Annual

Benefits

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Drug and Alcohol Policy

Recruitment and Hiring Requirements

• Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

Reference Number

R-559756