GPLT Head of Service Transition and Change Assurance

Wells Fargo & Company; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic technology leader to drive global service transition and change assurance. This pivotal role will shape the strategy for delivering technology changes with resilience and operational excellence. You will lead a high-impact team, ensuring that all technology transitions are executed smoothly and sustainably. This position demands a deep understanding of infrastructure, application lifecycle, and change governance, alongside a strong commitment to automation and best practices in DevOps. Join a forward-thinking organization that values innovation, accountability, and collaboration, and make a significant impact in the financial services sector.

Qualifications

• Experience in Systems Engineering and Technology Architecture.
• Proven expertise in leading global service transition functions.
• Strong grasp of ITIL practices and modern DevOps methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the global Service Transition & Change Assurance strategy.
• Lead cross-functional governance forums to assess change readiness.
• Champion automation-first delivery using CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Technology Architecture

Leadership

Change Governance

ITIL Practices

DevOps/SRE Methodologies

Stakeholder Management

Data-Driven Mindset

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Relevant certifications (e.g., ITIL, DevOps)

Tools

ServiceNow

AppDynamics

Splunk

Control-M

Job description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking an accomplished technology leader to serve as the Global Head of Service Transition and Change Assurance. The role is accountable for defining and delivering a global strategy for service transition, change assurance.

You will lead a high impact function that ensures all technology change and new services are delivered with resilience, control, and operational excellence. The role requires a deep expertise across infrastructure, application lifecycle and change governance, with strong bias for automation and DevOps-aligned practices.

As a visible leader interfacing with CIOs, Risk, Engineering, Production platform, you will shape how the organisation delivers change at scale – safely, smoothly and sustainably.

In this role, you will:

• Define and own the global Service Transition & Change Assurance strategy, aligned with enterprise risk and transformation priorities.
• Foster a culture of early engagement, proactive transition planning, and end-to-end service readiness.
• Lead cross-functional governance forums to assess change readiness, oversee infra upgrade programs, DR simulations, and platform migrations.
• Serve as the senior approver for high-impact and complex changes, ensuring a balance between agility and control.
• Oversee a centralized book of work for major and notable changes; track trends, identify risks, and provide impact insights to senior stakeholders.
• Enforce compliance while supporting risk-basedexceptions,partner with enterprise change enablement for pragmatic governance.
• Ensure all changes align to internal SDLC and control frameworks, with traceable approvals, test evidence, and production readiness as standard.
• Establish and lead the Service Transition Framework across payments, ensuring readiness from project initiation through Early Life Support (ELS) completion.
• Define and manage the Permit to Operate (PtO) process—setting minimum criteria forNon Functional Requirements (NFRs), observability, failover readiness, and rollback plans.
• Implement standardized application pre-checks, in-flight validation, and post-event assurance—adapted for cloud, hybrid, and on-prem deployments.
• Partner with engineering, production support, and architecture teams to continually raise the bar on transition quality and stability.
• Champion automation-first delivery using CI/CD pipelines, service health dashboards, and intelligent alerting.
• Collaborate with platform engineering to embed operability standards, reduce manual intervention, and introduce self-healing capabilities.
• Analyzechange-related incidents and drive systemic remediation through backlog prioritization and platform investment.
• Lead and mentor a global team of service transition and change assurance professionals.
• Build domain expertise across regions and foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration.
• Influence upstream delivery teams to embed operational readiness and risk considerations from day one.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in Systems Engineering, and Technology Architecture, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• Management or leadership experience
• Experience in technology or production engineering roles within financial services, including in senior leadership.
• Proven expertise leading global service transition, production onboarding, or change governance functions.
• Successful track record of delivering infra migrations, DRcutovers, and high-volume change programs.
• Experience with real-time payments systems (e.g., Fedwire, CHAPS, RTGS) or liquidity platforms is highly desirable.
• Strong grasp of ITIL practices and modern DevOps/SRE methodologies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills at the executive level.
• Data-driven, risk-aware mindset with proficiency in tools such as ServiceNow, AppDynamics, Splunk, Control-M, etc.

Posting End Date:

21 May 2025

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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