At Schwab, the business problem is to transform the finance industry by challenging the status quo and supporting the technology needs of Wealth and Advice Solutions (WAS) business, which is a growth area for Schwab.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience leading engineering delivery teams in a wealth or fintech setting
- 15+ years of software engineering and architecture experience
- Extensive experience leading engineering delivery teams inclusive of scope, scheduling, budgeting, and project planning
- Proven record of delivering technology solutions within agreed upon budgets and timeframes across a large enterprise
- Substantiated experience raising the bar on staff collaboration, delivery performance and cultivating high performance work environments
- BS software engineering or a similar discipline
- Significant experience transforming teams through defining and executing a strategy, technology, organization, culture, process, and business change management
Responsibilities
- Lead discovery and implementation of client and advisor experiences, shared channel capabilities, and the next generation of portfolio management tools
- Hands-on management of both full-time employees and contractors including the vendor relationships with partner firms
- Establishing and directing the strategic and tactical goals for the teams, building a client-driven technology organization improving the software quality, platform, and technology service provided
- Ensure adequate and documented service levels across supported functions including production management, change management, vendor oversight, risk management in conjunction with both internal and external parties
- Establishing the target state architecture and executing the strategic delivery roadmap
- Leading engineering delivery teams inclusive of scope, scheduling, budgeting, and project planning in an environment with aggressive delivery goals and business outcomes
- Delivering technology solutions within agreed upon budgets and timeframes across a large enterprise
Other
- Exceptional relationship management skills and close collaboration with the business and product teams, strategic vendors, and senior technology leaders
- 5+ years of direct people leadership
- Advanced degrees and coursework in business and finance is a plus
- People leadership as a leader of leaders
- BS degree requirement
