Sr Manager, Software Development & Engineering Senior

Your Opportunity

Schwab remains committed to providing increased visibility to career growth opportunities and job requirements. This posting announcement is part of increased transparency and while all qualified applicants will be reviewed and considered, this organization has a preferred candidate identified for this role.

At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us “challenge the status quo” and transform the finance industry together.

We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location.

Your Opportunity

The Retail Web Technology (RWT) organization leads the development and maintenance of Schwab's premier digital platform for retail clients - individual investors just like you. Our team is seeking a Lead Technical Program Manager, who embraces being a technical leader and has a real passion for helping teams to build compelling interactive web applications using state of the art technologies. Our mission is to build elegant solutions that achieve measurable value, which empower our clients, in a fun and engaging environment. In RWT, we work hard every day to improve the experience for our clients, using cutting-edge technology and creative solutions to hard problems.

What you’ll do:

As a Senior Manager, Software Development & Engineering focusing on Technical Program Management (TPM), you will drive the planning, execution, and delivery of complex, cross-functional technology programs. The TPM partners closely with engineering, product, architecture, and business stakeholders to ensure technical initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to strategic objectives. This role blends strong program management discipline with deep technical understanding to manage dependencies, risks, and execution across multiple teams and systems.

· Lead and coordinate new initiatives to support the technical and business strategy of the organization

· Plan the delivery of the multi-team initiatives and activities

· Drive large, complex projects to completion and execute roadmaps, while championing business and technical goals

· Manage interdependencies across a high number of scrum teams and organizations

· Liaise with a diverse set of stakeholders to ensure needs and expectations are met

· Work across specialized business and technical partners to broker decisions and negotiate trade-offs

· Distill complex information for business partners

· Communicate effectively at an executive and team level

· Mediate and resolve conflicts, maintain a strategic focus when making decisions

· Demonstrate sound judgment regarding decisions and escalations with complete information

· Provide supervision and direction to project teams to ensure successful execution

· Ensure quality and evidence of project documentation

· Understanding of Agile processes, team velocity and the ability to forecast progress accordingly

· Collaborate across Design, Development, QA, Operations, and Governance teams to help remove roadblocks

· Coordinate with external vendors and internal technical and legal teams to manage relationships and contractual agreements.

What you have

To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

What you Have:

· Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science or equivalent preferred) with 8+ years of project management experience, managing multiple large, complex and cross-functional projects

· Proven ability to earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders through focused execution of business priorities

· Proven ability to deliver highly visible, complex projects

· Ability to navigate and be successful in a highly matrixed organization

· Focused and versatile team player that is comfortable under pressure

· Demonstrated and applied experience establishing and delivering complex projects

· Excellent problem solving and analytical thinking skills

· Extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of project management tools and methodologies

· Experience successfully driving initiatives in an organization

· Tactfully communicates sensitive information

· Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones and locations

· Experience in planning, implementation and support of business application components

· Pursues excellence in all aspects of business

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities