Director, HR Transformation (PL)

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.

As a key leader within HR Strategy Enablement, the Director, HR Transformation will establish and lead a transformation function responsible for identifying, prioritizing, and advancing opportunities that improve HR effectiveness, operational efficiency, and business impact across the enterprise. This leader will drive strategic, large-scale transformation initiatives that modernize how HR delivers value, enhance organizational capabilities, and support the execution of HR and business priorities.

In this role, you will partner closely with HR Strategy & Initiatives, Change Management, HR Project Management, and HR Centers of Excellence (COEs), to align stakeholders around a shared vision, translate strategy into execution, and deliver sustainable, measurable outcomes. This role will also define and evolve the HR Transformation strategy, operating model, governance framework, and capabilities to ensure the function serves as a catalyst for continuous improvement, innovation, and enterprise impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and lead a high-performing HR Transformation function responsible for driving enterprise-wide improvements in effectiveness, efficiency, scalability, and business impact.
• Establish trusted partnerships across HR Strategy Enablement and the broader HR organization to identify, assess, and advance transformation opportunities that align with strategic priorities.
• Foster an innovative, challenger mindset that encourages new ways of thinking, continuous improvement, and the development of scalable, sustainable solutions.
• Define and evolve the HR Transformation strategy, operating model, governance processes, and capabilities to accelerate the delivery of HR priorities and long-term business outcomes.
• Lead complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and significant organizational change.
• Anticipate and effectively manage emerging disruptions, changing business needs, and shifting priorities while maintaining focus on strategic objectives.
• Oversee a diverse portfolio of transformation initiatives, ensuring clear prioritization, disciplined execution, measurable outcomes, and alignment to HR and enterprise goals.
• Champion rigorous process improvement, operational excellence, and project execution practices while partnering with Change Management and HR Project Management teams to promote consistency, adoption, and best-practice sharing.
• Establish a data-driven approach to measuring transformation success, leveraging metrics and insights to evaluate impact, inform decision-making, and guide continuous improvement.
• Partner with HR and enterprise leaders to develop and administer governance processes that effectively prioritize, manage, and deliver strategic initiatives.
• Influence and align senior stakeholders through clear communication of priorities, progress, risks, outcomes, and business impact.
• Build a high-performing and engaged team culture by attracting, developing, and empowering talent while strengthening organizational capabilities for the future.
• Monitor emerging workforce, technology, and industry trends to identify opportunities that improve how HR supports employees, leaders, and business results.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to HR leaders by translating trends, insights, and organizational needs into actionable transformation opportunities.

What you have

To ensure we fulfill our promise of “challenging the status quo”, this role has specific qualifications candidates should have for success.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of leadership experience along with 4+ years of experience leading a Transformation function in a HR enterprise.
• Experience establishing and/or leading a portfolio/initiative governance process.
• Significant experience leading large, complex projects in dynamic environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, or a related degree, and 10+ years of experience in Human Resources.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent HR acumen across multiple functions, which may include learning, organizational development, total rewards, talent acquisition, workforce intelligence, and HR technology.
• Exceptional people leadership skills and experience hiring, developing, and managing high performing teams. 
• Exceptionally clear communicator, strong writer, and innovative thinker who can transform conceptual ideas and initiatives into practical and easily executable plans.
• Experience fostering and delivering a One Schwab approach.
• Proven success creating team environments where people can do their best work.
• Strong consultative approach working with others.
• Successful track record of partnering with key stakeholders to deliver against key objectives and initiatives.
• Ability to influence, gain credibility quickly, and build collaborative relationships with HR professionals and leaders.
• Successful history of ruthlessly prioritizing work in complex, changing environments.
• Demonstrated experience challenging the status quo and developing innovative solutions that move a function forward.
• Excellent influencing, collaboration, problem solving and conflict management skills.
• Ability to build rapport, credibility and consensus across diverse stakeholders across HR and the firm.
• Proven success effectively using tact and diplomacy to find common ground in situations where there are divergent viewpoints.