Sr Manager, Scrum Master Lead

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.

​​​​Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technology products and services as part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning. 
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​​This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the agile practice at Schwab Asset Management, building scalable, cloud-enabled platforms that directly power trade analytics and execution. You’ll work with leaders in modern architecture across on-premises and cloud environments, driving the evolution of a next-generation trading platform across AI-enabled digital advice and discretionary order management. The position combines strong Agile adoption with close collaboration with motivated business partners, provising a great platform for coordination across multiple Scrum teams. It’s an ideal role for someone who wants to implement Agile at Scale, Release Train Engineering, and deliver meaningful results in a high-impact, client-focused environment.​

In this role you will:

• Define and execute Agile delivery strategy and roadmap by establishing the vision, operating model, governance standards, delivery methodologies, roles, and release processes that align program execution with organizational objectives and business outcomes. 
• Lead cross-team planning, coordination, and value delivery by facilitating PI Planning, ART events, dependency management, and execution tracking to ensure multiple teams remain aligned, deliver predictable outcomes, and continuously improve delivery effectiveness. 
• Manage program health, risks, and operational performance by identifying and mitigating delivery risks, removing organizational impediments, establishing success metrics, monitoring ART performance, and overseeing program operations and resource utilization. 
• Influence, coach, and align stakeholders across the organization by building partnerships with business and technology leaders, driving consensus on priorities and implementation approaches, mentoring Scrum Masters and teams, and advancing Agile transformation through servant leadership and continuous improvement.

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.

Required:

• Deep Agile and Scrum expertise with demonstrated experience leading Scrum teams, facilitating Agile ceremonies, coaching teams, and applying Agile principles to improve delivery outcomes. Experience with scaled Agile frameworks (SAFe or equivalent) is strongly preferred 
• Program and delivery leadership experience managing complex initiatives involving multiple teams, coordinating dependencies, mitigating risks, driving execution, and delivering against strategic objectives.
• Strong coaching and servant leadership skills with the ability to mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and delivery teams while fostering team autonomy, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with experience building alignment among technology, business, product, and executive stakeholders, influencing outcomes without direct authority, and facilitating difficult conversations 
  Risk, dependency, and change management expertise including identifying delivery risks, developing mitigation plans, removing organizational impediments, and leading teams through organizational and process changes. 
• Data-driven decision-making capabilities with experience using delivery metrics, team health indicators, PI objectives, Kanban flow metrics, and reporting dashboards to improve predictability and outcomes.​

Preferred:

• Drives data-based decisions and optimizes performance through strategic insights.
• Develops strategic relationships that drive mutual success and enhance collaboration.
• Leverages deep industry knowledge to drive success while leading high-impact teams, projects, or programs.
• Identifies learning opportunities to boost organizational knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Aligns diverse perspectives and improves collaboration by anticipating concerns and feelings.
• Leads the support of strategic changes needed to improve organization’s effectiveness.
• Verbally delivers precise, persuasive communication for productive outcomes.
• Upholds high standards of reliability, trust, and subject matter authority.
• Establishes strategic goals, measures performance, and optimizes outcomes.
• Analyzes trends to create actionable strategies that align with long-term goals.
• Develops compelling written content that influences and engages readers​

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