Sr Specialist - IT Program Management

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.

The Client & Securities Data Management Portfolio team's vision is to enhance and support corporate applications to improve client experiences, protect client data, and enable Schwab to serve clients with utmost integrity and excellence.  This role will support the Account Number Expansion program, one of the largest and highest priority initiatives underway.  It requires managing and coordinating critical testing activities and dependencies at scale, the ability to tailor communications to different audiences, defining comprehensive test plans, and aligning teams to them.  The role provides the opportunity to meaningfully contribute to the collective success of this critical program.

Key responsibilities:

•  Define, document, and manage a comprehensive test strategy and plan, incorporating team inputs and feedback, and align teams to it
•  Measure, monitor, and communicate progress, including disposition of critical bugs and issues
•  Facilitate prioritization and triaging of bugs and issues, escalating to program leadership as necessary

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 Qualifications

▪ Executes strategies to safeguard business assets by integrating current best practices
▪ Deploys effective program management tactics to manage interrelated projects and overcome operational hurdles
▪ Overcomes project challenges by applying best practices in project management for successful execution
▪ Communicate, influence, and coordinate multiple teams and individuals spanning several different organization to achieve program objectives

Preferred Qualifications

• Writes concise, well-structured, and engaging business documents
• Independently takes action using perspectives from others involved in a situation
• Verbally presents ideas confidently, ensuring mutual understanding
• Anticipates consequences of situations and acts to prepare for contingencies in assigned tasks
• Identifies opportunities for process improvements and implements creative solutions
• Builds credibility with expertise, transparency, and confidentiality