Sr. Manager, Project Management

Pay range: USD $90,000.00 - $180,000.00 / Year

Your opportunity

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 locations.

Schwab Asset Management (SAM) is the asset management arm of the Charles Schwab Corporation. The SAM team is passionately committed to helping investors achieve their financial goals. One of the industry's largest and most experienced asset managers, SAM offers a focused lineup of competitively priced ETFs, mutual funds and separately managed account strategies designed to serve the central needs of most investors. As of December 31, 2024, Schwab Asset Management managed approximately $1.3 trillion on a discretionary basis and $39.8 billion on a non-discretionary basis. Within SAM, we live an inclusive culture that drives increased diversity, builds a stronger community, creates high employee engagement, and provides professional growth for all employees, making us a top employer in the money management business. More information is available at www.schwabassetmanagement.com.

• Possess exceptional organizational, leadership and communication skills
• Proven track record of managing projects from initiation through completion
• Proactive problem solving
• Lead development of project management plans to align with SAM strategies and initiatives.

• Work with business partners and other leaders to synchronize work, align on goals, and make trade-off decisions to optimize for successful initiative deliver
• Ability to guide and coordinate cross-functional teams on a collaborative way
• Foresee potential challenges within the project and develop plans with the business leaders and other cross-functional partners to proactively address them

• Propose sound, well-supported, fact-based recommendations on how to optimize project management
• Effective document and clearly communicate updates to the project team while identifying key next steps with individuals accountable for delivery

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of project management or asset management experience managing multiple large, complex, and cross functional projects
• Strong proficiency in MS Project, Excel, and Word and other project management planning tools

• Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; set direction and approach; resolve conflict; execute with limited information and ambiguity
• Excellent communicator, proactive listening and ability to tailor message to diverse audience
• Ability to navigate and be successful in a highly matrixed organization
• Sound business and technical acumen
• Focused and versatile team player that is comfortable under pressure
• Demonstrated experience establishing and delivering complex projects
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Knowledge and familiarity with project management tools and methodologies
• Experience in the asset management or financial services industry

• 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
• Paid parental leave and family building benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance