Your Opportunity

• Lead assigned projects from project initiation to implementation to achieve desired business results.
• Ensure that a successful business outcome is the prime measure of project success, including delivering projects on time and within quality standards to the satisfaction of the project sponsor.
• Drive to mitigate execution risk to achieve the desired business outcomes. Understand the business/group and facilitate communication with other program/project managers and stakeholders efficiently and effectively.
• Direct, manage, and coordinate team members including other project managers, business resources, and user groups.

Workplace Flexibility Program: We're proud to support our employees in a working approach that allows you to bring your best self to work whether that’s in the office or remote. •Most Schwabbies have the opportunity to work in the office and/or at home based on their preference.

• Employees may have the flexibility for a hybrid schedule, where they divide their time between working remotely or in the office.
• Employees and managers can discuss additional flexibility options based on their role, business needs, and individual circumstances.
• Subject to change. Schwab is continually evaluating its approach to ensuring the safety and well-being ofo ur employees.

What you are good at

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  Project management of large, cross-functional and complex initiatives
• Stakeholder management, including a wide range of internal clients and partners
• Create, monitor, and track project plans, roadmaps, and executive summaries for your projects focusing on identifying cross-functional dependencies
• Follow-up on deliverables and action items to ensure they are completed on time and with quality
• Engage in business process activities focusing on efficiency and scalability
• Assist in the definition and coaching of PMO processes
• Proactive, concise, and constant communication regarding project status, issues, risks
• Communication and coordination with all levels of management
• Prioritization of enhancements and projects

• Driving cross-functional work streams to maximize outcomes and minimize risk; handling work plans using MS Project, Excel, and PowerPoint; facilitating meetings, ensuring actions are completed in a timely basis
• Using strategic frameworks and program/project management techniques to help guide people through uncertainty; lead multiple and potentially conflicting priorities; identifying and handling sophisticated dependencies
• Proactively identifying business opportunities and providing solutions to enhance process efficiency within field organizations
• Managing a robust portfolio of projects that range in complexity, driving success, prioritization, and efficiency in the balance.

What you have

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  Project Management – strong cross-functional project management and relationship building skills, flexibility, and comfortable working with ambiguity and adapting to change; can work in both a strategic and executional capacity.
• Exceptional organization – Strong planning and interpersonal skills; ability to run multiple projects that vary in scope and complexity simultaneously.
• Sound judgment – strong problem-solving skills, can handle trade-offs and make decisions with less than flawless information.
• Critical thinking - Ability to think critically and set strategic direction to identify initiatives, problem-solve and execute projects to meet strategic objectives.
• Excellent communicator – exceptional written and verbal presentation skills, including ability to develop accurate, visually-compelling PowerPoint presentations for internal and external audiences.

• Detail Oriented- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment but remain appropriately detail-oriented

• Self-starter – proactive entrepreneurial spirit, curious with a can-do demeanor and the ability to learn quickly and thrive in a sophisticated, dynamic environment.
• Deliver results – successfully execute on multiple initiatives at the same time with vitality and phenomenal attention to detail.
• Professional and high level of Emotional Intelligence– ability to prioritize optimally in a fast-moving environment, possess a positive outlook, passion, professionalism, and strong work ethic with high level of integrity and ethics.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, SharePoint, MS Teams, Confluence/Jira and Adobe PDF required.
• Knowledge of the financial services industry required; Series 7 license preferred.
• Working understanding of change and project management principles. Project Management Certification (PMP or equivalent) is preferred, but not required.
• 5+ years’ work experience leading complex projects and programs through the full life cycle .
• Bachelor’s degree required.

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