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About the Role
This role is a critical leadership position driving one of Schwab’s largest and most strategic enterprise transformation efforts, initially focused on leading a large-scale Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation to modernize business capabilities, strengthen operational efficiency, and deliver long-term business value.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic oversight for a multi-year transformation program, ensuring alignment between business objectives, technology priorities, and measurable outcomes.
- Partner closely with executive sponsors, business leaders, technology teams, implementation partners, and vendors to guide program execution, influence key decisions, and navigate complex organizational challenges.
- Lead integrated planning, governance, risk management, financial oversight, organizational change efforts, and business readiness activities.
- Foster collaboration across Finance, Procurement, Data, Technology, Security, Integrations, Testing, and Operational Readiness teams.
- Deliver transformative outcomes that enhance business performance, improve operational effectiveness, and support Schwab’s continued growth and innovation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field.
- 12+ years of program and project management experience leading large-scale, complex initiatives.
- 7+ years of experience leading enterprise ERP implementations and transformational business programs.
- Demonstrated experience delivering multi-million-dollar programs across multiple business functions and stakeholder groups.
- Deep knowledge of ERP implementation lifecycle methodologies, including solution design, integration, data migration, testing, deployment, and stabilization.
- Proven experience building trusted partnerships with executive leaders, senior stakeholders, implementation partners, and vendors.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries and drive execution in a matrixed environment.
- Demonstrated experience managing program budgets, forecasts, governance frameworks, risk management activities, and program controls.
- Exceptional communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational change leadership capabilities.
- Experience leading global or geographically distributed teams and driving successful business outcomes through collaboration and accountability.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship.
Skills
- ERP implementation lifecycle methodologies
- Solution design
- Integration
- Data migration
- Testing
- Deployment
- Stabilization
- Program budgets
- Forecasts
- Governance frameworks
- Risk management
- Program controls
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
- Organizational change leadership
- Global team leadership
- Collaboration
- Accountability
- SAP S/4HANA
- Oracle Cloud ERP
- Workday
- Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Finance
- Procurement
- Accounting
- Planning
- Reporting
- Data governance
- Business process transformation
- Organizational change
- Business readiness
- Operational transition
- Enterprise-wide adoption
- Mentoring leaders
- Developing high-performing teams
- Continuous improvement
- Execution excellence
Location
- On site
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 12+ years of program and project management experience
- 7+ years of experience leading enterprise ERP implementations
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field.
- Master’s degree (MBA or equivalent)
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
- PgMP (Program Management Professional) certification
- PMI-ACP, SAFe, or other Agile certifications
- Prosci Change Management Certification
- ERP platform certifications (SAP, Oracle, Workday, Microsoft Dynamics 365, or similar)
Salary/Compensations
- In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities
About the Company
- 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.
- Our Portfolio & Project Management (PPM) organization supports Schwab’s business goals through the delivery of complex initiatives spanning technology, operations, business continuity, and global team collaboration.