Director, Data Architecture (Managing Principal)

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.

Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technology products and services as a part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning.

The Schwab Enterprise Architecture team is seeking an accomplished and visionary Distinguished Architect and Managing principal to lead, shape and drive the firm’s enterprise-wide data architecture strategy. This role will play a pivotal part in influencing the full software development lifecyle across Schwab Technology Serivices (STS) and works closely with architects and engineers to modernize and govern the firm’s data ecosystem.

As part of Schwab’s Distinguished Engineer community, you will be part of an elite group representing the pinnacle of technical talent and industry best practices. This community of technology leaders is instrumental in driving the firm's technology strategy, fostering innovation, and ensuring excellence in our data architecture practices.

Reporting to the Office of the CTO, this role is responsible for establishing data strategy, standards, practices, and governance for the entire firm. You will empower thousands of technologists to better serve millions of Schwab clients and support the stewardship of trillions of dollars in client assets.

What you have

• Capturing, designing, communicating, and maintaining modern enterprise data architecture patterns, designs, practices, and roadmaps—at the contextual, conceptual, and logical levels.
• Enabling data deployment and implementation across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Collaborating with business and IT stakeholders to define iterative transitional and target state data architecture practices.
• Developing and maintaining strong awareness and acumen of Schwab’s business domains, regulatory considerations, and financial industry standards.
• Planning and leading data architecture initiatives across IT and business organizations and teams.
• Defining and establishing enterprise technical strategy, standards, and guidelines within the data architecture domain.
• Participating in architecture review boards and representing the data architecture domain for critical firmwide initiatives.
• Mentoring and leading data architects, engineers, and operations resources across the firm as they adopt modern practices.

Job Specific Competencies:

• Architecture Management - Leading the design, implementation, and ongoing support of architectural initiatives from inception to operational maintenance, with a focus on driving initiatives across teams and enterprises.
• Conceptual Thinking - Finding effective solutions by taking a holistic, abstract or theoretical perspective.
• Enterprise Architecture - Managing the integration of the organization’s technology strategy with business processes and goals through an effective enterprise architecture.
• System Design and Architecture - Implementing concepts for system design, ensuring compatibility with cloud architecture, and utilizing adaptive approaches for lifecycle models and methodologies.
• Diagnostic Information Gathering - Identifying the information needed to clarify a situation, seeking that information from appropriate sources, and using skillful questioning to draw out the information when others are reluctant to disclose it.