Director Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Practice

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 part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning.

Organization/Role Description:

• You will lead a team defining requirements for, and implementing changes to, Enterprise Architecture processes, methods and frameworks; architectures, technologies, capabilities, platforms and services.
• You will lead a team based on, and individually contribute with, your substantial technical experience and expert-level architectural thinking addressing to complex multi-year transformation activities, strategic programs, projects and platform decisions
• You will apply your substantial technical experience and expert-level architectural thinking to complex multi-year transformation activities and will directly contribute to strategic programs and projects.

What you have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• 10+ years of leading and managing architecture, consulting and development teams, with demonstrated project management, resource management, consulting and solution delivery capabilities.
• 10+ years of architecture definition and practices, with a strong enterprise architecture background.
• Demonstrated enterprise architecture leadership for governance processes and programs at the strategic, blueprint and project level.
• Demonstrated success and progression as a technology professional in a large commercial enterprise, preferably in financial services or other highly regulated industries.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and provide direct, timely performance feedback; experience setting direction, tracking progress, and ensuring accountability.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in executive presentation and escalation management.
• Background in consulting roles, strong leadership by influence, adaptability to multiple styles of management and decision authority.
• Ability to independently work as a contributing member in a high-paced and focused team.
• Broad and deep knowledge of IT/software technology and trends, domain knowledge and experience in, application architecture, cloud based application development, web services, middleware, infrastructure architecture and security architecture.
• Agility to work across multiple levels of the organization from developers to senior managers.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Champions architectural strategies across teams and enterprises.
• Leads the enterprise architecture strategy through policies, standards, and governance.
• Influence life cycle management policies and governance frameworks that ensure quality, reliability, and security.
• Directs the strategic priorities for organizational capability improvement.
• Shapes strategic frameworks for innovative, system design and architecture.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Anticipates and responds to evolving business needs while managing organizational priorities.
• Leverages analytical insights to shape policy, drive outcomes, and guide strategy.
• Communicates key information with stakeholders across multiple channels to ensure successful outcomes.
• Utilizes intelligence of the industry, market, and competition to influence strategy in the business area.
• Utilizes holistic, abstract, or theoretical perspectives to guide strategic direction and anticipates industry trends.
• Transforms data into actionable insights and mentors others in diagnostic techniques.
• Influences innovative solutions and contingency plans in the broader business area.
• Acts to create pathways for diverse talent, ensuring equal opportunities and a robust leadership pipeline.
• Promotes creativity, experimentation, and strategic thinking to differentiate Schwab from its competitors.
• Excels in driving active participation in cross-functional collaboration to fuel innovation and efficiency.
• Exerts executive influence to drive enterprise-wide direction and optimize partnerships.
• Fosters strong cross-group connections. approaching sensitive issues with empathy.
• Establishes high standards, swiftly resolves performance issues, and fosters a culture of continuous growth and improvement.
• Takes responsibility for empowering people towards greater results.
• Sets the benchmark for organizational credibility, ethical conduct, and confidentiality.
• Crafts persuasive messages that shape and influence behaviors to drive outcomes.

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.
• Managing Performance (PL) - Taking responsibility for one’s employees’ performance, by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring feedback and addressing performance issues promptly.
• Enterprise Architecture - Managing the integration of the organization’s technology strategy with business processes and goals through an effective enterprise architecture
• Attention To Communication – Ensuring that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed.
• Fostering Diversity.
• Promoting equal and fair treatment and opportunity for all.