DAF Charitable Release Manager

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.

STS Description

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

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DAF Technologies provides the technology capabilities for DAFgiving360, an independent public charity created to help increase charitable giving in the United States by offering the flexible giving solution of a donor-advised fund account. Schwab Charitable operates as an independent charity, however, is closely affiliated with and enjoys the support of Charles Schwab & Co, including contractual agreements to provide a variety of services including technology. This position will be an employee of Charles Schwab & Co. and will be subject to its human resources and risk policies and procedures.

What you have

Key Responsibilities

Own and Manage Software Release Processes
In-depth DAFgiving360 platform knowledge of associated domains, Scrum Teams, fluidly changing CTS Change Management requirements, software security requirements are necessary to deliver release calendars, coordinating deployments across multiple environments with cross-functional teams, ensuring compliance with Schwab’s risk and HR policies, and driving continuous improvement in release automation and governance.

Ensure Governance and Compliance in Releases
Implement and uphold CTS risk and policies within all release activities. Validate adherence to internal controls, audit requirements, and regulatory standards while minimizing operational risk during deployments.

Collaborate Across Technology and Business Teams
Act as the primary liaison between development, QA, operations, and business stakeholders within and outside DAFgiving360, to ensure smooth release cycles. Facilitate communication, resolve dependencies, and proactively manage risks to deliver high-quality releases aligned with organizational goals.

Continuous Improvement of Release Processes
Drive enhancements in release automation, tooling, and workflows to improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability. Identify opportunities for process optimization and lead initiatives to adopt industry best practices in release engineering.

Required Qualifications

Proven DAFgiving360 Release Management Experience
Hands-on experience managing end-to-end software release processes within DAFgiving360 and CTS enterprise environments, ensuring compliance with governance and risk policies.thl

Strong Understanding of SDLC and Change Management
Deep knowledge of software development life cycle, CTS release management change control standards, and operational risk frameworks.

Deep understanding of DAFgiving360 Team Processes and Tools
Create and maintain release calendars, deployment automation, and documentation workflows used by DAF Technologies.

Cross-Functional Collaboration
Ability to coordinate with development, QA, operations, and business stakeholders within and outside DAFgiving360 to deliver smooth, timely releases.

Preferred Qualifications

Analytical Thinking - Approaching a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach
Attention To Communication - Ensuring that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed
Business Acumen - Ability to perform with insight, acuteness, and intelligence in the areas of the industry Make decisions and act in situations in which there is not enough information to be certain of outcome or implications of the decision
Forward Thinking – Anticipating consequences of situations and taking appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies
Fostering Innovation – Developing, sponsoring or supporting new and improved methods, products, procedures, or technologies
Influencing Others – Ability to gain others support for ideas, proposals, projects, and solutions

Job Sub-Family Specific Competencies

• Analytical Thinking – Approaching a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach

• Attention To CommunicationAttention To CommunicationAttention To CommunicationAnalytical Thinking - Approaching a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach

• Attention To Communication - Ensuring that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed

• Business Acumen - Ability to perform with insight, acuteness, and intelligence in the areas of the industry
  
  Make decisions and act in situations in which there is not enough information to be certain of outcome or implications of the decision

• Forward Thinking – Anticipating consequences of situations and taking appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies

• Fostering Innovation – Developing, sponsoring or supporting new and improved methods, products, procedures, or technologies

• Influencing Others – Ability to gain others support for ideas, proposals, projects, and solutions