AI Security Business Partner

Charles Schwab Corporation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation is seeking a Business Partner Lead within Cybersecurity Product and Portfolio Management. The role focuses on advancing AI and AI security priorities by connecting strategy, investments, vendor relationships, and execution.

You will partner across business, finance, product, and technology to evaluate investments, manage renewals, develop business cases, and align funding with roadmaps. Strong communication to senior leaders is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years as a Business Partner or similar strategic role.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and renewals.
• Ability to align investments with roadmaps and financial objectives.
• Strong executive communication with senior leaders.
• Experience presenting data, risks, and portfolio updates.
• Ability to influence decisions across organizational levels.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills with multiple deliverables.

Responsibilities

• You will partner with business, finance, product, cybersecurity, technology, legal, regulatory, engineering, and operations stakeholders.
• You will evaluate investments, manage vendor relationships, support renewals, and develop business cases.
• You will align funding decisions with roadmaps and strategic priorities.
• Initiate and coordinate projects, support portfolio reviews, identify risks, and provide exec-level reporting.

Skills

Vendor management

Executive communication

Portfolio management

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).

Schwab Cybersecurity Services helps protect the firm’s technology, data, and applications while enabling secure outcomes for clients and shareholders. Within Cybersecurity Product and Portfolio Management, this Business Partner Lead will advance artificial intelligence and AI security priorities by connecting strategy, investments, vendor relationships, and execution.

You will partner with business, finance, product, cybersecurity, technology, legal, regulatory, engineering, and operations stakeholders to evaluate investments, manage vendor relationships, support renewals, develop business cases, and align funding decisions with organizational roadmaps. You will also help initiate and coordinate projects, support portfolio reviews, identify financial and delivery risks, and provide executive-level reporting before formal project management resources are engaged.

Success requires confident communication, sound decision-making, and the ability to present data and recommendations to senior leaders. Your work will strengthen responsible AI adoption, improve investment transparency, and advance critical initiatives across the cybersecurity portfolio.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of Business Partner experience or experience in a similar strategic, financial, vendor, product, or portfolio-focused role
• Experience managing vendor relationships and collaborating with finance teams on renewals, investments, or business case development
• Experience evaluating investment decisions and aligning recommendations with organizational roadmaps, financial objectives, and strategic priorities
• Ability to communicate clearly and confidently with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience developing executive-level reporting and presenting data, risks, recommendations, or portfolio updates to leadership
• Demonstrated ability to influence decisions and advance outcomes across multiple levels of an organization
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, including the ability to manage multiple deliverables with limited direction

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting artificial intelligence products, AI initiatives, or AI security programs
• Experience working with AI vendors and supporting AI-related investments, renewals, prioritization, or business cases
• Knowledge of the AI landscape, emerging technologies, and associated business or cybersecurity considerations
• Experience supporting Financial Management activities, including investment planning, funding recommendations, financial risk identification, or roadmap alignment
• Experience with Vendor Management, contract-related coordination, and third-party relationship management
• Project Management or Portfolio Management experience within financial services, cybersecurity, or a related technology environment
• Experience initiating and coordinating projects before dedicated Project Management resources are assigned
• Experience supporting portfolio reviews, product roadmaps, multi-year planning, governance, and project execution activities
• Ability to apply Risk Management and Decision Making when evaluating scope, financial, delivery, vendor, and dependency risks
• Demonstrated Stakeholder Management and Cross-Functional Collaboration across business, finance, product, technology, regulatory, and operational teams
• Executive Presence and Communication skills, including the ability to translate complex information into clear recommendations
• Adaptability in responding to emerging technologies, changing priorities, and evolving cybersecurity requirements
• Experience applying Agile Fundamentals to improve planning, governance, and portfolio execution

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