AVP, Growth Program Operations

LPL Financial; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

Health benefits

Employee stock options

Paid time off

Volunteer time off

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Growth Program Operations to scale advisor referral and partnership programs within the Growth Strategy and Enablement team. You will own end-to-end operational health, drive scalable infrastructure, and ensure quality and compliance as volume grows.

You will collaborate across Compliance, Licensing, Onboarding, and Compensation to align priorities and deliver repeatable processes that support advisor growth and firm objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in business, finance, strategy, operations, or related field.
• 6+ years in program management, operations, or similar; scaling programs a plus.
• 2+ years in wealth management or advisor growth environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the programs from design to advisor experience end-to-end.
• Manage program delivery for employer-based financial education partnerships.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional execution

Process design

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Strategy, Operations, or related field

Job description

Where Ambition Meets Innovation

Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

Job Overview

Do you get energy from taking a program that works and making it work at 10x the scale? Are you the person that turns a growing pile of one-off requests into a clean, repeatable process nobody has to think about? Do you like operating where growth strategy meets real execution, close enough to advisors to see what actually moves their business? If so, the Assistant Vice President, Growth Program Operations role in our Growth Strategy and Enablement organization could be for you. This role sits in our Strategic Growth Solutions team, which designs and scales the programs that power advisor growth at LPL. As Assistant Vice President, Growth Program Operations, you are responsible for the end-to-end operational health and scaling of our advisor referral and partnership programs, including a referral program that let’s advisors compensate centers of influence for qualified client referrals. This is a build-and-scale role: you will take programs through a step-change in volume without letting service quality, compliance rigor, or advisor experience slip. You will help turn a fast-growing set of programs into durable infrastructure, so that advisor demand is met consistently, enablement is built once and reused, and the business can absorb growth instead of being strained by it.

Responsibilities

Own the programs

• Lead a newly acquired advisor referral network program overseeing program design, process, policy and advisor experience end-to-end
• Own program management and operational execution for an employer-based financial education and advice partnership, from requirements scoping through steady-state delivery

Build for scale

• Design repeatable processes and operating infrastructure that support materially higher program throughput without added friction
• Establish the metrics, reporting, and service-level standards that show these programs are healthy and scaling, and surface issues early

Drive cross-functional execution

• Coordinate cross-functional execution across Compliance, Licensing, Onboarding, and Compensation as volume scales, keeping compensated-referral arrangements clean and well-controlled
• Serve as the operational voice in cross-functional planning, aligning stakeholders on priorities, capacity, and tradeoffs

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Strategy, Operations, or related field
• 6+ years of experience in program management, business operations, or a related role, including demonstrated experience scaling a program or process through a significant increase in volume6+ years’ experience leading cross-functional execution in a matrixed environment, coordinating across compliance, operations, and support functions
• 2+ years’ experience in the wealth management industry, with working knowledge of how financial advisors grow their business

Core Competencies

• Strong process design, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills
• Proven ability to run day-to-day operations while simultaneously building repeatable process and infrastructure that reduces manual effort over time
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including comfort working with data to manage program performance, capacity and service levels
• Excellent communication skills, including experience presenting to advisors and senior leaders

Preferences

• Experience managing advisor-facing programs
• Familiarity with the compliance considerations around compensation referrals (e.g., solicitor and promoter arrangements)
• Process improvement or project management credential (PMP, Lean, or Six Sigma) a plus

Pay Range

$99,704.00 - $166,139.00

Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more.

Company Overview

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com. At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

Information on Interviews

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from a @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at [phone].

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