Director, Data Engineering Senior (PL)

Charles Schwab Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation in Austin, TX seeks a seasoned Program Manager to lead complex initiatives, aligning business goals with technical delivery. You will oversee architecture design, delivery governance, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration across teams and vendors.

The role emphasizes leadership, strategic planning, and ensuring compliance with enterprise standards while driving timely, high-quality outcomes. Hybrid/remote flexibility is available for eligible positions.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a related field.
• 60 months of progressive, post-Bachelor’s experience in a related occupation.
• Experience in program management, planning, risk mitigation, and governance of large projects.
• Experience with data architecture, ERWIN, OLAP/OLTP, data security; DevOps with Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitHub.
• Experience with Informatica IICS, PowerCenter; Python ETL; Alteryx; SSIS.
• Experience with BO, Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, Smartview.
• Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Informix, MongoDB; AWS, GCP, Azure.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business to understand strategic and financial objectives and define architecture for reporting needs.
• Manage the delivery of medium to large, complex projects on time, budget, and with quality.
• Plan, mitigate risk, resolve issues, and conduct feasibility analyses for complex systems.
• Manage day-to-day team operations, including hiring, onboarding, and performance evaluations.
• Upskill and mentor employees to support career growth opportunities.
• Ensure alignment with Enterprise Architecture policies and best practices; define standards for design and development.
• Coordinate work orders and cost estimates to and from suppliers; review vendor invoices and SLAs.
• Identify dependencies and system reuse opportunities to minimize cross-project impact.

Skills

Program management

Team management

Planning

Risk mitigation

Budget management

Quality governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/ CIS or related field

Tools

Erwin

Jenkins

Bitbucket

GitHub

Informatica IICS

Informatica PowerCenter

Python ETL

Alteryx

SSIS

BO

Power BI

Tableau

Smartview

Oracle

SQL Server

DB2

Informix

AWS

GCP

Azure

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.

Duties: Partner with business to understand strategic and financial objectives, recommend solutions, and work with the team to define the right architecture to support operational and analytical business reporting needs. Manage the technical delivery of medium to large, complex projects on time, on budget, and with the desired product quality. Plan, mitigate risk, resolve issues, and conduct technical feasibility analyses for highly complex system projects. Manage day-to-day team operations, including assigning tasks, providing guidance and support, and evaluating performance. Source, hire, and onboard the right talent for key open roles. Upskill and mentor existing employees to support career growth opportunities. Accountable to business and technology management for end-to-end application scoping, planning, development, and delivery that meets and exceeds quality standards. Ensure system alignment with Enterprise Architecture policies and best practices; ensure that process methodologies are followed in system development. Contribute to defining standards and guidelines for design and development. Accountable for developing work orders and cost estimates to and from suppliers. Coordinate delivery of work from all System Integrators for various projects, including risk, quality, change management, and schedule. Size and review projects with product vendors. Review and approve vendor invoices, expenditures, and timesheets. Monitor and manage achievement of SLAs with suppliers. Identify and manage dependencies and downstream impacts of projects to minimize adverse effects on other projects and/or programs. Identify opportunities for system reuse and system simplification.Position supervises other employees.

Starting compensation for this location depends on related experience. Annual bonus opportunity and other eligible earnings are not included in the range(s) above. We offer a competitive benefits package, see below for details.

What you have

Job Requirements: Requires Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a related field and 120 months of progressive, post-Bachelor’s experience in a related occupation.

Experience must include 60 months of experience involving the following: Program management skills including team management, planning, risk mitigation, issue resolution, schedule and financial management, quality of deliverables and governance of large projects complex in nature; Data architecture and governance, data modeling using ERWIN, solution architecture, OLAP and OLTP concepts and techniques, data security, encryption/decryption using various tools and technologies, Dev Ops using Jenkin, Bitbucket and GITHUB; Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS), Informatica Power Center, Python based ETL framework, Alteryx and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS); Business Objects (BO), Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx and Smartview; and Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Informix, Mongo DB, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform.

We offer competitive pay and benefits. Starting compensation depends on related experience. Annual bonus and other eligible earnings are not included in the ranges above. Benefits include: 401(k) w/ company match; employee stock purchase plan; paid vacation, volunteering, 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions; paid parental leave and family building benefits; tuition reimbursement; health, dental, and vision insurance; hybrid/remote work schedule available for eligible positions (subject to Schwab’s internal approach to workplace flexibility).