Head of Trading Tech & Cloud Platform Leadership

Charles Schwab

Southlake (TX)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

22 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work/flexibility

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase plan

Parental leave

Job summary

Charles Schwab is seeking a senior technology leader to drive hands-on initiatives at Schwab Asset Management, building scalable, cloud-enabled platforms powering trade analytics and execution. You will work across on-premises and cloud environments to evolve a next‑generation trading platform with AI-enabled digital advice and discretionary order management, shaping platform strategy.

You will build and lead a high‑performing team, manage vendor relationships, strengthen DevOps, and refine

Qualifications

15+ years of experience in financial services technology.
5+ years of experience in enterprise end to end best-ex, directed and trade-away trading workflows
5+ years of experience with trading order management systems (OMS), such as BlackRock Aladdin, Charles River, or a similar platform.
Experience with execution management systems (EMS), such as Virtu Valor or similar platforms
5+ years people leadership experience.
3+ years implementing/ operating on a Cloud platform; GCP experience is preferred.
Strategic experience setting the vision for trading systems and support to drive operational efficiency and minimize disruption.

Responsibilities

Lead development and modernization of order management and trade execution platforms, ensuring scalable, compliant, and cloud-native solutions aligned with business strategy.
Define and execute technology strategy across the trading domain, driving innovation, platform optimization, and alignment with regulatory and client experience goals.
Partner closely with business, engineering, and product teams to define trading architecture for an AI-enabled Digital Advice platform, shape solution designs, and deliver outcomes through agile and co-development models.
Build and lead a high-performing team while managing vendor relationships, strengthening DevOps and production models, and continuously improving engineering processes and collaboration.