Network Engineering Manager - People Leader

Charles Schwab Inc.; Southlake (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation in Texas seeks a Network Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team responsible for reliable, scalable technology that supports client experiences. You will set priorities, define standards, and partner with engineering leaders to deliver strategic initiatives onsite.

You’ll shape capacity plans, measure performance, coach engineers, and ensure clear ownership and delivery plans in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in product ownership, technology delivery, or related work, including leading teams and coordinating delivery across multiple stakeholders.
• People leadership experience that includes coaching, performance management, and team development.
• Experience partnering with engineering organizations to define, implement, and manage applications or tools throughout the product lifecycle.
• Demonstrated ability to organize complex work, establish priorities, resolve delivery challenges, and align teams around shared outcomes.
• Advanced proficiency with Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong executive communication, customer focus, time management, and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Align the team’s book of work to business needs and guide prioritization across initiatives.
• Create clear standards, documentation, metrics, and reporting to improve decision-making and executive visibility.
• Simplify workflows, strengthen service-level performance, and manage strategic vendor relationships.
• Use quantitative and qualitative insights to reduce delivery friction and improve outcomes.
• Shape capacity plans and evolving capabilities while coaching team members and clarifying ownership.

Skills

Product ownership

People leadership

Technical delivery

Stakeholder alignment

Executive communication

Workflow optimization

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

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).

The Network Services organization enables reliable, scalable technology capabilities that support critical business operations and client experiences. As a Network Engineering Manager and people leader, you will develop a high-performing engineering team and establish the operating discipline needed to deliver strategic and operational priorities with greater clarity, consistency, and predictability.

You will align the team’s book of work to business needs, guide prioritization across competing initiatives, and create clear standards, documentation, metrics, and reporting that improve decision-making and executive visibility. You will simplify workflows, strengthen service-level performance, manage strategic vendor relationships, and use quantitative and qualitative insights to reduce delivery friction and improve outcomes. Through close partnership with engineering and Network Services leaders, you will shape capacity plans, service strategy, and evolving capabilities while coaching team members, clarifying ownership, and adapting delivery plans as business needs change.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience in product ownership, technology delivery, or related work, including leading teams and coordinating delivery across multiple stakeholders
• People leadership experience that includes coaching, performance management, and team development
• Experience partnering with engineering organizations to define, implement, and manage applications or tools throughout the product lifecycle
• Demonstrated ability to organize complex work, establish priorities, resolve delivery challenges, and align teams around shared outcomes
• Advanced proficiency with Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong executive communication, customer focus, time management, and problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with distributed teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing operational metrics, service-level reporting, standard operating procedures, or delivery playbooks
• Experience managing strategic technology vendors or external service partners
• Familiarity with Information Technology Infrastructure Library practices
• Experience using project management tools to manage backlogs, capacity, dependencies, and delivery commitments
• Demonstrated ability to use qualitative and quantitative insights to improve workflows, service performance, and delivery predictability

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