Sr. Manager, HR Business Partner

Charles Schwab; Westlake (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab in Westlake, TX, seeks a Sr. Manager, HR Business Partner to align people strategies with business priorities. You will partner with senior leaders, shaping workforce planning, succession, and organizational design to strengthen leadership capability and organizational readiness for the future.

You will coach leaders through transformation, manage data-informed insights, and collaborate across HR Centers of Excellence to drive sustainable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive HR experience including HRBP in a matrixed organization.
• Experience advising senior leaders and executive teams on talent and organizational matters.
• Ability to translate workforce insights for senior audiences.
• Proven success in workforce planning, talent management, and succession planning.
• Demonstrated change management in organizational transformation or modernization.
• Strong business acumen and consultative communication; coaching leaders to influence decisions.
• Ability to analyze workforce data, identify risks, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Stakeholder management across leaders and HR Centers of Excellence.

Responsibilities

• Guide workforce planning, talent reviews, and succession planning.
• Lead organizational design and leadership development initiatives.
• Coach senior leaders through complex talent decisions in a matrixed environment.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence to enable enterprise-wide outcomes.
• Support transformation efforts, modernization, and AI adoption initiatives.

Skills

HRBP

Strategic HR

Change management

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Executive coaching

Talent planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field

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.

As a Sr. Manager, HR Business Partner, you will join a team of strategic HR leaders supporting the Operational Services organization. You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, translating business priorities into talent and workforce strategies that strengthen organizational performance, leadership capability, and readiness for the future.

Through strategic thinking, consultative communication, influence, and data-informed decision-making, you will guide workforce planning, talent reviews, succession planning, organizational design, and leadership development. You will coach leaders through complex talent decisions and help teams navigate growth, modernization, AI adoption, and organizational change.

Success requires an enterprise mindset and the ability to build collaborative relationships across executive leadership teams and HR Centers of Excellence. Your recommendations will help leaders anticipate workforce risks, address capability gaps, improve organizational effectiveness, and deliver sustainable business outcomes.

What you have

To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of 'challenging the status quo,' this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of progressive human resources experience, including experience as an HR Business Partner in a mid-sized or large, matrixed organization.
• Experience advising senior leaders, Managing Directors, or executive leadership teams on complex talent, workforce, leadership, and organizational matters.
• Ability to communicate complex workforce insights clearly to senior audiences.
• Proven success translating business priorities into workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness strategies.
• Demonstrated change management experience supporting organizational transformation, business evolution, modernization, or similar strategic initiatives.
• Strong business acumen and consultative communication skills, with the ability to coach leaders, influence decisions, and constructively challenge thinking.
• Ability to analyze workforce and talent data, identify risks and trends, and develop clear, actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management and relationship‑building skills across business leaders and HR Centers of Excellence.
• Ability to adapt and exercise sound judgment in a fast‑paced, evolving, and highly matrixed environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Ability to travel based on business needs, estimated at 5% to 25%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Operations, Technology, Strategy, or Transformation organizations.
• Experience advising organizations undergoing large-scale transformation, modernization, or AI adoption.
• Advanced experience with organizational design and strategic workforce planning.
• Financial services industry experience.

What’s in it for you

At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:

• 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 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