Technology Incubation Leader: Blockchain & GenAI

Charles Schwab Corporation; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation seeks a Technology Incubation Leader to turn validated R&D concepts into enterprise-ready capabilities. You will own incubation for production-biased platforms, including Blockchain and GenAI, with emphasis on security, cloud enablement, and measurable business value.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers, architects, and program managers, shaping roadmaps, governance, and transition plans to ensure smooth production readiness and long-term stewardship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field required; advanced degree a plus.
• 10+ years in software engineering or applied research.
• 6+ years of people leadership experience.
• Strong leadership across platform engineering, cloud and security.
• Experience with blockchain and digital asset infrastructure.
• Ability to translate technical tradeoffs to business value.

Responsibilities

• Lead the dedicated incubation team responsible for Digital Assets Platform Engineering, GenAI, shared architecture/security/cloud enablement, and technical program execution.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a multidisciplinary incubation organization, including engineers, architects, platform specialists, and technical program managers.
• Build team capabilities, hiring strategies, and succession plans that support Schwab's emerging technology roadmap.
• Own the roadmap for production-biased incubation initiatives, including platform architecture, delivery milestones, operational readiness, security reviews, and graduation criteria.
• Partner with product, architecture, security, cloud, risk, legal, compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure incubation work is secure, scalable, and aligned to business value.
• Create a disciplined operating model for intake, prioritization, delivery transparency, and adoption planning, and transfer readiness.
• Collaborate with partner organizations to define and execute transition plans, including transfer of platforms, operational processes, documentation, support models, and personnel necessary for long-term ownership.
• Serve as the executive-facing owner for incubation status, risks, dependencies, investment needs, and measurable outcomes.
• Incubation initiatives progress against defined roadmaps, with clear production and transfer criteria.
• The organization establishes ownership, support models, and graduation paths for mature capabilities.
• Executive stakeholders have transparent visibility into value delivered, risks, resourcing needs, and decisions required.

Skills

Platform engineering

Cloud architecture

DevSecOps

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Blockchain knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Advanced degree a plus

Job description

Charles Schwab Corporation seeks a Technology Incubation Leader to turn validated R&D concepts into enterprise-ready capabilities. You will own incubation for production-biased platforms, including Blockchain and GenAI, with emphasis on security, cloud enablement, and measurable business value.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers, architects, and program managers, shaping roadmaps, governance, and transition plans to ensure smooth production readiness and long-term stewardship.