AVP, Growth Program Operations

Build a career that matches your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation at LPL Financial. You’ll have access to cutting‑edge resources, a collaborative environment, and the freedom to make an impact while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

About the role

The Assistant Vice President, Growth Program Operations role sits in the Strategic Growth Solutions team, which designs and scales the programs that power advisor growth at LPL. You will be responsible for the end‑to‑end operational health and scaling of advisor referral and partnership programs, ensuring service quality, compliance rigor, and advisor experience remain strong as volume increases.

Responsibilities

• Own the advisor referral network program, overseeing design, process, policy, and advisor experience end‑to‑end.
• Manage operational execution for an employer‑based financial education and advice partnership, from requirements scoping through steady‑state delivery.
• Design repeatable processes and operating infrastructure that support materially higher program throughput without added friction.
• Establish metrics, reporting, and service‑level standards to monitor program health and surface issues early.
• Coordinate cross‑functional execution across Compliance, Licensing, Onboarding, and Compensation as volume scales, keeping compensated‑referral arrangements clean and well‑controlled.
• Serve as the operational voice in cross‑functional planning, aligning stakeholders on priorities, capacity, and trade‑offs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Strategy, Operations, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in program management, business operations, or a related role, with demonstrated experience scaling a program or process through a significant increase in volume.
• 6+ years of experience leading cross‑functional execution in a matrixed environment, coordinating across compliance, operations, and support functions.
• 2+ years of experience in the wealth management industry, with working knowledge of how financial advisors grow their business.

Core Competencies

• Strong process design, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to run day‑to‑day operations while building repeatable processes and infrastructure that reduce manual effort over time.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, including comfort working with data to manage program performance, capacity, and service levels.
• Excellent communication skills, including experience presenting to advisors and senior leaders.

Preferences

• Experience managing advisor‑facing programs.
• Familiarity with compliance considerations around compensation referrals (e.g., solicitor and promoter arrangements).
• Process improvement or project management credential (PMP, Lean, Six Sigma) a plus.

Pay

Base salary range: $99,704 – $166,139, varying based on skill, experience, education, internal peer salary, performance, and geographic location.

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Health benefits
• Employee stock options
• Paid time off
• Volunteer time off
• Additional Total Rewards offerings designed to support success at work, at home, and at play

Company Overview

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest‑growing wealth‑management firms in the United States. The firm supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth‑management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying roughly $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets for about 8 million Americans. LPL provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools, and practice‑management services, giving advisors and institutions the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses.