Crypto Technical Project Manager
Charles Schwab · Southlake, TX · 2 wk ago
HybridProject ManagementFull-time
About the role
The TPM will lead execution across the Crypto Custody, Blockchain Integration, and Tokenization program while owning and operationalizing the AI-centric Development Life Cycle (AI-DLC) across the program.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end execution of the Crypto Custody, Blockchain, and Tokenization roadmap.
- Coordinate delivery across: Crypto Custody engineering, Blockchain platform teams, Crypto Security and Platform SRE, Enterprise Risk, Security, Legal, Compliance, and Operations.
- Manage dependencies across engineering and non-engineering stakeholders with clarity and urgency.
- Translate strategic objectives into executable, sequenced delivery plans.
- Serve as the steward and enabler of AI-DLC for the Crypto program.
- Ensure teams operate with AI-assisted planning and decomposition, AI-augmented design, documentation, and reviews, agent-assisted dependency tracking and risk surfacing.
- Partner with engineering leadership to reduce manual overhead, shorten feedback loops, and improve execution predictability.
- Identify where AI can further simplify, accelerate, or de-risk delivery workflows.
- Maintain sufficient technical depth to understand Crypto custody architectures and workflows, Blockchain integration and tokenization dependencies, security, DR, and incident-readiness requirements.
- Establish and run a disciplined operating cadence across the Crypto program.
- Proactively surface and manage technical and delivery risks, security and regulatory readiness gaps, and dependency and sequencing issues.
- Drive clarity on go-live criteria, cutover and rollback plans, and operational readiness checkpoints.
- Partner with SRE and Custody Leads to align delivery with institutional reliability expectations.
- Use AI-assisted tooling to improve signal quality while reducing reporting overhead.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in technical program or project management in complex platform environments.
- Proven experience leading execution across high-risk, regulated, or security-sensitive systems.
- Strong ability to operate in ambiguity while maintaining delivery discipline.
- Demonstrated comfort working with senior engineers, architects, and executives.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred
- Experience with AI-assisted or AI-led delivery models.
- Prior exposure to crypto custody, blockchain, or financial services platforms.
- Experience coordinating with security, risk, or regulatory stakeholders.
- Strong systems thinking—connecting technology, process, risk, and outcomes.
- Comfort influencing without authority.
Benefits
This role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
Pay
Salary range is provided.
Schedule
Hybrid work and flexible scheduling is offered.