Jobs · Project Management · Texas

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.

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