Director, Digital Assets Business Architect

About the role

The Digital Assets Business Architecture team at Schwab is responsible for shaping the future of digital asset capabilities. This includes defining and evolving business architecture supporting tokenized securities, blockchain-enabled trading, digital custody, asset transfers, and settlement services.

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategy into scalable capability models and roadmap initiatives supporting digital asset products and services.
• Partner with business stakeholders and technology teams to define architecture strategies, evaluate platform opportunities, and support the delivery of enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, define future-state capabilities, and guide enterprise decision-making related to blockchain and digital asset infrastructure.
• Support the evaluation, design, and implementation of digital asset capabilities, ensuring alignment between business objectives, technology solutions, and Schwab's long-term digital asset strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent business experience.
• Experience within financial services, capital markets, fintech, payments, custody, settlement, digital assets, or related industries.
• Demonstrated experience designing, modernizing, or integrating complex trading, transfer, settlement, custody, or transaction processing platforms.
• Knowledge of blockchain technology, tokenization frameworks, digital asset ecosystems, and distributed ledger platforms.
• Experience partnering with both business and technology stakeholders to deliver strategic initiatives.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to navigate complex environments, manage competing priorities, and influence decision-making across multiple organizations.
• Experience translating business objectives into operating models, business capabilities, and technology requirements.
• Understanding of risk management, regulatory considerations, and operational controls within financial services environments.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting tokenized securities, digital asset custody platforms, or blockchain-enabled market infrastructure.
• Familiarity with smart contracts, programmable assets, and token standards.
• Understanding of real-time settlement, delivery versus payment (DvP), and digital asset transfer models.
• Experience evaluating blockchain platforms, exchanges, custodians, or other digital asset service providers.
• Knowledge of digital asset regulatory frameworks, fraud prevention controls, transaction monitoring, and identity management solutions.
• Experience working within large-scale enterprise transformation or platform modernization initiatives.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of financial services, capital markets, trading and settlement processes, digital asset ecosystems, and business architecture principles.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Strategic thinking capabilities.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across multiple levels of the organization.

Benefits

• 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.

Pay

Competitive compensation package.

Schedule

Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balancing workplace flexibility, client service, and regular in-person meetings.