Jobs · Management · Texas

Senior Manager, Operational Resilience

Charles Schwab · Austin, TX · 1 mo ago
HybridManagementFull-time

Responsibilities

  • Lead and support execution of the Operational Resilience strategic roadmap, driving delivery of key framework components and maturity enhancements
  • Contribute to the evolution of the firm’s resilience framework, including governance, policy, standards, and methodologies aligned to regulatory expectations (e.g., IBP, impact tolerances, scenario testing, etc.)
  • Provide oversight of operational resilience, business continuity planning, crisis management/incident response, and core resilience pillars, ensuring activities are effectively designed, consistently executed, and aligned with regulatory expectations and industry best practices
  • Develop and deliver clear, concise reporting for senior leadership, risk committees, and governance forums, including dashboards, metrics, and thematic insights
  • Prepare executive-level materials articulating resilience posture, key risks, emerging themes, and remediation progress
  • Facilitate cross-functional meetings to identify and assess operational resilience risks across business processes, technology, cyber, and third-party dependencies
  • Support governance routines, including committees, working groups, and cross-functional forums
  • Drive aggregation of risks and themes to inform enterprise-level resilience priorities
  • Partner with stakeholders to enhance data quality, traceability, and usability of resilience data (e.g., systems, vendors, locations, personnel)
  • Build strong relationships across business units, technology, risk, and support functions to drive integrated resilience outcomes
  • Coordinate cross-functional initiatives to address identified resilience gaps and strengthen end-to-end capabilities

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Risk Management, or a related field
  • 5–10 years of experience in Operational Resilience, Business Continuity, Technology Risk, Cyber Risk, Operational Risk, or related disciplines
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing executive and board level materials
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across all organizational levels
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Qualifications

  • Proven experience operating in a governance, oversight, or second line of defense capacity
  • Experience within financial services
  • Working knowledge of resilience frameworks, including IBPs, impact tolerances, scenario testing and exercises

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