Sr. Manager, IT Product Owner

About the role

At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Innovative thought meets creative problem solving as we “challenge the status quo” and transform the finance industry together. This role is on‑site in the specified location(s) and owns the vision, roadmap, priorities, and delivery of money‑movement and asset‑transfer platform capabilities, translating business strategy and customer needs into clear product increments that improve payments, transfers, account funding, scheduling, verification, and transaction experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, roadmap, priorities, and delivery of money‑movement and asset‑transfer platform capabilities.
• Translate business strategy and customer needs into clear product increments that improve payments, transfers, account funding, scheduling, verification, and transaction experiences.
• Partner with business, operations, design, engineering, architecture, data, controls, and Agile teams to define requirements and manage dependencies.
• Maintain a delivery‑ready backlog, assess operational and technical impacts, and guide capabilities from discovery through implementation and adoption.
• Balance customer value, operational efficiency, risk, technical sustainability, and delivery commitments while aligning stakeholders and communicating progress.

Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.
• Product management or Product Owner experience supporting complex cross‑functional products, platforms, or transformation initiatives.
• Ability to define product vision, roadmaps, outcomes, priorities, and delivery‑ready backlogs.
• Strong requirements and story‑writing skills, including acceptance criteria, use cases, workflows, and process documentation.
• Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority, navigate ambiguity, and create clarity across multiple workstreams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background with platform products, APIs, shared services, event‑driven integrations, or enterprise capabilities.
• Knowledge of money movement, payments, ACH, transfers, banking, brokerage, retirement, lending, treasury, or transaction‑processing platforms.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery practices and tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Success helping multiple customer or employee channels adopt shared platform services.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical background preferred.

Pay

The role includes a salary range (not specified) and is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company match and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and a 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.