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Your Opportunity
At Schwab, you're empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us challenge the status quo and transform the finance industry together.
We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).
As a Senior Manager, Branch Compensation Strategy within Retail Field Operations, you will play a pivotal role in shaping how we attract, retain, and support our client-facing sales professionals. This team is focused on enhancing both the employee and client experience by delivering strategic programs, scalable solutions, and data-driven insights that strengthen field performance. In this role, you will partner across HR, Compensation, Legal, Compliance, Technology, and Field Leadership to assess current-state compensation practices, identify gaps and opportunities, and develop forward-looking strategies that align with business objectives.
You will lead complex compensation initiatives from ideation through execution-translating business needs into actionable strategies, conducting detailed analyses to inform decision-making, and influencing outcomes through strong stakeholder alignment. This includes contributing to the development of a multi-year compensation roadmap, facilitating cross-functional forums to evaluate escalations and evolving needs, and driving adoption of compensation-related changes across the field. Success in this role requires strong problem-solving skills, comfort navigating ambiguity, and the ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution to deliver meaningful, measurable impact for both employees and the organization.
In this role you will report to a Director in Field Operations.
What you have
To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.
Required Qualifications:
- 3+ years of program management or related experience, including setting strategic vision, developing business cases, and executing initiatives end-to-end
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex business problems, synthesize data, and develop practical, scalable solutions
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners and influencing decisions through clear, effective communication
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, prioritize competing demands, and adapt to evolving business needs
- Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to partner effectively across multiple stakeholder groups
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience within financial services, with exposure to compensation strategy, incentive plan design, or related programs
- Familiarity with working alongside technology and product teams, including participation in platform, data, or system-related discussions
- Exposure to tools such as Salesforce, Tableau, Microsoft Teams, or similar systems supporting analytics, reporting, and collaboration
- Experience supporting change management or driving adoption of new programs or initiatives across distributed teams
In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
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The Charles Schwab Corp
The Charles Schwab Corporation is a leading provider of financial services, with more than 300 offices. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company provides a full range of securities brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Named "Highest in Investor Satisfaction with Self-Directed Services" by J.D. Power and Associates in 2009, its broker-dealer subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member
SIPC) affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice; retirement plan and equity compensation plan services; referrals to independent fee-based investment advisors; and custodial, operational and trading support for independent, fee-based investment advisors through Schwab Advisor Services.
The Charles Schwab Bank (member FDIC) provides banking and mortgage services and products. To meet the needs of our clients, we are actively recruiting people with the desire, drive and creativity to find solutions that help meet our clients' needs; who want the chance to learn, grow with the company and explore their career opportunities; who will strive for excellence in achieving our clients' and our company's goals; who have the highest ethical standards - individuals who take pride in making a difference in people's lives.
1,000 to 1,499 employees
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