Director | Head of Distribution Strategy (PL)
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Director | Head of Distribution Strategy (PL) at Charles Schwab

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Your opportunityAt 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.

The Wealth & Asset Management Solutions (WAMS) team is part of the Wealth & Advice Solutions (WAS) enterprise. The WAMS team is responsible for the distribution and support of proprietary, and certain third-party asset management, products and services to consultants and advisors, across multiple distribution channels. The team also supports the marketing efforts of the solutions, working closely with Offer Management, Product and Marketing teams.

We are looking to add an experienced leader to WAMS to lead our Distribution Strategy efforts. The Head of Distribution Strategy will lead a multi-functional team spanning several critical business functions covering all products, offerings, and sales channels.

Responsibilities will include leading our overarching distribution approach, managing WAMS' sales enablement across multiple distribution channels, and overseeing WAMS' business management and strategy functions. This role will be transformative in positioning the broader team for growth, delivering efficiencies across the organization, and outlining a future state of how we best serve our clients and prospects to win and retain business. The position will report to the Head of Distribution Strategy, Relationship Management, and Service.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in financial services focused on wealth and/or asset management.
• 2+ years of Director (60PL) experience
• 5+ years of people management experience, including the ability to effectively delegate, manage and supervise various levels of employees including both individual contributors and people leaders
• Hold Series 24 or obtain in 120 days as COE
• Experience in driving strategic firm-wide priorities
• Experience leading strategic initiatives, building business cases, and managing stakeholders
• Demonstratable knowledge of key client segments including Retail, Advisory, Retirement, intermediaries as well as Schwab's wealth and asset management capabilities
• Familiarity with Product Management, Offer Management, Technology, Business Intelligence, Marketing, Finance, Events, and Field Enablement functions
• Comfort with solving challenging, ambiguous multi-faceted problems
• Strong organizational skills and affinity towards process improvement
• Comfortable representing in cross enterprise initiatives on behalf of the WAMS team as an active participant, willing to collaborate, contribute, and challenge
• Strong presentation skills, written and verbal as well as qualitative and quantitative
• Undergraduate degree required

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of wealth and/or asset management sales and distribution strongly preferred
• Advanced degree or related designation (e.g., CFA, CFP, CIMA, etc.) preferred
• Experience with customer relationship management (Salesforce) and sales enablement tools (Tableau, Marketo, Customer Collaboration tools)

What's in it for you

At Schwab, we're committed to empowering our employees' personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you'll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:

• 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

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

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