Project Manager - C2

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.

 

Creative Center (C2) is Schwab’s award-winning in-house agency, responsible for bringing our brand to life through a broad range of internal and external communications. From digital and social to video and print, we partner closely with marketing and business leaders to strengthen client relationships, attract new clients, and deliver innovative products to market with impact and efficiency.  Our success is fueled by a shared passion for great thinking, strong collaboration, and meaningful results.

 

As a Project Manager, you will lead creative and front-end digital projects from intake through delivery. You will manage scope, schedules, resources, and stakeholder alignment while helping teams navigate ambiguity, make timely decisions, and deliver high-quality work. Working across strategy, creative, development, and production teams, you'll connect design and technical workflows, improve execution, and help establish scalable, repeatable project management practices.

 

What You’ll Do:

 

Project Leadership & Delivery

 

• Manage multiple creative and front-end digital projects, including emails, web experiences, templates, and digital components.
• Build project plans, schedules, and resource allocations using Workfront.
• Lead project kickoffs, status meetings, and reviews while driving accountability and clear next steps.
• Define scope, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and risks.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for stakeholders and project teams.

 

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Partnership

 

• Bridge creative and development teams to ensure seamless handoffs and execution.
• Facilitate intake discussions and assess project feasibility, dependencies, and delivery requirements.
• Align stakeholders on priorities, timelines, expectations, and tradeoffs.

 

Process Improvement & Operational Excellence

 

• Apply consistent project management practices across all work.
• Identify workflow improvements that increase efficiency and team effectiveness.
• Proactively manage risks, dependencies, and escalations, providing clear recommendations and solutions. 

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:

 

• 5+ years of project management experience in an agency, marketing, or digital environment
• Experience supporting both creative production and digital/front-end initiatives (e.g., email builds, web updates, component-based work)
• Strong understanding of project workflows that span design through development
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with strong attention to detail
• Comfortable working across cross-functional teams and adapting to changing priorities
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate between creative and technical stakeholders

  

Preferred Qualifications:

 

• Experience working in structured workflows or systems (e.g., Workfront or similar tools)
• Familiarity with front-end development concepts (HTML, email builds, design systems, or CMS workflows)
• Experience in regulated industries or large enterprises is a plus