Your opportunity

At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, creative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us “challenge the status quo” and transform the finance industry together.

Schwab is seeking experienced senior commercial counsel to lead a wide range of complex commercial transactions while advancing Schwab’s contract operating model to facilitate operational excellence, consistency, and measurable outcomes.

What you have

Required
- Juris Doctor (JD) and active bar admission in at least one U.S. state.
- 7+ years of legal experience, including 3+ years in-house (financial services experience strongly preferred).
- Extensive experience negotiating complex commercial agreements, supported by a strong understanding of industry practice and the legal and regulatory frameworks governing commercial contracting.
- Demonstrated ability to balance risk and business objectives, evaluate options quickly, and drive deals to closure.
- Proven execution mindset,



with the ability to take ownership of complex workstreams and drive them to completion.
- Strong executive communication skills and ability to explain risk clearly, succinctly, and persuasively.

Preferred
- Deep experience with technology sourcing transactions and licensing.
- Demonstrated program management skills and experience delivering legal transformation or contracting optimization initiatives.
- Comfort supporting or leading change management and implementing legal operations improvements, including responsible adoption of AI-enabled tools.

What You’ll Do
- You will serve as counsel for Schwab’s commercial agreements, owning contract negotiations end-to-end from intake through execution in close coordination with Corporate Vendor Management, internal risk teams, and business stakeholders. On a day‑to‑day basis, you will scope deal requirements, identify the appropriate contracting structure, and take primary responsibility for drafting, revising, and negotiating c

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