AVP, Change Management

Execute CAB / ECAB and high-impact change decisions; chair or delegate with clear escalation paths. Integrate governance with release weekends, blackout/freeze calendars, and strategic initiatives (e.g., platform migrations, landing-zone transitions, security uplift, major vendor upgrades). Align change risk assessment with customer/advisor impact, market hours, money movement, trading, and critical client-facing paths. Represents change governance to senior technology, risk, and audit stakeholders;

owns escalations, policy exceptions, and freeze/blackout decisions with documented rationale. Drives cross-tower adoption (applications, infrastructure, cloud, data, security) and aligns change controls with release management, CMDB, DR/resiliency, and vulnerability/SPOF remediation cadences. Define and publish KPIs/KRIs: success rate, failed changes, unauthorized change, emergency %, CAB timeliness, record completeness, repeat failure themes. Trend failed changes, rollbacks, and change-related incidents; sponsor corrective actions and policy/tool updates.

Benchmark against peer firms and industry practice; prepare materials for QBRs, audit committees, and executive summaries.

• 7-10 years in technology operations, production support, release management, or change governance in a large, complex enterprise.
• 5+ years leading change governance, CAB/ECAB, or ITSM process ownership at scale.
• 5+ years experience in a regulated financial services environment (broker-dealer, banking, or insurance technology strongly preferred).
• 5+ years experience/knowledge of ITIL change enablement and production control design (not credentials alone).
• 5+ years experience with Service Now Change & CMDB at enterprise level—workflow design, governance reporting, audit evidence.

• Demonstrated executive communication and ability to influence directors, VPs, and engineering leaders without line authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Pay Range: $99,910.00 - $ Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location.

• 401K matching
• health benefits
• employee stock options
• paid time off
• volunteer time off
• and more

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses.

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