Where Ambition Meets Innovation Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals. LPL Financial is seeking an AVP, Change Management to support the successful adoption of new initiatives and projects across the organization. This role will contribute to the development and execution of change management strategies, ensuring a smooth transition for employees impacted by organizational changes. Responsibilities: 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. What are we looking for? We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work. Requirements: 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 ServiceNow Change & CMDB at enterprise level—workflow design, governance reporting, audit evidence. Preferences: 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 - $166,448.00 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. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer! Company Overview: 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. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com. At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com. Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE. Information on Interviews: LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at (855) 575-6947. EAC 5.19.26 LPL Financial is the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer.* Our company is widely known for its financial strength, exceptional service, and favorable industry reputation among financial professionals. To understand who we are, it’s important to know our core belief: financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. LPL Financial creates the space to let you do what you do best – create personal, long-term client relationships that turn financial aspirations into realities. Each year, thousands of financial professionals successfully manage billions of dollars in assets. Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. To learn more about our organization visit our About LPL page. * As reported by Financial Planning magazine, June 1996-2019, based on total revenue. Want to learn more about the benefits of working at LPL? Check out the links below! We Are LPL Benefits Culture Social Responsibility

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