LPL Financial

VP, Growth Solution Strategist

San Diego Full time

What if you could build a career where ambition meets innovation? At LPL Financial, we empower professionals to shape their success while helping clients pursue their financial goals with confidence. What if you could have access to cutting-edge resources, a collaborative environment, and the freedom to make an impact? If you're ready to take the next step, discover what’s possible with LPL Financial.

Job Overview:

Do you enjoy building digital solutions that help businesses grow? Are you energized by turning strategy into products and experiences that real users rely on every day? Are you curious about how financial advisors grow their practices and how better tools, insights, and experiences can accelerate that growth?

If so, the VP, Growth Solution Strategist role in our Growth Strategy and Enablement organization could be for you.

This role sits in our Strategic Growth Solutions team, which focuses on designing and evolving the digital solutions that power advisor growth at scale. We are looking for a product-minded strategist who can shape the vision and roadmap for a portfolio of advisor-facing solutions, connect the dots across a broader ecosystem, and work side-by-side with product and technology teams to bring that vision to life.

You will help turn LPL’s growth ambitions into tangible experiences, ensuring our solutions are clearly positioned, thoughtfully integrated, and consistently delivering value to advisors and to LPL.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the multi-year strategy and roadmap for a portfolio of digital growth solutions that help financial advisors grow and run better businesses
  • Define the role and positioning of each solution within the overall advisor growth journey, and how they should work together as an integrated experience
  • Translate growth strategies, customer insights, and market trends into clear product direction, themes, and priorities for product and technology teams
  • Use data, research, and experimentation to identify opportunities, size impact, and make thoughtful trade-offs across the portfolio
  • Collaborate closely with experience, program, and field-facing teams to ensure new capabilities are practical, well-adopted, and delivering measurable outcomes
  • Establish and track success metrics (adoption, engagement, business impact) for key solutions and adjust the roadmap based on what you learn
  • Sponsor pilots and test-and-learn initiatives, incorporating results into future releases and long-term plans
  • Serve as a visible champion for advisor growth solutions across the firm, aligning senior stakeholders on vision priorities and progress

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:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Strategy, Engineering, or related field
  • 7+ years of experience in product strategy, product management, management consulting, corporate strategy, or a related role, with significant exposure to digital products  
  • 4+ years’ experience owning strategy and roadmap for complex products or platforms from concept through launch and scale
  • 4+ years’ experience in the wealth management industry with robust knowledge of how financial advisors grow their business

Core Competencies:

  • Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and collaborate across business, product, technology, and operations teams
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to connect data, customer insight, and business objectives into clear recommendations
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills, including experience presenting to senior leaders

Preferences:

  • Management Consulting experience
  • Experience in financial services, fintech, or other B2B environments where you’ve built tools or platforms for professionals
  • Prior work on growth, customer experience, or digital transformation initiatives
  • Comfort with experimental methods (e.g., pilots, A/B testing) and using them to inform product decisions
  • MBA or other advanced degree is a plus, but not required  
     

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Pay Range:

$164,600-$274,300/year


 

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 LPL Financial: Where Your Potential Meets Opportunity

At LPL Financial, we believe that everyone deserves objective financial guidance. As the nation’s leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of cutting-edge technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services.

Why LPL?

  • Innovative Environment: We foster creativity and growth, providing a supportive and responsive leadership team. Learn more about our leadership team here!

  • Limitless Career Potential: Your career at LPL has no limits, only amazing potential. Learn more about our careers here!

  • Unified Mission: We are one team on one mission—taking care of our advisors so they can take care of their clients. Learn more about our mission and values here!

  • Impactful Work: Our size is just right for you to make a real impact. Learn more here!

  • Commitment to Equality: We support workplace equality and embrace diverse perspectives and backgrounds. Learn more here!

  • Community Focus: We care for our communities and encourage our employees to do the same. Learn more here!

  • Benefits and Total Rewards: Our Total Rewards package goes beyond just compensation and insurance. It includes a mix of traditional and unique benefits, perks, and resources designed to enhance your life both at work and at home. Learn more here!

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.

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