The Assistant Vice President (AVP) Recovery Manager role within the Production Services team requires a senior individual contributor to lead recovery efforts for critical incidents, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive high-quality post-incident outcomes. Day-to-day responsibilities include facilitating incident resolution, conducting root cause analysis using structured techniques, and developing robust SOPs and runbooks in collaboration with domain experts. The ideal candidate will have experience with observability tools, application infrastructure, and cloud technologies to enhance diagnostic accuracy and improve service reliability. Key skills include strong communication, the ability to influence without direct authority, and a background in SRE-aligned practices such as error budgets and readiness reviews. This role aims to reduce MTTD and MTTR by 30% within a year, emphasizing continuous improvement in operational maturity and resilience for large-scale financial services operations.
Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams during major incidents to ensure timely recovery.
Facilitate post-incident reviews, driving actionable root cause analysis using structured techniques.
Develop and maintain incident recovery plans, SOPs, runbooks, and playbooks in collaboration with domain owners.
Support mock drills and readiness exercises to enhance response effectiveness and operational maturity.
Analyze incident data trends to recommend targeted improvements across people, process, and technology.
What we're looking for
5+ years of experience in Production Services, Incident Management, or SRE.
2+ years of hands-on experience with application and cloud technologies.
Proficient in using observability tools for production issue troubleshooting.
Strong communication skills to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
Ability to influence without direct authority and engage senior leadership effectively.
Experience leading cross-functional teams during major incidents and conducting post-mortems.
Analytical skills to translate incident data into actionable improvements and drive operational maturity.
Market check
Salary context
This
$112,476–$187,460
range sits above
31%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$130,797–$208,500
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$143,624–$209,550
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
About LPL Financial
LPL Financial is the largest independent broker-dealer in the United States, providing brokerage and investment advisory services to independent financial advisors and financial institutions. Industry: Financial Services & Wealth Management
LPL Financial currently has
18 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$127,514–$212,489
across 18 roles with salary data.
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