Senior Specialist, Executive Talent Management

Vanguard

Senior Specialist in Executive Talent Management at Vanguard shaping enterprise-level talent practices and elevating leadership development. Collaborating with HR to drive consistency and inclusion across the organization.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeMalvern • North Carolina, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape enterprise impact by evolving succession planning, talent review, assessment, executive development, and mobility into a cohesive, forward‑looking talent approach that improves clarity, objectivity, and decision quality.
Build what lasts by designing simple, scalable executive talent frameworks and standards that work across businesses and geographies while supporting enterprise consistency and inclusion.
Modernize how work gets done by leveraging technology, data, and automation to reduce friction, improve insight, and enable fairer, more transparent decisions.
Be close to the work through hands‑on execution of succession and contingency planning for business‑critical roles—to identify risk, uncover opportunity, and close gaps through development, mobility, retention, and external pipelines.
Elevate assessment and potential identification by helping define enterprise talent standards and assessment approaches that inform succession, development, and movement of senior talent.
Connect strategy to development by partnering with Leadership Development to ensure executive development investments are tightly aligned to succession priorities and role‑critical capabilities.
Influence the full talent ecosystem by partnering with Executive Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners, and external experts to align success profiles, workforce planning insights, and internal and external pipelines.
Prove value through insight by evaluating the impact of talent programs using meaningful data and translating insights into continuous improvement and sustained enterprise value.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience in talent management, organizational strategy, consulting, or a related field
Human capital consulting experience preferred.
Demonstrated experience designing, integrating, and scaling executive talent processes (e.g., succession planning, talent review, assessment)
Strong ability to simplify and improve processes through practical, value‑focused enhancements
Experience enabling talent processes through technology, data, and automation
Success designing global talent frameworks that balance enterprise consistency with local relevance
Proven experience closing executive talent gaps through development, mobility, coaching, and external hiring
Strong change management skills in complex, matrixed organizations
Ability to partner effectively across HR COEs, HR Business Partners, Leadership Development, Culture, Inclusion & Engagement, and senior leaders
Data‑driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into action
Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

talent managementorganizational strategyconsultingsuccession planningtalent reviewassessmentexecutive talent processeschange managementdata analysisglobal talent frameworks

Soft Skills

simplificationprocess improvementpartnershipcommunicationinfluenceinsight translationcoachingdecision qualityobjectivityinclusion

Certifications

undergraduate degreegraduate degree