Vanguard

Senior Manager, Business Program Management

Vanguard

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Arizona, North Carolina, Pennsylvania

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew.
  • Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew.
  • Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
  • Manages cross-divisional programs or multiple workstreams within a larger program.
  • Drives all phases of the program lifecycle from inception through implementation while ensuring that business objectives are delivered with high quality and within targeted timeframes.
  • Creates and maintains a multi-year program strategy that clearly identifies specific actions and tasks needed to achieve future state goals.
  • Provides written and verbal communication to many different audiences within Vanguard on the status of the program.
  • Builds and maintains strategic relationships across sites, departments, divisions, and internal and external partners to support their program initiatives.
  • Develops strong relationships with program leadership, sponsors, and workstream leads.
  • Ensures all steps are taken to mitigate risk, and maintains control, compliance, audit, and legal requirements.
  • Integrates and oversees change management efforts across the overall program.
  • Closely monitors program costs and budget and escalates cost variances appropriately and timely.
  • Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Minimum of eight years related business experience, with at least four years of project management experience.
  • Previous people-leadership experience preferred.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required.
  • Graduate degree preferred.
  • Strategic analysis and critical thinking abilities.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management including strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strategic working experience - a proven ability to solve business problems through developing, recommending, and executing on a strategic vision.
  • Experience in the Financial Services industry.
  • Client-facing experience a plus.
  • Investment product acumen a plus.
  • An ability to interpret and drive action with data.