Investment Management Product Manager, Senior Specialist

Core Responsibilities

1. Investment Data Product Ownership & Strategy

• Own the Investment Data Stewardship product vision, strategy, and multi‑year roadmap across fund, benchmark, performance, and metadata domains.
• Define data product standards for accuracy, timeliness, lineage, and usability across WPS platforms (e.g., participant tools, advisor experiences, reporting).
• Drive prioritization decisions balancing business value, risk mitigation, regulatory needs, and technical feasibility.

2. Investment Domain Leadership

• Act as a subject matter authority on investment data, including:
  • Mutual funds, collective trusts, and separate accounts
  • Benchmarks, peer groups, and index relationships
  • Returns, asset allocation, attribution, and risk measures
• Ensure investment data interpretations are consistent, auditable, and suitable for participant and advisor consumption.
• Establish guardrails for fiduciary‑grade data usage across digital channels.

3. Data Stewardship & Governance Leadership

• Own investment data stewardship operating models, including:
  • Data ownership and accountability
  • Quality standards and controls
  • Metadata, business definitions, and lineage
• Partner with the various business lines to align to data governance frameworks while representing the unique needs of investment data.
• Ensure stewardship practices support regulatory, compliance, and internal risk expectations.

4. Technology & Data Platform Enablement

• Partner with engineering and architecture teams to:
  • Modernize investment data pipelines and stores
  • Enable cloud‑based data platforms
  • Support scalable ingestion of custodian and market data feeds
• Translate investment and business needs into well‑defined product requirements, epics, and success metrics.
• Champion automation of data quality checks, reconciliations, and monitoring.

5. Cross‑Functional Leadership & Influence

• Serve as a single accountable product owner across Investment Solutions, GIFS, Technology, Data Governance, and External Data Providers.
• Lead complex initiatives that require alignment across multiple senior stakeholder groups without formal authority.
• Communicate clearly with executive audiences on progress, risks, and trade‑offs.

6. Business Value & Outcomes

• Demonstrate measurable impact through:
  • Reduced investment data defects and rework
  • Faster onboarding of new funds and products
  • Improved participant and advisor data experiences
  • Increased confidence in externally distributed data (e.g., Morningstar)
• Track and report product KPIs tied to quality, adoption, efficiency, and business outcomes.

Qualifications

1. Investment & Financial Domain

• Deep understanding of investment products and investment data (fund structures, benchmarks, performance calculations, asset allocation).
• Experience working with custodians, asset managers, or investment data aggregators.
• Strong grasp of how investment data is consumed across digital tools, reporting, and client communications.

2. Product & Business Acumen

• 8+ years of experience in product management, investment analytics, data product ownership, or platform leadership.
• Proven ability to own product strategy and drive complex, cross‑functional execution.
• Strong financial, analytical, and decision‑making skills; able to articulate ROI and business impact.

3. Technical & Data Acumen

• Ability to partner effectively with engineers/analysts on:
  • Data models and schemas
  • Quality controls and automation
  • Integration patterns and data distribution
• Working knowledge of data concepts sufficient to guide design and validate outcomes.
• Coach and support data analysts aligned to your function

4. Leadership & Influence

• Executive‑level communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical and investment concepts.
• Strong influencing skills; capable of driving alignment without direct authority.
• Proven track record leading through ambiguity and organizational change.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.