Responsibilities:
Solve Business Problems with AI
- Partner with business stakeholders to identify, frame, and prioritize high‑value problems that can be addressed using Agentic AI, LLMs, and NLP.
- Translate business needs into clear AI use cases, success metrics, and delivery plans.
- Focus on business outcomes, not just model performance.
Design & Build Agentic AI Solutions
- Architect and develop agentic AI systems that can reason, plan, and take actions across tools, workflows, and data sources.
- Design multi‑agent and tool‑augmented LLM solutions to automate complex, multi‑step processes.
- Ensure solutions are reliable, explainable, and governed for enterprise use.
Scalable & Responsible AI
- Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy AI solutions with scalability, security, and performance in mind.
- Implement evaluation, monitoring, and guardrails for LLM and agentic systems, including bias, drift, and failure modes.
- Align solutions with enterprise risk management, compliance, and responsible AI standards.
Thought Leadership & Collaboration
- Act as a trusted AI advisor, helping teams understand where Agentic AI and LLMs add value—and where they do not.
- Contribute to AI best practices, reusable patterns, and strategic direction.
- Mentor peers and teammates on applied AI and business‑driven problem solving.
Qualifications:
- Agentic AI: Experience designing AI agents that reason, plan, and act across systems.
- Large Language Models (LLMs): Hands‑on experience building enterprise LLM applications (e.g., RAG, tool use, orchestration, evaluation).
- Natural Language Processing (NLP): Strong experience working with unstructured text and language‑driven workflows.
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
- 3+ years delivering AI/ML solutions in production environments.
- 5+ years of hands‑on Python experience; experience with distributed data processing is a plus.
- Strong ability to solve business problems using AI, not just build models.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Experience working in cross‑functional, enterprise environments.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is offering visa sponsorship for this position.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.
Skills Required
- Experience designing agentic AI systems that reason, plan, and act across systems
- Hands-on experience building enterprise LLM applications (RAG, tool use, orchestration, evaluation)
- Strong experience in Natural Language Processing working with unstructured text
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related quantitative field
- 3+ years delivering AI/ML solutions in production environments
- 5+ years hands-on Python experience
- Experience with distributed data processing
- Strong ability to solve business problems using AI (business outcome focus)
- Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience working in cross-functional, enterprise environments
Vanguard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vanguard and has not been reviewed or approved by Vanguard.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support appears unusually strong through a 401(k) design that includes a match plus an additional employer contribution, which can materially lift long-term total rewards. HSA seeding and an enhanced employer match further strengthen the savings-and-benefits value of the package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle support is reinforced by a sizable annual FlexFund stipend that can be applied across many day-to-day categories such as fitness, childcare, and other personal expenses. On-site or virtual clinics and fitness options add practical health and wellness convenience.
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Affordable Benefits — Healthcare and related benefits are positioned as comparatively affordable via heavily subsidized medical plans and broad coverage options. This affordability can offset moderate base pay for employees who place higher value on out-of-pocket cost reductions.
Vanguard Insights
What We Do
We are a community of 30 million who think – and feel – differently about investing. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests. Since our founding in 1975, helping our investors achieve their goals is our sole reason for existence. With no other parties to answer to and therefore no conflicting loyalties, we make every decision—like keeping investing costs as low as possible—with only your needs in mind. Vanguard is one of the world's largest investment companies, offering a large selection of high-quality low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, advice, and related services. Individual and institutional investors, financial professionals, and plan sponsors can benefit from the size, stability, and experience Vanguard offers. As of April 30, 2019, we managed more than $5.6 trillion in global assets. In addition, we have 189 funds in the United States and 225 funds in global markets. For Commenting Guidelines & Important information, visit here: http://vanguard.com/linkedin Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.
