About Vanguard
Founded in 1975, Vanguard is one of the world's leading investment management companies. The firm offers investments, advice, and retirement services to tens of millions of individual investors around the globe—directly, through workplace plans, and through financial intermediaries.
Vanguard’s India Office
Vanguard’s office in India is a significant milestone in our global expansion. We are committed to establishing an enduring technology center in Hyderabad, Telangana and are excited to be adding talent who will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), mobile, and cloud-based technologies that drive our business outcomes and deliver a world-class experience for our clients.
Role Summary
This role leads the strategic vision and roadmap for a digital product, demonstrating an understanding of the digital product(s) and associated business areas. Digital products often have divisional implications. This role also integrates market trends and consumer insights to drive product innovation and inform future enhancements.
Responsibilites
1. Provides digital product management services on a digital product, applying functional expertise to improve digital product results.
2. Collaborates with small cross-functional teams to demonstrate best practices that drive significant change to the client experience.
3. Coaches digital product teams towards best practices and learnings. Ensures delivery of messaging, communication, and customer outreach as necessary.
4. Partners with stakeholders to resolve production and implementation issues in a timely manner, and supports/drives escalations where required to enable rapid delivery.
5. Leads the planning, development and implementation of a new digital product. Defines and analyzes markets, developing detailed product features and requirements, and developing implementation plans.
6. Employs a variety of qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques to continually improve the user experience.
7. Participates in and provides recommendations for ongoing business planning and departmental prioritization activities.
8. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
9. Manages the entire product lifecycle from planning to execution, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
10. Researches market conditions and identifies emerging consumer trends to guide product innovation and enhancement opportunities.
11. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to define and oversee the development of product features and functionality.
12. Prepares product documentation and supports marketing and sales with product knowledge and technical expertise.
13. Leverages customer and market feedback to assess product performance and inform future roadmap decisions.
Qualifications and Skills
- Minimum 5 years of product management or related work experience; two years of project management preferred. Experience in financial services or function-specific domains is an advantage.
- Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech/B.Sc./BBA) in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field is required.
- Good to have skills in digital product lifecycle management, stakeholder collaboration, customer journey optimization, market and trend analysis, and cross-functional coordination.
- Familiarity with product development tools and agile methodologies is desirable.
- Platform skills in digital technologies, data analytics tools, and customer engagement platforms are beneficial.
- Strong written and verbal communication, problem-solving, time management, and analytical skills are essential.
- Certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, or Pragmatic Product Management are preferred.
Location
This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard’s India office. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.
Our mission
Vanguard adheres to a simple purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.
Our commitment to you
Vanguard takes the same long-term view of your success—at work and in life—with Benefits and Rewards packages that reflect what you care about, throughout all the phases and stages of your life. Our Total Rewards programs provide you and your loved ones with wellness support for key areas in your life:
Financial wellness
We're committed to enabling your financial success and provide competitive offers and programs.
Physical wellness
We're committed to providing benefits that support your physical health and wellness.
Personal wellness
We're committed to providing resources that help support the full scope of your life.
How we work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for most of our employees (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
- Minimum 5 years of product management or related work experience
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Time management skills
- Analytical skills
- Two years of project management experience
- Experience in financial services or function-specific domains
- Digital product lifecycle management experience
- Stakeholder collaboration experience
- Customer journey optimization experience
- Market and trend analysis experience
- Cross-functional coordination experience
- Familiarity with product development tools and Agile methodologies
- Experience with digital technologies, data analytics tools, and customer engagement platforms
- Certified Scrum Product Owner, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, or Pragmatic Product Management certification
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.
