Product Manager, Specialist

Vanguard's Financial Advisor Services Digital Product team is seeking an experienced, outcome-driven, and client-centric product manager to pursue strategic opportunities across our product and portfolio digital tools. This PM will lead product development for tools within our eco-system, joining a talented, collaborative team of engineers, UX designers, data analysts, and user researchers to enhance our capabilities to meet the evolving needs of advisors and internal users.

As a Product Manager, you will be at the forefront of both product discovery and delivery. You'll research and experiment to discover the right opportunities that users value and that drive the team’s outcomes, and you will bring these new capabilities and features to life with the broader agile team.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A strong outcome orientation;
• Deep client-centricity;
• An owner’s mindset, including overcoming obstacles to get things done;
• Clear communication skills;
• And the ability to use data, research, and context to make good product decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Product Management Lifecycle: Use product management, agile, and design thinking practices to guide your team through the entire product development process—from identifying the right problems to experimenting with potential solutions and iteratively launching new features.
• Define Vision and Strategy: Collaborate closely with a UX strategist, technical architect, and product leadership to shape our vision and strategy around product and portfolio analytics.
• Prioritize User Needs: Continuously seek out unmet needs and prioritize enhancements, both big and small, to better address them.
• Communicate Effectively: Present findings and recommendations through compelling presentations and strategic roadmaps.
• Rally the Team: Leverage your leadership skills to inspire and align a team of cross-disciplinary experts.
• Industry Knowledge: Develop and apply a deep understanding of the U.S. advisor industry, Vanguard Financial Advisor Services, and the Vanguard Advisors’ website and tools to make informed recommendations.

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required. Graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of five years related work experience. Two years of leading cross-functional teams on major organizational projects preferred. 
• Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

Special Factors

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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.