Vanguard’s Responsible AI Framework is intentionally federated across business, technology, and risk functions. The Senior Responsible AI Program Manager provides single‑threaded accountability for orchestrating execution across the end‑to‑end Responsible AI governance lifecycle—intake, assessment, controls, monitoring, and decommissioning—ensuring consistent sequencing, traceability, and audit‑ready outcomes across teams and systems of record.
This role does not own risk decisions. Instead, it closes execution gaps created by cross‑team handoffs and accelerates adoption by enabling disciplined, continuous oversight at scale.
Responsibilities:
Orchestrate execution of the end‑to‑end AI governance lifecycle across intake, assessment, approvals, controls, monitoring, material change, and decommissioning.
Coordinate across CDAO, GR&S, OGC, IT, and business teams to ensure consistent execution of Responsible AI requirements.
Establish and maintain stage gates, dependencies, and delivery milestones across multiple stakeholders.
Ensure governance artifacts and metadata are captured in enterprise systems of record to support traceability and audit readiness.
Drive consistent implementation of required Responsible AI, model, data, security, privacy, and third‑party controls.
Identify execution gaps, handoff failures, and rework drivers; partner with teams to define durable fixes and enablement improvements.
Support continuous monitoring and material change routing, ensuring updates are assessed and evidenced appropriately.
Prepare clear, executive‑ready reporting for governance forums and senior leaders.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
8+ years of program management, governance execution, or cross‑functional delivery experience in regulated or risk‑sensitive environments.
Proven ability to lead complex, multi‑stakeholder programs without direct authority.
Experience working across technology, risk, legal/compliance, and business teams.
Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
Nice to have:
Experience with Responsible AI, AI governance, model risk, or enterprise technology risk.
Familiarity with AI lifecycle concepts, monitoring, controls, and audit evidence requirements.
Experience designing or operating stage‑gate governance models and systems of record.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not 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
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of program management, governance execution, or cross‑functional delivery experience in regulated or risk‑sensitive environments
- Proven ability to lead complex, multi‑stakeholder programs without direct authority
- Experience working across technology, risk, legal/compliance, and business teams
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
