Technical Project Manager

As the Technical Project Manager you will be responsible for managing the engineering teams that are aligned to two projects within the Cyber Resiliency Program.

This role provides leadership for multi-year technology-related projects, with cross-divisional impact, ensuring that all projects under management meet expected delivery dates, budget allocations, and regulatory requirements. Leads and directs the activities of a group of specialists.

In this role, you will:

• Manage technology projects or multiple technical workstreams within a broader project or program. Develop, implement, and monitor project plans. Drive all phases of the project lifecycle from inception through implementation while ensuring that business objectives are delivered with high quality and within targeted timeframes.
• Provide insight on best practices and common obstacles based on prior experiences. Serve as a trusted advisor to ensure strategies are aligned with the overall company strategy and market conditions.
• Communicate project status and issues regularly to stakeholders, including leaders, team members, and senior managers.
• Build and maintain effective relationships. Proactively fosters communication between internal and external project stakeholders. Influence key decisions across stakeholder groups.
• Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate risks and any related issues on technology projects. Communicate solutions on key issues or projects to management and stakeholders to obtain their input and buy-in as appropriate.
• Work with product owners and management to define and prioritize technology-related outcomes. Identify trade-offs between short- and long-term benefits to drive shared vision between the team and product owner.
• Ensure the application of agile frameworks to the development process to increase effectiveness of technology-related product development or architecture.
• Lead daily scrum meetings, iteration reviews, and maintain backlogs.

What it takes:

• Experience with Agile teams.
• Experience with Confluence, JIRA, technology dashboards and other big picture planning practices.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to tailor messaging to different audiences.
• Ability to manage concurrent projects and prioritizing work in an efficient manner.
• Establishing and developing relationships with others.
• Working familiarity with AWS platform components and services.
• Desire to quickly learn and grow your expertise.
• Minimum of five years related work experience. Two years of managing a project preferred.
• Undergraduate degree in related field (Computer Science, Engineering) required. Graduate degree preferred.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

We are Vanguard. Together, were changing the way the world invests.

For us, investing doesnt just end in value. It starts with values. Because when you invest with courage, when you invest with clarity, and when you invest with care, you can get so much more in return. We invest with purpose and thats how weve become a global market leader. Here, we grow by doing the right thing for the people we serve. And so can you.

We want to make success accessible to everyone. This is our opportunity. Lets make it count.

Inclusion Statement

Vanguards continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement: Do the right thing.

We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguards core purpose through our values.

When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard's core purpose.

Our core purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

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.