Vanguard

Financial Services

DataAnalyst,Specialist

$115–165k ~AI est. Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Data Analyst, Specialist at Vanguard. Skills: Analytics, Experimentation, Customer behavior. Understand business needs. Structure requests into analytical projects”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve client acquisition; Improve onboarding conversion; Improve customer experience; Improve operational efficiency; Drive strategic decision-making; Evaluate product enhancements; Evaluate business impact; Drive business outcomes

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Analytical rigor; Identify friction points; Identify drop-offs; Identify conversion opportunities; Identify experience improvements

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Minimum of five years’ work experience, Bachelor’s degree, SQL and Python skills, Hands-on experience with A/B testing, Experience analyzing large-scale structured and behavioral datasets

Nice to Have

Graduate degree preferred, Experience in product analytics, Experience in digital analytics, Experience in customer journey analytics, Experience in experimentation-driven environments, Experience with digital analytics platforms, Experience building dashboards, Experience with Tableau, Financial services experience, Fintech experience, E-commerce experience, Consumer digital product experience

What You'll Do.

Understand business needs

Structure requests into analytical projects

Lead complex analytical initiatives

Analyze digital customer journeys

Analyze onboarding funnels

Identify friction points

Identify conversion opportunities

Identify experience improvements

Evaluate product enhancements

Evaluate business impact

Define success metrics

Influence roadmap prioritization

Support data-driven decision making

Translate complex analytical findings

Provide clear business recommendations

Perform executive-level storytelling

Understand customer interactions

Mentor junior analysts

Provide guidance to analytical resources

Acquire structured data

Compile structured data

Acquire unstructured data

Compile unstructured data

Verify data reasonableness

Perform analyses of historical data

Use advanced analytical methods

Validate analytical techniques

Champion data storytelling

Influence strategic decisions

Drive business outcomes

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with Product; Partner with UX; Partner with Technology; Partner with Operations; Work with internal partners; Collaborate with Product Managers; Collaborate with UX; Collaborate with Technology teams; Guidance to analytical resources

Communication Scope

Executive-level storytelling; Business recommendations

Process & Methodology

Analytical projects

Full Job Description

This role will lead analytics for Vanguard’s Open an Account (OA) digital onboarding journey - a highly visible digital experience focused on improving client acquisition, onboarding conversion, customer experience, and operational efficiency. The individual will partner closely with Product, UX, Technology, and Operations teams to drive strategic decision-making through experimentation, funnel analytics, customer behavior insights, and measurement frameworks. This role requires strong analytical rigor, product thinking, stakeholder influence, and the ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments. **Core Responsibilities** * Works with internal partners to understand business needs, structures requests into analytical projects, and leads complex analytical initiatives to completion. * Analyze digital customer journeys and onboarding funnels to identify friction points, drop-offs, conversion opportunities, and experience improvements. * Designs, measures, and interprets A/B tests and other experimentation methodologies to evaluate product enhancements and business impact. * Partners with Product Managers, UX, and Technology teams to define success metrics, influences roadmap prioritization, and supports data-driven decision making. * Translates complex analytical findings into clear business recommendations and executive-level storytelling. * Works with digital, behavioral, and clickstream data to understand customer interactions across onboarding journeys and digital experiences. * Mentors junior analysts and provides guidance to onshore/offshore analytical resources supporting the onboarding journeys. * Acquires and compiles structured and unstructured data and verifies its quality, accuracy and reasonableness. * Performs analyses of historical data to surface trends and insights using advanced analytical methods. Validates analytical techniques employed by other analysts. * Champions the use of data storytelling to influence strategic decisions and dri

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