Vanguard
Financial Services
EngineeringManager
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“Engineering Manager at Vanguard. Skills: People management, Technical leadership, Cloud-native platforms, Agile delivery. Hire crew. Evaluate crew”
What You'll Achieve.
Improved client outcomes; Enhance advisor productivity; Improve client experience; Deliver meaningful outcomes
Industry & Context.
Problem solving
No visa sponsorship
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Eight years related work experience, Five years project management experience, Proven people leadership experience, Technical acumen, Expertise in IT project management, Expertise in Agile methodologies, Expertise in SDLC best practices, Experience in IT infrastructure, Experience in software development, Experience in enterprise IT solutions, Understanding of how to leverage AI tools, Understanding of DevOps metrics, Proficiency in risk management, Proficiency in budgeting, Proficiency in IT governance, Understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, Understanding of IT compliance standards, Java / Spring, Python, AWS (ECS, lambda, dynamo), TypeScript, Node, React/Angular
Nice to Have
Graduate degree preferred, Vendor integration experience a plus
What You'll Do.
Set performance standards
Make compensation decisions
Deliver software releases
Work with business clients
Develop environmental requirements
Develop staffing plans
Implement staffing plans
Develop operational plans
Implement operational plans
Participate in goal development
Monitor service delivery metrics
Report on service delivery metrics
Report on performance
Develop policy changes
Implement policy changes
Identify improvement opportunities
Lead quality initiatives
Improve service levels
Work with senior management
Present department initiatives
Maintain relationships
Participate in budget development
Ensure department operates within budget
Ensure staff comply with policies
Verify deliverables meet requirements
Participate in special projects
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Product stakeholders; Investment methodology stakeholders; Technical teams; IT partners; Business partners
Communication Scope
Stakeholder management
Process & Methodology
Agile, SDLC
Full Job Description
Advice & Wealth Management Technology (AWMT) builds platforms that advance how portfolios are constructed and how investment advice is delivered. We are looking for **Engineering Managers** to join our Advice Portfolio Construction and Wealth Management teams who will play an integral part in Vanguard’s goal to grow and scale its **Advice** offering. In this role, you’ll lead an engineering team enabling sophisticated investment techniques that support improved client outcomes, including support for more advanced investment products and a broader range of portfolio construction approaches. This role is ideal for a leader who enjoys flexing both deep technical expertise and people management skills while influencing the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation, and integration of modern technologies and tools. As an Engineering Manager within this team, you will lead agile, high-performing engineering teams delivering highly critical, rapidly growing cloud-native platforms that directly enhance advisor productivity and improve the client experience. You’ll partner closely with product and investment methodology stakeholders while helping your team grow their technical capability and investment acumen, working in a tight knit Dallas engineering community that values collaboration, problem solving, and bringing out the best in each other. You’ll continuously apply modern engineering practices and leverage AI assisted engineering as part of the team’s toolkit. The environment is fun, inclusive, and collaborative, with a strong emphasis on craftsmanship, learning, and delivering meaningful outcomes for advisors and clients. Success in this role comes from strong judgment: making tradeoffs across cost, time, risk, and value while staying anchored to a long term vision. You’ll help partners separate must have capabilities from nice to have enhancements, bring structure to ambiguity, and create the conditions for predictable delivery across a complex
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