• Senior FAS Data Product Manager

    Vanguard (Malvern, PA)


    Key Responsibilities

    + Product Lifecycle Management: Oversee the full lifecycle of data products, including ideation, development, launch, monitoring, iterative improvement, and retirement.

    + Operational Leadership: Serve as the connective tissue driving a unified operational framework for data product development, ensuring alignment with business strategy and fostering cross-team collaboration between IT and analytics partners.

    + Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with business stakeholders to scope technical, business, and operational requirements for data products.

    + Performance Monitoring: Gather feedback from developers and users, monitor product performance, and drive ongoing improvements through iterative updates.

    + Engagement & Adoption: Promote engagement and adoption of data products, facilitate training, and support user onboarding.

     

    Core Skills

     

    + Technical Expertise: Foundational knowledge in data management, analytics, data engineering (data pipelines, storage technologies, integration, and quality assurance), and alignment with organizational data architecture.

    + Data Modeling: Understanding of conceptual, logical, and physical data models; ability to define and govern metadata and semantics.

    + Business & Strategy: Ability to drive adoption, support scalability, and ensure ongoing maintenance of data products. Strategic vision and product roadmapping, business acumen, and change management.

    + Soft Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills to foster collaboration among cross-functional teams and manage stakeholder relationships.

    + Promoting Data Literacy: Ability to create documentation, deliver training, and promote data literacy across the organization.

    Qualifications

    + Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Business, or related field.

    + Proven experience in data product management, data engineering, analytics, or related roles.

    + Strong understanding of data governance, data architecture, and product management best practices.

    + Experience with analytics tools (SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Power BI, etc.) and data pipeline orchestration.

    + Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

    + Familiarity with emerging AI/ML capabilities strongly preferred

     

    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.