Business Program Manager, Senior Specialist
About the role
This is not a typical program role. You will drive a key workstream one of the firm’s largest, multi-year modernization initiatives—an enterprise-wide effort impacting hundreds of employees across business, technology, and operations. With significant investment and executive visibility, this program is reshaping the future operating model of finance.
Responsibilities
Operating Model Strategy & Vision: Defines the enterprise target operating model and aligns leadership on future-state direction and guiding principles
Target State Design & Execution: Leads end-to-end operating model design, including processes, roles, governance, and supporting artifacts
Cross-Functional Alignment & Governance: Establishes governance structures and drives alignment across business, technology, operations, and data functions
Capability & Process Transformation: Identifies capability gaps and prioritizes improvements to enable scalable, standardized operations
Integration with Business & Technology Strategy: Aligns operating model design with enterprise strategy and key platform transformations
Risk, Controls & Resiliency: Embeds risk management, controls, and resiliency into the operating model design
Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Influences senior stakeholders and leads cross-functional teams to drive adoption of the operating model
Communication: Updates stakeholders, leaders, team members, management, and department partners to ensure that requirements and priorities are understood. Submits regular status reports to management and internal and external stakeholders. Ensures the development and execution of business change management and communication plans.
Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills
Minimum 8 years of experience in program management, strategic initiatives, or PMO functions within large organizations, preferably in financial services
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field. Master’s degree or PMP certification highly desired
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills to drive cross-functional alignment
Proficient in program lifecycle management, risk control frameworks, and change management strategies
Ability to handle complex interdependencies and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Special Factors
Sponsorship: Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
About Vanguard
Vanguard is an equal opportunity employer. Vanguard is committed to providing all crew members a working environment that is free from discrimination, prejudice and bias. Through this Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy, Vanguard reaffirms its commitment to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and crew members without regard to race, color, national origin or ancestry, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, veteran or military status. In addition, Vanguard prohibits discrimination based on genetic information, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
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