Senior Solutions Architect

Role Summary

Vanguard's Advice & Wealth Management organization delivers investor-centric advice and wealth management services across digital, hybrid, and advisor/relationship manager-led experiences. As a Senior Solutions Architect, you are a strategic advisor and technical leader operating at the intersection of business strategy, architecture, and technology delivery. You shape and guide enterprise-scale solutions across the Advice & Wealth Management portfolio, ensuring alignment to business outcomes, architectural integrity, and long-term platform evolution. You partner with senior business and technology leaders to define future-state solutions, influence strategic direction, and enable delivery teams to execute effectively in complex, evolving environments.

What You'll Do

• Architecture Leadership & Strategy
  • Provide architectural leadership across large, cross-domain initiatives within and outside of Advice & Wealth Management
  • Translate business goals into scalable, secure, and resilient solution architectures
  • Ensure alignment to enterprise standards, reference architectures, and platform strategies
• Solution Design & Delivery Enablement
  • Drive solutioning across key domains including: Advisor desktop and client experience platforms, brokerage and trading integrations, recordkeeping and account lifecycle management, back-office servicing, reconciliation, and operational workflows
  • Provide both short-term and long-term architectural guidance to multiple delivery teams
  • Ensure solutions balance client and crew experience, scalability, regulatory considerations, and cost
• Influence & Partnership
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology leaders
  • Influence architectural direction without formal authority
  • Facilitate alignment across complex stakeholder groups and competing priorities
  • Communicate trade-offs clearly to enable informed decision-making
• Communication & Architecture Craft
  • Produce executive-ready artifacts (capability models, system diagrams, solution options)
  • Clearly articulate complex tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Enable informed decision-making through structured solution evaluations
• Mentorship & Leadership
  • Mentor engineers, solution consultants, and architects on solution design and best practices
  • Contribute to architecture patterns, reusable designs, and governance processes
  • Act as a thought leader driving innovation and continuous improvement

What You'll Need

• Experience & Domain Expertise
  • Significant experience (10+ years) in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or complex system design
  • Proven track record leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives in enterprise environments
  • Experience shaping architecture strategy and guiding delivery across multiple teams
  • Strong knowledge of Advice, Wealth Management, or regulated financial services domains with depth in one or more of the following: Brokerage and trading systems, recordkeeping platforms (retirement, accounts, positions, transactions), custody and clearing integrations, back-office operations (reconciliation, servicing, compliance workflows)
• Technical & Architectural Skills
  • Deep understanding of modern architecture patterns (APIs, event-driven systems, cloud-native design, AI)
  • Experience with integration across internal platforms and third-party/vendor ecosystems
  • Strong data architecture awareness (data flows, governance, analytics enablement)
• Core Leadership Skills
  • Exceptional systems thinking and problem framing
  • Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and drive clarity
  • Strong executive communication and influencing skills
  • Ability to balance strategic vision with pragmatic delivery
• Technical & Architectural Perspective
  • Experience with modern architecture patterns (APIs, event-driven systems, cloud platforms)
  • Understanding of data, integration, and operational resiliency considerations in financial services ecosystems
  • Ability to balance architectural rigor with delivery pragmatism
• Mindset & Behaviors
  • Strategic, outcome-oriented, and intellectually curious
  • Comfortable challenging assumptions and driving better solutions
  • Collaborative, with a strong ability to build alignment across teams
  • Passionate about improving client and crew experiences, and operational efficiency at scale

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.

Why Join Us

• Shape the future of Advice & Wealth Management at enterprise scale
• Influence critical platform decisions and strategic initiatives
• Work at the intersection of business strategy, architecture, and innovation
• Partner with senior leaders on high-impact, high-visibility programs

Special Factors

• Sponsorship
  • Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
• About Vanguard
  • Learn more about Vanguard's mission, how we work, and why we're a great place to grow your career.
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How We Work

We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience. 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.