Senior Project Manager - Corporate Change

Shape the Future of Vanguard Europe

Are you passionate about delivering complex change that makes a real business impact? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where you can influence senior leaders, drive strategic initiatives, and help shape the future of a leading global investment firm?

Are you passionate about delivering complex change that makes a real business impact? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where you can influence senior leaders, drive strategic initiatives, and help shape the future of a leading global investment firm?

At Vanguard, we're looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Corporate Change function and play a key role in delivering our European transformation agenda. This is an exciting opportunity to lead high-profile programmes and business-critical initiatives that enhance how we serve our investors, strengthen our operations, and support our long-term growth strategy.

Working alongside senior executives and cross-functional teams, you'll have the opportunity to deliver meaningful change across a broad range of strategic priorities while building strong relationships across one of the world's most respected asset managers.

As a Senior Project Manager, you'll lead complex, cross-functional projects and transformation programmes from concept through to delivery, ensuring successful outcomes for the business and our investors.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading large-scale projects and multi-year programmes that support Vanguard Europe's strategic objectives
• Owning end-to-end project delivery, from initiation and planning through execution, implementation and benefits realisation
• Driving programme governance, planning, reporting, stakeholder engagement and change management activities
• Building trusted partnerships with senior leaders, subject matter experts and external vendors to align priorities and accelerate decision-making
• Identifying, managing and mitigating risks, dependencies and obstacles while providing clear recommendations to senior stakeholders
• Influencing and navigating across multiple business functions to ensure successful delivery in a complex environment
• Supporting broader Strategic Services priorities and contributing to the continuous improvement of project delivery practices

We're seeking a highly motivated and intellectually curious change professional with a strong track record of delivering complex initiatives within financial services. You'll bring:

• Significant project management experience within asset management, investments or investment platform environments
• A proven track record of successfully delivering a diverse portfolio of strategic, operational and regulatory change initiatives
• Experience managing complex stakeholder landscapes and influencing senior executives
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously while balancing changing priorities
• Strong project governance, planning and delivery expertise, with exceptional attention to detail
• Outstanding communication and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and influence at all levels
• Experience working with Agile delivery methodologies and hybrid delivery frameworks
• Previous people leadership or line management experience would be advantageous
• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

• Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position
• This is a hybrid position and would require you to work in the office 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)

Vanguard is a different kind of investment company. It was founded in the United States in 1975 on a simple but revolutionary idea: that an investment company should manage its funds solely in the interests of its clients.

This is a philosophy that has helped millions of people around the world to achieve their goals with low-cost, uncomplicated investments.

It's what we stand for: value to investors.

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