Digital & Analytics Strategic Planning Lead

We’re looking for a strategic leader to help bring clarity, coherence, and execution discipline across the Financial Advisor Services (FAS) Digital & Analytics portfolio. This role is designed for someone who thrives in complexity - someone who can connect strategy to delivery, bring structure to ambiguity, and elevate how we plan, prioritize, and communicate across a large, interconnected ecosystem.

• Partner closely with senior leaders to shape strategic direction, surface trade‑offs, and maintain alignment on priorities and outcomes.
• Develop clear, executive‑ready materials that articulate where we are, what’s changing, and what actions or decisions are needed.

• Maintain a cohesive, outcome‑driven portfolio strategy – moving beyond disconnected roadmaps to a deliberate set of choices aligned to business and client outcomes.
• Assess portfolio health with an objective lens, identifying capacity constraints, gaps, duplication, dependencies, and misalignment with strategic intent.

• Ensure teams understand the “why,” not just the “what,” behind priorities and decisions.
• Drive consistency in how strategy, progress, and value are communicated across stakeholders.
• Synthesize complexity into a clear narrative, elevate risks and issues early, and enable leaders to make informed decisions quickly.

• Portfolio decisions are clearer, more intentional, and tightly connected to strategic outcomes.
• Teams spend less time seeking clarity and more time delivering meaningful value.
• Cross‑functional friction is reduced; readiness improves; decision‑making becomes faster and more disciplined for our most critical work.
• We see measurable improvements in advisor experience, client outcomes, and value delivery – because our collective effort is focused on the work that matters most.

• Minimum of eight years of related business experience; financial services and function‑specific experience required.
• At least four years of project or program management experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required; graduate degree preferred.
• Strong background in product, strategy, or operations within complex, regulated environments.
• Ability to operate fluidly between portfolio‑level strategy and execution‑level detail.
• Exceptional communicator who can simplify complexity and influence across functions.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, asking direct questions, and pushing for alignment.
• Experience in digital product management and the Sales and/or Advisor experience is a plus.

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.