Head of Product, Personalized Indexing

Vanguard; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking an enterprise-minded Head of Product to define and execute VPI’s strategy, uniting product innovation, digital platforms, and data capabilities to deliver scalable advisor and client experiences.

You will partner with Platform Operations, Technology, Data & Analytics, and Investments to balance growth with risk, and you will build a high‑performing team in a fast‑paced, regulated environment.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience, including 7+ years leading digital product teams and managing senior leaders across functions.
• Proven success defining and leading wealth management digital product strategy and delivery across complex platforms.
• Experience operating in a highly regulated financial services environment.
• Exceptional executive communication and influence across business and technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead VPI’s product strategy, operating model, organization, budget, and roadmap with commercial judgment across markets and capabilities.
• Lead advisor and investor digital products from vision through adoption using customer insights, analytics, experimentation, and metrics.
• Partner with Technology, Data & Analytics, Investments, and Client Experience to build scalable platforms, APIs, data products, and personalization capabilities with governance and security.
• Manage cross-functional product, technology, and operational change with agile governance and clear communication.
• Embed risk, controls, compliance, audit, legal, and privacy requirements into delivery.
• Build and develop a high-performing leadership team and foster an entrepreneurial, collaborative culture.
• Maintain expertise in wealth management trends and client needs while strengthening enterprise partnerships.

Skills

Product strategy

Executive leadership

Agile delivery

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Communication

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/tech

Tools

APIs

Job description

Vanguard Personalized Indexing (VPI) combines portfolio optimization, tax-aware investing, and customization to help advisors deliver personalized investor outcomes. Capabilities such as tax-loss harvesting, investment screens, and personalized portfolio construction enable advisors to tailor portfolios to each investor’s goals, tax situation, values, and preferences while maintaining broad market exposure.

As Vanguard expands this strategic growth business, we seek a visionary leader to define and execute VPI’s product strategy. The Head of Product will integrate product innovation, digital and investment platforms, and data capabilities to deliver scalable advisor and client experiences and advance enterprise advice initiatives. Success requires strong partnerships across Platform Operations, Technology, Data & Analytics, and Investments.

The ideal candidate is an enterprise-minded product executive who combines strategic vision, commercial judgment, and hands-on leadership. They have a record of scaling growth businesses, developing high-performing teams, and aligning diverse stakeholders around measurable client and business outcomes.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Leads VPI’s product strategy, operating model, organization, budget, and roadmap, applying commercial judgment to capital allocation, investment priorities, business cases, and strategic trade-offs across markets, products, channels, capabilities, and technologies.
• Leads advisor and investor digital products from vision through adoption, using customer insights, analytics, experimentation, and metrics to guide priorities, investment decisions, and performance.
• Partners across Technology, Data & Analytics, Investments, and Client Experience to build scalable platforms, APIs, data products, and personalization capabilities while ensuring strong data governance, quality, access, security, and stewardship.
• Leads cross-functional product, technology, and operational change through implementation, applying agile, governance, change management, and communication practices amid shifting needs and tight deadlines.
• Embeds risk, controls, compliance, audit, legal, and privacy requirements into delivery.
• Builds and develops a high-performing leadership team, establishes accountability, and fosters an entrepreneurial, collaborative culture that adapts to evolving priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Maintains expertise in wealth management, personalized investing, industry trends, and client needs while strengthening enterprise partnerships.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, technology, data science, engineering, or equivalent experience.
• At least 15 years of progressive experience, including seven years leading digital product teams or major product portfolios and experience managing senior leaders and specialists across multiple functions.
• Proven success defining and leading wealth management digital product strategy and delivery across complex platforms and client experiences.
• Experience operating in a highly regulated financial services environment.
• Deep expertise in product management, agile delivery, human-centered design, data governance and architecture, analytics, and modern platforms and APIs.
• Proven enterprise leader who develops senior talent, influences executives, and drives complex transformations and measurable client, business, and operational outcomes across functions and locations.
• Exceptional executive communication and influence, with the ability to translate complex concepts, align stakeholders, and negotiate effectively across business and technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of advisor workflows and wealth management distribution channels, including RIAs, broker-dealers, banks, and trust firms.
• Hands-on experience building and scaling digital products and client experiences.
• Experience using AI, automation, and advanced analytics to improve personalization and client outcomes.

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.