Investment Management Quantitative Product Manager

Vanguard Group, Inc.; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard Group, Inc. in Malvern, PA is seeking a product manager to drive the development of Vanguard’s front-end research and analytics platform within the Investment Management Insights team.

You will partner with quantitative researchers and engineers to shape analytics capabilities and data-driven investment workflows. The role blends product leadership with technical insight, guiding cross-functional teams to deliver user-centric features, dashboards, and signals.

Qualifications

• Extensive business experience with proven delivery experience and leading product delivery initiatives.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent; graduate degree preferred.
• Experience working with quantitative research teams or investment signal generation is required.

Responsibilities

• Leads the development of capabilities within the research studio environment, supporting knowledge management, analytics, dashboarding, and signal generation.
• Ensure the research studio environment is user-friendly and supports the diverse needs of investment teams.
• Influences and collaborates with cross‑functional teams to create best practices that drive change to client experience and anchor development to business outcomes.
• Coaches digital product teams towards best practices and supports messaging, communication, and client outreach as needed.
• Facilitates strong business support by promoting a consistent approach to decisions, impacts, and client propositions.
• Drives connection across all appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
• Leads planning, development, and implementation of new product capabilities with cross‑divisional impact.
• Defines and analyzes markets, develops detailed product features and requirements, and creates implementation plans.
• Influences and uses qualitative and quantitative analysis to improve user experience, including AI's role in analytics capabilities and user experience.
• Participates in ongoing business planning and departmental prioritization; takes part in special projects.

Skills

Product delivery leadership

Quantitative research experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Investment signal generation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

Data visualization tools

Job description

Vanguard is seeking a product manager to drive the development of Vanguard’s front oufb03ce research and analytics platform. As part of our Investment Management Insights team, you will play a critical role in driving the development and deployment of analytics capabilities and technology that support the organization’s data-driven investment strategies.

This position requires a blend of technical expertise in quantitative investment research, and product management experience working with diverse stakeholders and technical teams. This role will report to the Head of Insights Studio and will be instrumental in transforming our investment teams’ analytics culture through cutting‑edge capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Leads the development of key capabilities within our research studio environment supporting knowledge management, analytics, dashboarding, and signal generation.
• Ensure the research studio environment is user-friendly and supports the diverse needs of investment teams.
• Influences and collaborates with cross‑functional teams to create best practices that drive significant change to the client experience. Ensures all planned development activities are deeply rooted in business outcomes.
• Coaches digital product teams towards best practices and learnings. Oversees digital product teams’ support of the messaging, communication, and customer outreach as necessary.
• Facilitates strong business support through working with team members to promote a consistent approach to decisions/impacts and client propositions.
• Drives connection across all appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
• Leads the planning, development and implementation of new product capabilities with cross‑divisional impact. Defines and analyzes markets, developing detailed product features and requirements, and developing implementation plans.
• Influences and employs a variety of qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques to continually improve the user experience including assessing the role of AI in both analytics capabilities and enhancements to user experience in the research studio environment.
• Participates in and influences ongoing business planning and departmental prioritization activities.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Extensive business experience with proven relevant delivery experience and proven experience in leading product delivery initiatives.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required. Graduate degree preferred.
• Experience working with quantitative research teams or investment signal generation required.

Special Factors

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.