Risk Ecosystem Builder & Learning Lead

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Vanguard in Malvern, PA is seeking a seasoned professional to build and operate the FAS Risk Community of Practice, strengthening connections across risk, controls, compliance, legal, and specialist teams.

You will design development programs, lead learning forums, and capture insights from major initiatives to drive risk-informed decision making and organizational learning. This role emphasizes hands-on execution and cross‑functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years related work experience.
• Experience in organizational effectiveness, risk, controls, compliance, legal, learning and development, community building, or change leadership preferred.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Builds, leads, and evolves the FAS Risk Community of Practice across risk, controls, resilience, compliance, legal, and specialist risk functions.
• Designs and delivers professional development programs, learning forums, workshops, case studies, and knowledge-sharing activities that strengthen capability and support risk-informed decision making across the FAS ecosystem.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships across business-owned risk, controls, and resilience teams, independent risk, Compliance, Legal, IMFR, Marketing Risk, Technology Risk, Security, Privacy, Financial Crime, AI, Resiliency, and other specialist functions to improve coordination and connectivity.
• Captures, curates, and disseminates lessons learned, good practices, and insights from significant initiatives, risk events, business challenges, and operational experiences to improve organizational learning and capability.
• Facilitates collaboration across organizational boundaries by connecting individuals and teams with relevant expertise, supporting the effective mobilization of specialist capabilities in response to business priorities, emerging issues, and strategic initiatives.
• Supports the operational effectiveness of the FAS Risk function through communications, leadership materials, coordination activities, and other initiatives that enable effective execution of priorities.
• Partners with risk leadership, business leaders, and specialist functions to identify capability-building opportunities and strengthen the overall effectiveness of the FAS risk ecosystem.
• Develops and maintains broad knowledge of the FAS business, the associated risk and control environment, and the specialist disciplines that support FAS. Serves as a trusted connector, facilitator, and capability builder across the ecosystem.

Skills

Relationship building

Facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Communication

Organizational influence

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field

Graduate degree

Job description

Vanguard in Malvern, PA is seeking a seasoned professional to build and operate the FAS Risk Community of Practice, strengthening connections across risk, controls, compliance, legal, and specialist teams.

You will design development programs, lead learning forums, and capture insights from major initiatives to drive risk-informed decision making and organizational learning. This role emphasizes hands-on execution and cross‑functional collaboration.