Senior Technical Product Manager, Data Platforms

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a data platform product leader to own the full lifecycle of our enterprise data platforms. You will drive vision, strategy, and an outcomes-based roadmap aligned with the enterprise data strategy and target state architecture.

You will collaborate with data engineers, architects, analysts, and data scientists to define data products, lead MVPs, and coordinate with CTO-level stakeholders to ensure timely, on-budget launches and measurable ROI across our data platforms.

Qualifications

• Eight years of business experience with cross-functional leadership.
• Experience owning data platform products from ideation to delivery.
• Ability to define data products for engineers, analysts and scientists.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision and strategy for Vanguard’s data platforms.
• Develop an outcomes-based roadmap aligned with enterprise data strategy.
• Lead MVPs, prototyping and data product iterations with stakeholders.
• Coordinate GTM, budgeting, and ROIs for platform capabilities.

Skills

Product ownership

Cross-functional leadership

User research

Roadmapping

Data products

Analytics mindset

Education

Undergraduate degree

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Databricks

Snowflake

Confluent

Flink

Job description

Vanguard aims to be an AI-driven organization, and achieving this ambition requires a strong data foundation across the entire data value chain - from operations, to analytics, to agent-driven workflows. If you are excited about solving complex problems and delivering value in a critical function, then join our newly formed Enterprise Data Architecture and Engineering (EDA&E) team, operating in startup mode while building cutting-edge, cross-functional data capabilities. You will conceive and lead the product development of modern, scalable, self-serve data infrastructure and integration platforms, to serve operational, analytics, ML, and GenAI use cases, while developing the foundations of a strong product management function for data platforms.

What You’ll Do

Full product lifecycle ownership: Own the product vision and strategy of Vanguard’s data platforms from incubation to sunset, in alignment with Vanguard’s enterprise data strategy and target state architecture.

Customer-centric product ideation:

• Monitor market trends and conduct user research to identify opportunities that will define data platform products and product features
• Collaborate across divisions with our users (e.g., data engineers, architects, analysts, data scientists) to define data products that meet their critical data and business needs
• Foster a culture of experimentation through MVPs, rapid prototyping, and iterative development, encouraging bold thinking while maintaining a strong bias for execution and learning.
• Translate insights into actionable and prioritized product features

Product delivery through innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement

• Develop and maintain a transparent, outcomes-based roadmap and backlog, partnering and aligning with key stakeholders, including architecture and engineering functions under the CTO, to sequence capabilities based on business priorities and technical feasibility
• Collaborate with data architecture and engineering teams to co-create the right features, often leading technical discussions with a deep understanding of data platforms and technologies (e.g., AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, integration patterns)
• Conduct usability testing and experimentation to ensure platform features meet user needs
• Manage product launches, coordinating with project managers for on-time and on-budget releases
• Define and monitor key product metrics and analyze product performance to continually improve and drive value, inform roadmap and investment decisions, and measure success

Funding and P&L

• Partner with finance and engineering leadership to allocate budgets across the product portfolio
• Use data-driven frameworks to define and manage the OKRs, P&L, and value realization (ROI) of core platform capabilities and data services

Go-to-market and adoption:

• Develop and execute go-to-market (GTM) strategies in partnership with enablement, communications, and other support teams
• Create approach to socialize products and products features along with onboarding and training materials to ensure adoption

Building out the product function

• Shape a high-performing product culture within the data platform organization, while fostering a culture of innovation and bold thinking
• Mentor junior PMs and contribute to the growth of the product management capability within EDA&E

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required. Graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of eight years related business experience. Three years of leading large cross-functional teams on major organisational projects preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated end-to-end product ownership across product lifecycle, including product innovation and delivery through ideation and experimentation, GTM, and product evolution in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Ability to lead strategic discussions on data architecture and engineering (e.g., data modeling, metadata management, data quality, data integration, storage, compute, security) and data platforms (e.g., AWS, Databricks, Confluent, Flink)

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.