Solutions Consultant, Specialist

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

Job summary

Vanguard in Malvern, PA is seeking a Solutions Consultant to act as a strategic advisor within Workplace Technologies, partnering with business and technology leaders to shape scalable solutions across people, process, data, and technology. You will lead discovery, frame problems, evaluate tradeoffs, and drive alignment to enable informed decision-making and delivery.

The role sits at the intersection of business strategy and IT, influencing roadmaps, investment decisions, and solution

Qualifications

• Eight years of related work experience, with at least three years of development experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains relationships with partners to align priorities and drive consensus.
• Translates business challenges into strategic, scalable technology solutions across people, process, data, and technology.
• Partners with business and IT leaders to align initiatives with strategic plans and prioritize delivery.
• Influences organizational decision-making by synthesizing insights on current and emerging technologies.
• Leads the evolution of capability landscapes for one or more lines of business with product, business, and architecture stakeholders.
• Maintains an understanding of business functions to design practical, scalable solutions.
• Participates in strategic initiatives, enterprise programs, and special projects.

Skills

Stakeholder influence

Strategic planning

Requirements discovery

Architectural awareness

AI enablement

Platform modernization

Communication skills

Business-IT alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Serve as a strategic advisor within Workplace Technologies, partnering with business and technology leaders to address complex challenges and shape scalable solutions across people, process, data, and technology. This role leads discovery, frames problems, evaluates tradeoffs, and drives alignment to enable informed decision-making and successful delivery. Operating at the intersection of business strategy and IT, the Solutions Consultant influences roadmaps, investment decisions, and solution direction—supporting initiatives such as platform modernization, experience transformation, and AI enablement. The role requires strong synthesis, stakeholder influence, and the ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable outcomes.

Serve as a strategic advisor within Workplace Technologies, partnering with business and technology leaders to address complex challenges and shape scalable solutions across people, process, data, and technology. This role leads discovery, frames problems, evaluates tradeoffs, and drives alignment to enable informed decision-making and successful delivery.

Operating at the intersection of business strategy and IT, the Solutions Consultant influences roadmaps, investment decisions, and solution direction—supporting initiatives such as platform modernization, experience transformation, and AI enablement. The role requires strong synthesis, stakeholder influence, and the ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable outcomes.

Core Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with key partners to ensure priorities, tradeoffs, and recommendations are understood and aligned. Leverages influencing and negotiation skills to drive consensus and champion optimal, enterprise-aligned solutions. Acts as a change agent by clearly articulating value and impact to support adoption of new technologies and processes.


• Translates complex business challenges into strategic, scalable, and cost-effective technology solutions. Evaluates alternatives across people, process, data, and technology, leveraging broad IT knowledge and emerging trends. Develops capability blueprints across software, middleware, and infrastructure while ensuring alignment with architectural standards and IT policies.


• Partners with business and IT leaders to align initiatives, priorities, and delivery sequencing to strategic business and IT plans. Supports roadmap development by connecting business objectives to technology capabilities and identifying dependencies.


• Influences organizational decision-making by synthesizing insights on existing technologies, emerging capabilities, and market trends. Guides stakeholders in evaluating tradeoffs and selecting solutions that align to long-term strategy and enterprise priorities.


• Leads the evolution of capability landscapes for one or more lines of business in partnership with product, business, and architecture stakeholders. Maintains deep understanding of business domains and industry trends to inform priorities and decision-making.


• Maintains a comprehensive understanding of business functions and operating models. Applies technical and functional expertise to design practical, scalable solutions, identifying key patterns, dependencies, and opportunities across systems.


• Participates in strategic initiatives, enterprise programs, and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least three years of development experience.


• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

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.