Sr. Editorial Manager - Markets and Investing

Archer; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking an experienced Editorial leader to shape content strategy for advisor-focused thought leadership. You will partner with research and product teams to translate complex financial topics into accessible narratives for financial professionals.

This role requires 8+ years in editorial strategy or financial journalism, with strong writing, editing, and stakeholder management skills, and a track record of delivering high-quality, publication-ready materials across multiple channels.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in editorial strategy or related fields.
• Experience working in wealth management, asset management, or investment research.
• Exceptional writing, editing, interviewing, and storytelling skills.
• Proven ability to translate complex subject matter into compelling content for professional audiences.
• Experience working closely with senior stakeholders and subject-matter experts.
• Strong editorial judgment and ability to identify meaningful stories, trends, and opportunities.
• Experience managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with editorial strategy leaders to develop and execute content agendas aligned with business priorities.
• Identify emerging trends, timely issues, and high-impact storytelling opportunities relevant to financial advisors.
• Shape narratives, content frameworks, and thought leadership platforms across priority topics.
• Translate research, data, and subject-matter expertise into audience-centered editorial concepts.
• Recommend content formats, distribution approaches, and editorial treatments that maximize audience value.
• Conduct interviews with internal and external subject-matter experts, researchers, portfolio managers, executives, and financial advisors.
• Synthesize insights from interviews, proprietary research, industry reports, surveys, academic studies, and market developments.
• Develop a deep understanding of advisor needs, industry challenges, investment trends, and practice management opportunities.
• Ensure content reflects current industry developments and evolving advisor expectations.
• Write and edit articles, research-based thought leadership, executive bylines, presentations, scripts, reports, web content, and other advisor-facing materials.
• Elevate content through rigorous editing, ensuring clarity, sophistication, consistency, and editorial excellence.
• Translate complex concepts into persuasive, engaging narratives without sacrificing accuracy or nuance.
• Ensure Vanguard's voice, perspective, and standards are consistently reflected across content.
• Partner with research teams to identify opportunities for proprietary studies, surveys, benchmarks, and advisor-focused insights.
• Help shape research questions, storytelling approaches, and editorial implications of research findings.Develop narratives that turn research findings into compelling thought leadership.
• Identify opportunities to repurpose research across multiple channels and audiences.
• Build strong relationships with researchers, product teams, investment experts, practice management consultants, marketing partners, communications teams, and senior leaders.
• Facilitate productive content development and review processes across diverse stakeholders.
• Balance multiple priorities while maintaining high editorial standards and meeting deadlines.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on content quality, storytelling, and audience relevance.

Skills

Editorial strategy

Content development

Wealth management knowledge

Financial journalism

Storytelling

Interviewing

Editing

Research

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Archer is collaborating with Vanguard to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

Key Responsibilities

Editorial strategy and content development

• Partner with editorial strategy leaders to develop and execute content agendas aligned with business priorities.
• Identify emerging trends, timely issues, and high-impact storytelling opportunities relevant to financial advisors.
• Shape narratives, content frameworks, and thought leadership platforms across priority topics.
• Translate research, data, and subject-matter expertise into audience-centered editorial concepts.
• Recommend content formats, distribution approaches, and editorial treatments that maximize audience value.

Reporting and subject matter expertise

• Conduct interviews with internal and external subject-matter experts, researchers, portfolio managers, executives, and financial advisors.
• Synthesize insights from interviews, proprietary research, industry reports, surveys, academic studies, and market developments.
• Develop a deep understanding of advisor needs, industry challenges, investment trends, and practice management opportunities.
• Ensure content reflects current industry developments and evolving advisor expectations.

Writing and editing

• Write and edit articles, research-based thought leadership, executive bylines, presentations, scripts, reports, web content, and other advisor-facing materials.
• Elevate content through rigorous editing, ensuring clarity, sophistication, consistency, and editorial excellence.
• Translate complex concepts into persuasive, engaging narratives without sacrificing accuracy or nuance.
• Ensure Vanguard's voice, perspective, and standards are consistently reflected across content.

Research and thought leadership

• Partner with research teams to identify opportunities for proprietary studies, surveys, benchmarks, and advisor-focused insights.
• Help shape research questions, storytelling approaches, and editorial implications of research findings.Develop narratives that turn research findings into compelling thought leadership.
• Identify opportunities to repurpose research across multiple channels and audiences.

Stakeholder partnership

• Build strong relationships with researchers, product teams, investment experts, practice management consultants, marketing partners, communications teams, and senior leaders.
• Facilitate productive content development and review processes across diverse stakeholders.
• Balance multiple priorities while maintaining high editorial standards and meeting deadlines.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on content quality, storytelling, and audience relevance.

What You Will Need

• 8+ years of experience in editorial strategy, financial journalism, content development, thought leadership, financial communications, or related fields.
• Experience working in wealth management, asset management, or investment research.
• Exceptional writing, editing, interviewing, and storytelling skills.
• Proven ability to translate complex subject matter into compelling content for professional audiences.
• Experience working closely with senior stakeholders and subject-matter experts.
• Strong editorial judgment and ability to identify meaningful stories, trends, and opportunities.
• Experience managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred

• Knowledge of wealth management and financial planning trends and the business of delivering financial advice, including a wide range of practice management topics
• Knowledge of markets, investment strategy and products, portfolio construction, and capital markets.
• Experience developing proprietary research, surveys, benchmarking studies, or research-driven thought leadership.
• Experience writing for executive audiences or external media-quality publications.
• Familiarity with advisor-facing content platforms, thought leadership programs, and integrated content ecosystems.
• Experience developing editorial governance, content planning, editorial calendar management, content rationalization, and enterprise alignment.

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.